Alexander Rustemov (russian: Александр Рустемов; born July 6, 1973) is a Russian chess
grandmaster and trainer. He gained the grandmaster title in 1998 and finished second in the 2000
Russian Chess Championship
The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.
Winners by year (men) Imperial Russia
In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first ...
. Rustemov is an experienced internet
blitz
Blitz, German for "lightning", may refer to:
Military uses
*Blitzkrieg, blitz campaign, or blitz, a type of military campaign
*The Blitz, the German aerial campaign against Britain in the Second World War
*, an Imperial German Navy light cruiser b ...
player, having played the Dutch grandmaster
Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch ...
in a 137-game blitz match on the
ICC, the final score of which was 67½–71½ to van Wely. He is part of the ''Schachverein Wattenscheid'' chess club.
In recent years, Rustemov has been living in Belarus.
References
External links
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Alexander Rustemovplayer profile at 365chess.com
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Chess Grandmasters
Russian chess players
1973 births
Living people
People from Murmansk