Alexander Moroz ( uk, Олександр Стефанович Мороз; russian: Александр Мороз; 18 January 1961,
Dnipropetrovsk – 17 January 2009) was a
Ukrainian
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chess
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Grandmaster (1999). He was vice-president of the Ukrainian chess federation, president of the chess federation of the
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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and
chairman of the youth committee of the Ukrainian chess federation as well as
International Arbiter {{No footnotes, date=April 2022
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.
His best single performance was at Momotov mem
Yenakiieve
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, 1997, where he scored 8.5 of 13 points. Other successful results include equal 1st with
Ashot Nadanian
Ashot Nadanian (sometimes transliterated as Nadanyan; hy, Աշոտ Նադանյան; born 19 September 1972) is an Armenian chess International Master (1997), chess theoretician and chess coach.
His highest achievements have been in openi ...
at
Częstochowa
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Open 1992, 2nd behind
Sergei Movsesian
Sergei Movsesian ( hy, Սերգեյ Մովսիսյան; born 3 November 1978) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Ches ...
at
Pardubice
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1995, 1st at
Marhanets
Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...
1999, and 3rd at
Alushta
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Summer 2006.
Notable games
Alexander Moroz vs Evgeny Vladimirov, URS-ch otbor56 1988, Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61), 1-0Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Alexander Moroz, URS-chT 1990, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense (C99), 0-1Ratmir Kholmov vs Alexander Moroz, Decin op-A 1998, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian (B22), 0-1Alexander Moroz vs Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Antalya TUR 2001, Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Variation (C68), 1-0
References
External links
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Alexander Moroz at 365Chess.com
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1961 births
2009 deaths
Sportspeople from Dnipro
Ukrainian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Chess officials
Chess arbiters
20th-century chess players