Andrei Shchekachev

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Andrei Shchekachev
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Shchekachev in 2015
Personal information
Born (1972-10-27) October 27, 1972 (age 53)
Chess career
CountrySoviet Union (until 1992)
Russia (1992–2007)
France (since 2007)
TitleGrandmaster (1996)
FIDE rating2463 (December 2025)
Peak rating2593 (July 2006)

Andrei Shchekachev (Russian: Андрей Щекачёв) is a Russian chess grandmaster who plays for France.

Chess career

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In June 2023, he won the French Open Rapid Championships with a score of 8.5/9, ahead of runner-up Sergey Fedorchuk.[1][2]

In July 2023, he tied for second place in the 96th Paris IdF Masters 2023, alongside Harshavardhan G. B., Karthik Venkataraman, and Aarav Dengla.[3]

In December 2023, he was one of the three grandmasters who played against Alireza Firouzja in his "Race to the Candidates" tournament, the others being Alexandre Dgebuadze and Sergey Fedorchuk.[4][5]

References

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