Alexey Sergeevich Dreev - Soviet and Russian chess player, grandmaster (1989).

Alexey Sergeevich Dreev - Soviet and Russian chess player, grandmaster (1989). Project websites: - English version - Russian version Trailer: Youtube Channel: Сайт проекта: ВК: Подключайтесь к нашему проекту здесь и сейчас. Учебные ролики на нашем канале: Honored Master of Sports of Russia. As part of the Russian team, he is a three-time winner of the World Chess Olympiads (1992, 1994, 1996) and a two-time winner of the World Team Championships (1997, 2005). European Rapid Chess Champion (2012). Title: Grandmaster (1989) International Master (1988) Maximum rating: 2711 (July 2011) Current rating: 2655 (May 2020) Biography Mother - Nina Mikhailovna, father - Sergey Sergeevich (engineer by education), older sister - Tatiana. Dreev learned to play chess from his father at the age of six. From the age of eight he trained with the chess master Vladimir Saygin, from the age of 11 with Mark Dvoretsky. Since 1985, Dreev’s permanent trainer has been international master Alexander Filipenko. In 1983 and 1984, Dreev won the U16 world championships twice in a row. In 1984, Dreev took second place in the world championship among youths under 20. In the tournament of young Soviet masters, which was held in 1986 in Tallinn, Dreev took second place after Vasily Ivanchuk. In 1988, Dreev, together with Boris Gelfand, won the title of European Youth Champion. At the age of 20, Dreev was awarded the title of International Grandmaster. In 1990, in Lvov, Alexey Dreev won (together with Alexey Shirov, Leonid Yudasin and Smbat Lputyan) the zonal tournament for the World Championship. In the interzonal tournament in Manila, Dreev finished fifth and got the opportunity to play in the candidates’ matches. In the first Candidates match, he faced Viswanathan Anand and lost 1½: 4½ ( 1-4 = 5). Dreev participated in the FIDE knockout world championships. In 1997 in Groningen, Dreev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Boris Gelfand. In 1999 in Las Vegas, Dreev reached the one-eighth final, where he lost to Michael Adams. In 2000, in New Delhi, Dreev reached the one-eighth final, where he lost to Veselin Topalov. In 2001, in Moscow, Dreev reached the one-eighth final, where he lost to Viswanathan Anand. In 2004, in Tripoli, Dreev reached the one-eighth final, where he lost to Dominguez, a chess player from Cuba. Dreev is considered an expert on openings and has a positional style of play. Dreev constantly plays for the Russian team. As part of the Russian team, he took part in the Chess Olympiads in Moscow (1994), in Yerevan (1996) and in Calvia (2004). The most significant victories of Dreev in tournaments were: in Biel (Switzerland) in 1995, in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) (1995) and in Dos Hermanas (Spain) (2002 and 2003). In the 2004 Russian Championship, Dreev finished third: 5½ out of 10 ( 3-2 = 5). In September 2016 he received the title of FIDE Senior Coach. #AlexeyDreev, #Alexey_Dreev, #Алексей_Дреев