ALEXEY SARANA (born Jan-26-2000, 25 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Serbia) [what is this?] International Master (2015); Grandmaster (2017). He scored 7.5/8 for his Russian team's 4th board at the 2014 World youth team chess Olympiad, returning in 2016 to score 6/8 for their same seat on the Russia WYCO team and 6.5/9 at the 2015 WYCO on 2nd board. In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-ninth out of ninety-two, scoring 4.5/9 (+1–1=7).4 In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed twenty-second,5 scoring 7.5/11 (+4–0=7). In July 2019, Sarana won the Russian Championship Higher League with a score of 6.5/9 (+4–0=5), qualifying for the Superfinals of 71st Russian men's Chess championship. In the Superfinal, he finished 9th with a score of 5/11(+1-2=8). In 2019, Sarana shared first place with Alexandr Predke in the Russian Championship Higher League (second on tiebreak) with a score of 6½/9 (+4–0=5). With this result he qualified for the Superfinals of the Russian men's Chess championship for the second year in a row. At the European Championship (2019) he went (+2 -0 =4) He took part at the Russian Blitz Championship 2021 where he finished clear second. In April 2023, Sarana switched federations to represent Serbia. Further reading: (1) http://wyco2014.chess.hu/?lang=en (finished with a team silver), (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr153... , (3) http://wyco2016chess.sk/en/ (finished with a team silver), (4) http://wyco2015.mongolchess.mn/ (finished with a team bronze). Wikipedia article: Alexey Sarana Last updated: 2023-08-12 12:56:17

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page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,416  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Sarana vs N Shukh   0-1 19 2012 Moscow Open A B27 Sicilian 2. A Zenzera vs A Sarana   1-0 34 2012 Moscow Open A D80 Grunfeld 3. A Sarana vs Y Rakhimgaliyev   0-1 60 2012 Moscow Open A C78 Ruy Lopez 4. M Lugovskoy vs A Sarana   1-0 55 2012 Moscow Open A B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 5. A Sarana vs A Elfert   1-0 43 2012 Moscow Open A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Sanghoon Lee vs A Sarana   1-0 48 2012 Moscow Open A A20 English 7. A Sarana vs K Egorov   0-1 70 2012 Moscow Open A C41 Philidor Defense 8. K Shevchenko vs A Sarana   0-1 33 2012 Moscow Open A B33 Sicilian 9. A Bolychevsky vs A Sarana   0-1 44 2012 Moscow Open A D85 Grunfeld 10. Kasparov vs A Sarana   1-0 44 2012 Junior simul D80 Grunfeld 11. A Smirnov vs A Sarana   ½-½ 56 2012 Corporation Centre Cup A D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 12. A Sarana vs A Kopylov   0-1 46 2012 Corporation Centre Cup A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. A Sarana vs P Martynov   0-1 41 2012 Chigorin Memorial E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 14. V Dyakov vs A Sarana   0-1 38 2012 Chigorin Memorial B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 15. A Sarana vs I Duzhakov   0-1 60 2012 Chigorin Memorial C18 French, Winawer 16. I Kosov vs A Sarana 0-1 35 2012 Chigorin Memorial D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 17. A Sarana vs M Al Sayed   0-1 33 2012 Chigorin Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. B Radkov vs A Sarana   0-1 31 2012 Chigorin Memorial D05 Queen's Pawn Game 19. A Sarana vs E Mirzoeva   1-0 91 2012 Chigorin Memorial B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 20. A Sarana vs E Timofeeva   1-0 79 2012 Chigorin Memorial A55 Old Indian, Main line 21. K Alekseenko vs A Sarana   1-0 54 2012 Chigorin Memorial B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. A Sarana vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 41 2013 Polugaevsky Mem E15 Queen's Indian 23. S Iskusnyh vs A Sarana   1-0 24 2013 Polugaevsky Mem E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 24. A Sarana vs P Ponkratov   0-1 26 2013 Corporation Cup C18 French, Winawer 25. A Sarana vs P Maletin   0-1 103 2013 Dombai Open B42 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,416

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-02-16    BIDMONFA: Alexey Sarana SARANA, Alexey http://www.bidmonfa.com/sarana_alex... _ Mar-04-16    Shams: Would Sarana not normally be the female version of this surname, and Saran the male? Jun-11-17    sonia91: He became a GM thanks to his performance at the European Individual Chess Championship (2017), where he gained 24,2 rating points. His live rating is now over 2500. He already had the norms: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli... Jul-06-17    sonia91: Now officially a GM, see FIDE card. Jul-09-18    Check It Out: Congrats to Alexey for winning the 2018 Russian Higher League! Aug-10-18    fisayo123: He also won the Eurasian Open with a round to spare. Here he talks about his triumph in the Russian Higher League: http://ruchess.ru/en/news/report/al... I wish him luck in the Russian Championships! Sep-03-18    Penguincw: GM Alexey Sarana won the Russian Higher League tournament, scoring 6.5/9, tied for first with Grigoriy Oparin. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... Oct-10-18    belkinsupprt: Such a nice games Dec-29-18    ketchuplover: Drawn goes Naka! Dec-29-18    ketchuplover: Down goes Yu! Mar-27-19    wordfunph: <He scored 7.5/8 for his Russian team's 4th board at the 2014 World youth team chess Olympiad> impressive! Jul-07-19    sonia91: He finished =1st in the Russian Higher League (2019), 2nd on tiebreak, and qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal for the second year in a row. This year Sarana gained 14.5 rating points in the tournament and broke into the top 100 in the live ratings. Oct-11-19    diagonal: Many thanks, <sonia91>, hope you will come back soon, your profound contributions to Chessgames are missed. Congratulations Alexey Sarana on an exciting game today with the Champ, Magnus Carlsen: A Sarana vs Carlsen, 2019 Oct-13-19    cro777: "In Round two of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss the young Russian talent Alexey Sarana tested the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. Pushing a pleasant position out of a prepared Sicilian line, Sarana secured a draw from a position of strength against the tournament's top-seed. His opening preparation provided a late opening novelty in the Sicilian that reduced the position to a rook and minor piece endgame." (Chess.com) Sarana-Carlsen. Position after 24.g3 click for larger view Sarana’s preparation ended here. The players blitzed out their first 22 moves. https://chesspro.ru/_images/gal/con... Sarana was born in Moscow. Since 2018 he has been studying at the Ural State Mining University in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. At the Russian Team Championship Premier League 2019 in Sochi he played for the chess club Sima-Land Oblast Sverdlovsk. His team, headed by Anatoly Karpov, won the bronze medal. Apr-03-20    Gottschalk: Smashing Movsesian in a unusual Sicilian variation A Sarana vs Movsesian, 2018 Dec-30-22    saffuna: Sarana just defeated Nakamura and Carlsen in consecutive rounds of the World Blitz Championship. Who is this guy? Mar-14-23    Check It Out: And now he just won the European Individual Championships. Mar-14-23    syracrophy: Aplauso for winning the European Championship👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Mar-14-23    MissScarlett: First Asian to win the European Championship. Mar-14-23    Check It Out: <MissScarlett: First Asian to win the European Championship.> How so? He was born in Moscow, the European section of Russia. Mar-15-23    Williebob: <CIO>, To better understand <MsS>'s comment, please refer to her kibitz right about here: Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023) Mar-15-23    northernfox: <CIO> Miss S thinks that anything east of Gravesend is asiatic. Mar-15-23    stone free or die: <northernfox: <CIO> Miss S thinks that anything east of Gravesend is asiatic.> Although I don't even know where Gravesend is, I think that's very funny! Mar-15-23    Check It Out: <Wbob> That put's a new light on it, and <nfox>, that's quite funny. Gravesend is near the tip of the East side of UK. Aug-12-23    MissScarlett: I notice that Sarana is now playing under the flag of Serbia. Welcome back to Europe! search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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