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Alexander Cherniaev
A Cherniaev 
 

Number of games in database: 749
Years covered: 1990 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2301 (2296 rapid, 2603 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2501
Overall record: +241 -170 =267 (55.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 71 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (116) 
    B22 B31 B30 B40 B20
 French Defense (43) 
    C02 C00 C15 C05 C01
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C90 C65 C78 C82 C86
 Queen's Pawn Game (25) 
    D02 A45 A40 D00 A46
 Caro-Kann (18) 
    B12 B13 B10 B14
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (13) 
    C90 C86 C96 C85
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (119) 
    B33 B30 B22 B25 B45
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    A46 A41 D02 E00 A45
 King's Indian (27) 
    E94 E62 E76 E95 E64
 Robatsch (23) 
    B06
 English (19) 
    A10 A13 A15 A14 A16
 Old Indian (18) 
    A53 A54
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Cherniaev vs S Conquest, 2004 1-0
   Korchnoi vs A Cherniaev, 2009 0-1
   A Cherniaev vs G Lock, 2008 1-0
   K Akbaev vs A Cherniaev, 2013 0-1
   A Cherniaev vs E Wiersma, 2009 1-0
   R Pasiev vs A Cherniaev, 2013 0-1
   Timman vs A Cherniaev, 2008 1/2-1/2
   A Pridorozhni vs A Cherniaev, 2013 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Cherepovets (1993)
   Corus Invitation Tens (2003)
   Peer Gynt International (1993)
   Geneve Open (2001)
   Moscow op2 (1995)
   London Chess Classic Open (2019)
   Vienna Chess Open (2013)
   Hastings 2013/14 (2013)
   Caplin Hastings Masters (2022)
   Gausdal International (1993)
   London Chess Classic Open (2015)
   Moscow Open Championship (1996)
   London Chess Classic Open (2013)
   Isle of Man Masters (2015)
   London Chess Classic Open (2012)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Corus Invitation Tens 2003 by Tabanus

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Korchnoi Memorial Open
   A S Shevchenko vs A Cherniaev (Aug-21-24) 1/2-1/2
   R Simbelov vs A Cherniaev (Aug-20-24) 1-0
   A Cherniaev vs A Fedorov (Aug-20-24) 1/2-1/2
   A Cherniaev vs A Postnikov (Aug-19-24) 1/2-1/2
   A Pischasov vs A Cherniaev (Aug-18-24) 0-1

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ALEXANDER CHERNIAEV
(born Aug-26-1969, 55 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United Kingdom)

[what is this?]

Alexander Sergeevich Cherniaev is a Grandmaster.

Note: there's another Alexander Cherniaev, he was born in 1976

Last updated: 2023-10-06 16:21:14

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 page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 749  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Vitolinsh vs A Cherniaev  0-1431990URS-Trade UnionB33 Sicilian
2. V Buturin vs A Cherniaev  ½-½261991Belavenets Memorial OpenA10 English
3. A Cherniaev vs N Kushch  0-1301991Belavenets Memorial OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
4. P Zarubin vs A Cherniaev  ½-½171991Belavenets Memorial OpenD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
5. S Zhukhovitsky vs A Cherniaev  0-1261991Belavenets Memorial OpenA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
6. A Donchenko vs A Cherniaev  0-1331991Belavenets Memorial OpenA80 Dutch
7. A Cherniaev vs L Cherniak  ½-½231991Belavenets Memorial OpenB06 Robatsch
8. V Shtyrenkov vs A Cherniaev  1-0521991Belavenets Memorial OpenA80 Dutch
9. A Cherniaev vs L Totsky  ½-½521991Belavenets Memorial OpenC02 French, Advance
10. A Cherniaev vs O Nikolenko  ½-½551991Belavenets Memorial OpenC02 French, Advance
11. M Hebden vs A Cherniaev  1-0481991Hastings Challengers 1991/92A81 Dutch
12. M Maric vs A Cherniaev  0-1461991Hastings Challengers 1991/92B30 Sicilian
13. A Cherniaev vs I A Zaitsev  1-0581992Moscow ZSKSC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. A Cherniaev vs S Shipov  0-1271992RUS-chTB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. A Potapov vs A Cherniaev  0-1241992RUS-chTA10 English
16. Kholmov vs A Cherniaev  1-0381992OrelB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
17. I A Zaitsev vs A Cherniaev  ½-½431992OrelA04 Reti Opening
18. V Moskalenko vs A Cherniaev  ½-½831992Moscow ZSKSE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
19. S Beshukov vs A Cherniaev  ½-½651992OrelB33 Sicilian
20. Savon vs A Cherniaev  ½-½161992OrelB33 Sicilian
21. A Cherniaev vs S Guliev  ½-½111992OrelC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. A Cherniaev vs Barsov  ½-½411992OrelC05 French, Tarrasch
23. A Cherniaev vs S Ionov  ½-½121992RUS-chTB56 Sicilian
24. A Cherniaev vs Krasenkow  0-1551992Ch Armed ForcesC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
25. A Cherniaev vs A V Kharitonov  ½-½451992Moscow ZSKSB12 Caro-Kann Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-04-05  mack: Cherniaev's a character isn't he? He played in the 2004 Bury St Edmunds congress and after every move more or less he'd get up and snear at somebody else's game before walking back again.
Dec-25-05  notyetagm: I am looking for the PGN of the game <Williams-Cherniaev Hastings 1999 1-0>, which ends with the knight fork 1 ♖f1-f7! ♕e7xf7 2 ♘e4xd6+ and 3 ♘d6xf7. Thanks to anyone who posts it.
Dec-26-05  aw1988: <mack> LOL. Where'd you get that information?
Dec-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <notyetagm>
[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 Bb7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 d6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.d3 a6 9.f4 g6 10.h3 h5 11.f5 e5 12.fxg6 fxg6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qe7 15.Nc3 0-0-0 16.Ne4 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Rf7 1-0

Dec-26-05  notyetagm: Thanks, <tpstar>. Do you mind if I ask where you got it from? I tried all of the online databases and had no luck.
Dec-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <notyetagm> I spent $250 on ChessBase 8.0 because I use it to annotate games for our state magazine. They include a "Big Database" with over a million games, which has proven very useful for move discrepancies against the more selective cg.com database.
Dec-26-05  notyetagm: <tpstar> Could you please look up one last game for me? <Hernandez-Larsen, 1989 0-1> which ends with 1 h3?? ♕xh3+! 2 ♔xh3 ♘xf2+ and 3 ... ♘x♕? Thanks.
Dec-26-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <notyetagm> I checked again = 2.6 million games. It's just so ... Big.

Larsen vs R Hernandez, 1989

Dec-26-05  notyetagm: Thanks again, <tpstar>! I swear I looked for this game on cg.com two months ago and they didn't have it.
Dec-26-05  notyetagm: Now I see the problem, <tpstar>. The problem book in which I saw this game had Larsen as Black and all my searches for year=1989 and Black=Larsen with White=Hernandez came up empty. Plus it's strange to see "Mr. Knight" Bent Larsen forked so easily. Just goes to show you how truly nasty knight forks can be.
Apr-15-06  BIDMONFA: Alexander Cherniaev

CHERNIAEV, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/cherniaev_a...
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Oct-07-06  mack: <<mack> LOL. Where'd you get that information?>

A bit late, but I was there! He's also playing in the 2006 Met Congresss at Liverpool St, and is doing the same thing. I find it quite endearing - he was none too impressed with IM Basman's Grob on the board next to him either. By the way, I'd just like to correct my two year old spelling gaffe: that's 'sneer', thank you very much.

Oct-07-06  mack: I didn't mean to give the impression that he's unpleasant in any way, though - he's a top bloke, and from what I've read of it, his new book on Pilsbury looks excellent.
Jan-07-08  pawnofdoom: chessbase.com just had an article that described this guy as being unable to "play through an entire weekend tournament, without once complaining about the pairings". Anyone know something about this peculiar habit of his?
Jan-07-08  Jim Bartle: A more complete quote, from an article on a tournament where he wasn't even playing:

"By the same token, it is also possible that Amy Winehouse will be elected Chair of the Temperance Society, Britney Spears will win a Good Parenting Award, and the ever-charming Alexander Chernaiev will play through an entire weekend tournament, without once complaining about the pairings. But don't hold your breath."

Mar-27-08  ChesterTheJester: he seems a good guy, and much more gracious in defeat than many other foreign GMs/IMs. Although Steve Giddens comment (above) about the pairings is pretty accurate.
Mar-15-12  vasto: London Metropolitan.Chernaiev and Sherwin were analyzing a game that I lost to him.When I suggested a move he told me to keep quiet and learn! Golder's Green Rapidplay:he wouldn't sit down and was continually complaining,so I simply started his clock.Richmond Rapidplay:I checkmated him.He wanted to analyze the game with me but I just walked away.
Apr-08-13  ezhilarasu: Alexander Cherniaev is a Chess Grandmaster from Russia - See more at: http://www.describia.com/Alexander-...
Oct-06-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Dionysius1: No longer a member of the Russian FIDE federation, now a member of the English Federation. Does anyone here know since when? Did he come over at the same time as Cherniaev?
Oct-06-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Does anyone here know since when?>

July 2022: https://ratings.fide.com/transfers....

Oct-06-23  stone free or die: For some reason, I kinda wish the transfer lists also included the player rating too.

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