Andrei Kharlov was born in Prokopyevsk, a city in Kemerovo Oblast. His coach was the famous theorist Evgeny Sveshnikov. In 1992, he received the title of Grandmaster after tying for first place in the 1990 Russian National Championship.
In the 1991-USSR championship under 26 y/o in Kherson he placed-1-3 place. At the 1991-World team championship under 26y/o in Brasil he took 1st place with the USSR team. Kharlov won the 1996 European Club Cup and the 1998 Russian Club Cup with the Kazan chess team.
In 2000, he tied for second in the Russian National Championship in Samara and tied for first in the European Individual Chess Championship in Saint-Vincent.
He participated in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, where he was knocked out by Veselin Topalov in the second round. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he advanced to the fifth round (final eight), but was again knocked out by Topalov. In 2005 he ended shared first in the Aeroflot Open, only to lose the title on tie-break.
He was Garry Kasparov's second in the world title match in 2000.
Kharlov's death was announced by the Russian Chess Federation on June 15, 2014; no cause of death was provided. He had played in a tournament in Kazan the previous week.
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