{{about|the chess player|the politician|Aleksandr Dronov (politician)}} {{Short description|Russian chess player (1946–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Aleksandr Dronov | image = Дронов Александр Суренович.jpg | caption = Dronov in 2017 | full_name = Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov | country = {{URS}}<br />{{RUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|7|1946|10|6|df=y}} | death_place = | title = ICCF Grandmaster (2005) | worldchampion = | ICCFworldchampion = 2007—2010, 2011—2014, 2015—2018 | rating = | peakrating = | FideID = }}

'''Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov''' (6 October 1946 – 7 December 2023) was a Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the 22nd, 27th, and 29th World Correspondence Chess Champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=13580|title=Cross Table}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=25887|title=Cross Table}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iccf.com/event?id=52852|title=Cross Table}}</ref> He was the only person to win the World Correspondence Chess Championship three times. Dronov died in December 2023, at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ушел из жизни Александр Дронов |url=https://ruchess.ru/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_aleksandr_dronov/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=Федерация шахмат России |language=ru}}</ref>

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