# Alexei Barsov

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Uzbek chess grandmaster (born 1966)

Alexei Barsov Barsov in 2018 Personal information Born (1966-04-03) 3 April 1966 (age 60) Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union Chess career Country Soviet Union (until 1991) Uzbekistan (since 1991) Title Grandmaster (2000) Peak rating 2550 (April 2002)

**Alexei Barsov** (born 3 April 1966) is an Uzbek [chess grandmaster](/source/Chess_grandmaster).

## Chess career

Barsov, lawyer by education, has been a professional chess player since the early 1990s, and is one of the premier players in Uzbekistan. For some years he was the coach of the former [FIDE world champion](/source/World_Chess_Championship) [Rustam Kasimdzhanov](/source/Rustam_Kasimdzhanov).

He won the [Zeeland Open](/source/Vlissingen_chess_tournament) in [Vlissingen](/source/Vlissingen) in 1995.[1] Barsov's victories in Oxford (1998) and York (1999, together with [Tiger Hillarp Persson](/source/Tiger_Hillarp_Persson) and [Julian Hodgson](/source/Julian_Hodgson)) rate among his most prominent successes in international chess tournaments. In 2001 he won the [Hastings International Chess Congress](/source/Hastings_International_Chess_Congress) together with [Harikrishna](/source/Pendyala_Harikrishna) and [Sasikiran](/source/Krishnan_Sasikiran). Barsov competed in the [FIDE World Chess Championship 2004](/source/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2004), losing in the first round to [Alexander Beliavsky](/source/Alexander_Beliavsky). He won a tournament in [Saint-Quentin](/source/Saint-Quentin%2C_Aisne) 2004, and Casablanca 2005. Barsov won the [Uzbekistani Chess Championship](/source/Uzbekistani_Chess_Championship) in 2006 and 2010. In 2011, he came first in the 4th [Beirut](/source/Beirut) Open tournament.[2] In the following year, Barsov tied for first place with [Semetey Tologontegin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Semetey_Tologontegin&action=edit&redlink=1) at the 2nd Central Asia Chess Cup in [Bishkek](/source/Bishkek)[3] winning the tournament on tiebreak score.[4]

Barsov represented Uzbekistan at the [Chess Olympiads](/source/Chess_Olympiad) in [Istanbul 2000](/source/34th_Chess_Olympiad), [Calvià 2004](/source/36th_Chess_Olympiad), [Turin 2006](/source/37th_Chess_Olympiad), [Dresden 2008](/source/38th_Chess_Olympiad) and [Khanty-Mansiysk 2010](/source/39th_Chess_Olympiad).[5] He has played for several European chess clubs, including the ones competing in the German [Chess Bundesliga](/source/Chess_Bundesliga).

## Notable games

- [Alexei Barsov vs Zhong Zhang, Premier 2001, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation (E21), 1-0](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242342,)

- [Peter K Wells vs Alexei Barsov, Premier 2002, English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13), 0-1](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242373,)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Winners](http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index.php/en/winners) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160216220341/http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index.php/en/winners) 2016-02-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *HZ Toernooi*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Beirut 4th International Open Chess Championship 2011"](http://chess-results.com/tnr50317.aspx?art=1&lan=1&wi=1000). Chess-Results.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [2st (sic) Central Asia Chess Cup Original Tournament Report](https://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=69928) FIDE. Retrieved 8 December 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Сборная Кыргызстана заняла 2 командное место на Кубке Центральной Азии по шахматам на Иссык-Куле"](https://sport.akipress.org/news:81451/) (in Russian). [Sport AKIpress](/source/AKIpress_news_agency). 21 June 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bartelski, Wojciech. ["Men's Chess Olympiads: Alexei Barsov"](http://www.olimpbase.org/players/1lv7vtre.html). OlimpBase. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

## External links

- [Alexei Barsov](https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14200082) rating card at [FIDE](/source/FIDE)

- [Alexei Barsov](https://www.365chess.com/players/Alexei_Barsov) chess games at 365Chess.com

- [Alexei Barsov](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=39734) player profile and games at [Chessgames.com](/source/Chessgames.com)

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