{{short description|Russian-Slovenian chess grandmaster (born 1987)}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Anton Demchenko | image = Anton Demchenko 2024 09 20 45 Chess Olympiad Budapest photo by Luka Rifelj (97 of 155) (cropped).jpg | caption = Demchenko in 2024 | country = Russia (until 2023)<br>Slovenia (since 2023) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|20}} | title = Grandmaster (2013) | peakrating = 2679 (April 2018) | peakranking = No. 60 (May 2018) | FideID = 4160258 }}
'''Anton Demchenko''' (born 20 August 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster who represents Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessdom.com/gm-anton-demchenko-is-champion-of-the-russian-southern-federal-district/|title=GM Anton Demchenko is champion of the Russian Southern Federal District|date=24 March 2014 |publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017.
==Career== Demchenko won the PSC/Puregold International Chess Challenge in Quezon City in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1050.html#14|title=The Week in Chess 1050|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/170267/demchenko-holds-off-laylo-snares-intl-challenge-title|title=Demchenko holds off Laylo, snares Int'l Challenge title|last=Luarca|first=Roy|newspaper=Inquirer.net|date=2014-12-21|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> the ZMDI Open in Dresden in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/romantic-chess-in-modern-times|title=Romantic chess in modern times|date=2016-09-14|last=Meyer|first=Henrik|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> the 47th International Tournament Bosna (pl) in Sarajevo in 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1176.html#8|title=The Week in Chess 1176|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> and the European Individual Chess Championship in Reykjavik in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anton Demchenko wins European Championship|url=https://www.fide.com/news/1319|access-date=2021-09-07|website=www.fide.com|language=en}}</ref>
Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Demchenko signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.<ref>[https://www.chess.com/news/view/stop-the-war-44-top-russian-players-publish-open-letter-to-putin "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin"], Chess.com, 3 March 2022</ref>
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==External links== *{{FIDE}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Anton_Demchenko Anton Demchenko] chess games at 365Chess.com *{{Chessgames player|101982}} *[https://www.chess.com/blog/Englix/chesscom-player-profiles-gm-anton-demchenko Interview] by Chess.com
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