Vladimir Afromeev

{{Short description|Russian businessman and chess player (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox chess player | image=  |caption= |country = Russia |birth_date = {{bda|1954|4|2|df=y}} |birth_place = Magadan, Russia |death_date = |death_place = |title = FIDE Master |rating = |peakrating = 2646 (October 2007) |peakranking = No. 66 (October 2007) |FideID=4157770 }} '''Vladimir Afromeev''' (born 2 April 1954) is a Russian businessman and chess player.

==Biography== In the mid-2000s, Afromeev gained improvements in his official FIDE Elo rating that were highly unusual for his age, breaking into the world top 100 at the age of 52 in July 2006. In October 2007, he achieved a rating of 2646 and ranked 66th in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4157770/top|title=Afromeev, Vladimir – Top Lists Records|website=FIDE}}</ref> Several authors questioned Afromeev's rise and suggested that it was due to Afromeev organizing tournaments in which he either played far lower-rated opponents<ref name="twic">{{cite journal|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic660.html|first=Mark|last=Crowther|title=FIDE Rating List|number=660|journal=The Week in Chess|date=July 2, 2007|access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref> or scored unusually quick wins against strong opponents,<ref name="ct">{{cite journal|url=http://www.chesstoday.net/issues/CT-300.pdf|title=Editorial Note|first=Alex|last=Baburin|author-link=Alex Baburin|journal=Chess Today|number=300|date=September 3, 2001|access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/crosswords/chess/06chess.html|title=Ranking System Is Questioned After a Wealthy Russian's Rise|first=Dylan Loeb|last=McClain|date=July 6, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> and even that some of the tournaments did not in fact take place.<ref name="ct" /> Afromeev denied these charges, putting them down to people being jealous because of his wealth.<ref name="nytimes" />

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