What is Alexander Grischuk?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Alexander Grischuk |image = Alexander Grischuk grandmaster.jpg |caption= |birthname = Alexander Igorevich Grischuk |country = {{RUS}} |datebirth = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|31}} |placebirth = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] |datedeath = |placedeath = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2777<br /><small>(#6 in the April 2014 FIDE ratings list)</small> |peakrating = 2786 (October 2013) }}'''Alexander Grischuk''' (born [[Moscow]], 31 October 1983) is a [[chess]] [[chess master titles|grandmaster]], one of the top Russian players. In the [[FIDE]] [[List of World Chess Champions#FIDE world champions 1993–2006|World Chess Championship]] 2000 he made it to the semi finals. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he made it to the quarter finals, where he lost 3–1 to [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]. Grischuk is also one of the best [[List of chess terms#B|blitz chess]] players in the world, having once held the record for highest rating achieved on the [[Internet Chess Club]]. In 2006 he won the World Blitz Championship in [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/grischuk-wins-fide-world-blitz-championship|title=Grischuk wins FIDE World Blitz Championship|date=12 September 2006|access-date=2021-02-02}}</ref> Grischuk is married to the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] WGM Natalia Zhukova. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-players-and-thier-spouses|title=Chess players and their spouses|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-date=2019-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427090149/https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-players-and-thier-spouses|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other Websites== * {{cite web |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=17279 |title=Alexander Grischuk|website=www.chessgames.com|access-date=2010-05-10}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grischuk, Alexander}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grischuk, Alexander}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Li