Aleksey Grebnev

Aleksey Grebnev

Personal information
Born	Aleksey Nikolaevich Grebnev (2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 19) Tolyatti, Russia
Chess career
Country	Russia (until 2022) FIDE (since 2022)
Title	Grandmaster (2024) [1]
FIDE   rating	2617 (November 2025)
Peak rating	2617 (November 2025)

Aleksey Nikolaevich Grebnev (born 26 July 2006) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Grebnev started playing chess at the age of 6, and is coached by Dmitry Afanasiev and Maxim Matlakov. ^[2]

In September 2023, he won the Open section of the Tata Steel Asian Junior Championship, defeating Alekhya Mukhopadhyay in the final round to finish with a score of 7/9. ^[3]

In November 2023, he became the U18 World Youth Champion with one round to spare after defeating Prraneeth Vuppala in the penultimate round. ^[4]

In October 2024, he won the Open section of the Asian Junior Championship after grabbing the lead in Round 3 and maintaining it to the end. ^[5]

In June 2025, he won the Dubai Open with 7/9, after having better tiebreaks than Alan Pichot. ^[6] In July 2025, he won the Oskemen Open with 7/9, after having better tiebreaks than Richard Rapport. ^[7]

In October 2025, he defeated Marc'Andria Maurizzi in their FIDE World Cup 2025 qualification match. ^[8]

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
2. "Aleksey Grebnev: Chess is Both Work and Leisure". 30 November 2023.
3. Ahmed, Shahid (16 September 2023). "Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023: Grebnev & Tejaswini clinch Gold, Aswath & Bristy Silver, Rohith & Mounika Bronze".
4. "Aleksey Grebnev Becomes U18 World Youth Champion with One Round to Go". 24 November 2023.
5. "Grebnev and Shukhman win 2024 Asian Junior Championship". 19 October 2024.
6. "Dubai Open 2025 Cat – A". 4 June 2025.
7. "Aleksey Grebnev Wins Maters in Oskemen Open 2025 in Kazakhstan". 29 July 2025.
8. "Aleksey Grebnev defeats Marc'Andria Maurizzi in chess match". 2 October 2025.