Alexei Fedorov

Alexei Fedorov (, ''Aleksey Dimitriyevich Fyodorov'', , ''Aliaksey Fyodarau''; born 27 September 1972) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the titles International Master in 1992 and Grandmaster in 1995 by FIDE.

Born in Mogilev, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he briefly played for Russia and from 1993 for the Belarusian Chess Federation.

Fedorov won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2008 and participated in seven Chess Olympiads (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008) with a performance of 54.3% (+22=32-16). Fedorov competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In 1999 he was knocked out in the fourth round, while in 2000 and 2002 he was eliminated in the first. Provided by Wikipedia