Pavel Tregubov | |
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| Full name | Pavel Vladimirovich Tregubov |
| Country | Russia (until March 2023) France (since March 2023)[1][2] |
| Born | (1971-12-21)21 December 1971 (age 53) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
| FIDE rating | 2555 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2658 (July 2008) |
| Peak ranking | No. 56 (October 2003) |
Pavel Vladimirovich Tregubov (Russian:Па́вел Влади́мирович Трегу́бов; born 21 December 1971) is a Russianchess player who represents France.[2] He was awarded the titleGrandmaster byFIDE in 1994. Tregubov was European champion in 2000.
He is one of the founders of theAssociation of Chess Professionals (ACP),[3] for which he is currently the ACP Tour director.[4] Tregubov previously served as president,[5] treasurer[6] and board director.[7]
Tregubov won the Corsica Masters tournament in 1997.[8] In 1999 he tied for first place withSimen Agdestein andMikhail Gurevich in theCappelle-la-Grande Open. Tregubov won the inauguralEuropean Individual Chess Championship in 2000 inSaint-Vincent scoring 8 points out from 11 games.[9] He is also the winner of the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup, held in 2008.[10] The following year, Tregubov competed in theFIDE World Cup, from which he was eliminated in the first round after losing toVaruzhan Akobian by 7–9. In October 2011 he tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.[11]
Tregubov is one of the major practitioners of theSicilian Taimanov Variation.
On 3 March 2023,[1] Tregubov switched from the Russian to the French federation at the same time as his spouse Aleksandra Kosteniuk, who changed to the Swiss federation.[2][12]
In 2015 Pavel Tregubov marriedAlexandra Kosteniuk.[13]
Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Tregubov signed an open letter to Russian presidentVladimir Putin, protesting against the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with theUkrainian people.[14][15]
Other Russian players have left—and are leaving—the country...Kosteniuk's husband, for one, plays for France...since March 3 (2023), the same day that Tregubov and Kosteniuk transferred
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