Vladimir Lazarev
Country	Soviet Union Russia France
Born	(1964-06-05)5 June 1964 (age 60) Saratov,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (2000)
FIDE rating	2481 (March 2025)
Peak rating	2536 (April 2004)

Vladimir Lazarev (Russian:Владимир Лазарев; born 5 June 1964 inSaratov,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union) is achessGrandmaster, now living in France.

After learning to playchess at fifteen, Vladimir Lazarev joined the chess club in his hometown,Saratov and progressed quickly under the direction ofInternational Master Alexander Astashin. He won the title ofInternational Master in 1991 and played many tournaments inRussia, with a prestigious victory in 1993 againstAlexander Morozevich. Lazarev married Latvian born chess playerAnda Šafranska (WGM). The couple moved toFrance inLyon and later toParis. He was awarded theGrandmaster title in 2000. Lazarev has now turned to coaching young chess players inVillepinte, but continues to play a few tournaments.

• Winner of the tournamentAlushta (1993)^[1]
• Winner of the International OpenLyon (1999, 2000)
• Winner of the International OpenLausanne (2004)
• Winner of the OpenRhône (2007)
• Second place in International OpenPositano (2005)
• Third place in Open theRhône (2005)
• Winner of the InternationalLugano Open (2005)
• Third place in International OpenMonti, (Sardinia) (2005)

• Vladimir Lazarev rating card atFIDE
• Vladimir Lazarev player profile and games atChessgames.com
• Vladimir Lazarev chess games at 365Chess.com

• 1964 births
• Living people
• French chess players
• Russian chess players
• Soviet chess players
• Chess Grandmasters
• Sportspeople from Saratov

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