Motylev Alexander (17.06.1979)

Russian Grandmaster (2000) and FIDE Senior Trainer (2012) who studied Geology. European Champion in 2014, Russian Champion in 2001. European U20 Champion in 2000, Russian Rapid Champion in 2017, Russian U16 Champion and Russian U18 Champion.

Best results: won or shared first at Dubai Open 2001, Lviv 1999, Nikcic 2000, Corsica Open 2003, Moscow Open 2005, Corus-Wijk aan Zee B 2006, Poikovsky Karpov 2009. Russian Championship Higher League 2015, Korchnoi Memorial 2017. Also, second at Tiuyan GM in 2005 and at Sanjin Hotel Cup in 2006 and the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2015.
A member of the team which won the silver at the 2001 World Team Championship.

Excellent analyst, he was second to Peter Svidler at the World Championship Tournament in 2005 and a member of the team of Vladimir Kramnik for the world championship match against Veselin Topalov in 2006. For many years he is now working closely with the Russian national team and Sergey Karjakin.

Style: tactical and aggressive like Kramnik.

Peak rating: 2710 in 2009.