Aleksandr Dronov

This article is about the chess player. For the politician, see Aleksandr Dronov (politician).

Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov (6 October 1946 – 7 December 2023) was a Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the 22nd, 27th, and 29th World Correspondence Chess Champion.^[1][2][3] He was the only person to win the World Correspondence Chess Championship three times. Dronov died in December 2023, at the age of 77.^[4]

Aleksandr Dronov
Dronov in 2017
Full name	Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Born	(1946-10-06)6 October 1946 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	7 December 2023(2023-12-07) (aged 77)
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (2005)
ICCF World Champion	2007—2010, 2011—2014, 2015—2018