Aleksandr Galkin (chess player)

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Galkin.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Galkin (Russian: Александр Александрович Галкин; born 1 February 1979) is a Russian chess player. Born in Rostov-on-Don, he was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997.

Aleksandr Galkin
Country	Russia
Born	(1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 46) Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating	2611 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2626 (August 2012)
Peak ranking	No. 96 (April 2006)

Chess career

Galkin won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship.^[1] This victory qualified him for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000. Here he defeated Aleksandar Wohl in the first round and then lost to Alexander Beliavsky in the second, thus exiting the competition. Galkin competed in the FIDE World Championship again in 2004; this time he was eliminated in the first round by Aleksander Delchev. Three year later, Galkin participated in the FIDE World Cup; here he defeated Mateusz Bartel in round one and lost to Vassily Ivanchuk in round two. In 2011, Galkin played in the Russian Championship Superfinal.^[2]