Alexander Potapov (chess player)

Alexander Yurievich Potapov is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Alexander Potapov

Personal information
Born	(1969-01-05) January 5, 1969 (age 56) Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Soviet Union
Chess career
Country	Russia
Title	Grandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating	2410 (December 2025)
Peak rating	2530 (January 2004)

Chess career

In 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Yuri Yakovich in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk.^[1]

In August 2010, he served as the coach for the Russian players in the U20 World Junior Chess Championships.^[2]

In July 2019, he played for the Russian Yamal team in the Cesky Lev Kolesovice Open, where he also had the best individual score of 7/7.^[3]

In April 2021, he won an award for being one of Russia's best chess coaches for 2019-2020.^[4]