Alexander Rustemov

Alexander Rustemov (Russian: Александр Рустемов; born July 6, 1973) is a Russian chess grandmaster and trainer. He gained the grandmaster title in 1998 and finished second in the 2000 Russian Chess Championship. Rustemov is an experienced internet blitz player, having played the Dutch grandmaster Loek van Wely in a 137-game blitz match on the ICC, the final score of which was 67½–71½ to van Wely.^[1] He is part of the Schachverein Wattenscheid chess club.^[2] In recent years, Rustemov has been living in Belarus.

Alexander Rustemov
Country	Russia
Born	(1973-07-06) July 6, 1973 (age 51) Murmansk, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1998)
FIDE rating	2525 (May 2025)
Peak rating	2625 (April 2001)
Peak ranking	No. 61 (April 2001)