Alexander Lastin is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 Grandmaster. In 2002 he won the Russian Chess Championship

Russian Chess Championship

-Imperial Russia:In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879...

. His current rating 2659 is also his peak rating.

Notable Games

Russian Men's Championship 2009, Rnd. 4

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster and the chess champion of Russia in 2010. , he was listed by FIDE as having an Elo rating of 2730....

(2632) vs. Alexander Lastin (2648)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Bf6 11. Be3 h6 12. Ne4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Be8 18. Qd3 Nf4+ 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nd3 Nxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rhc1 Rad8 25. Kf1 Qd6 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Kg1 Bb5 28. Rd1 Bxb2 29. h3 Bf6 30. Nb2 Qc7 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bd3 Bc6 33. Nc4 Qd4 34. Bf1 Qc5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qc8 Bd4 37. Qc7+ Bd7 38. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 39. Kh1 Bg3 40. Qb2 f6 41. Nd2 Bc6 42. Nf3 Qf2 43. Qb4+ Bd6 0-1

External links