Slizhevsky, Alexander

Alexander Slizhevsky, a 41-year-old Russian International Master, is rated 2297 and sitting in the top 3% of Russian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 75 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'A' 1900 & Above), 43rd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai, and 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy. Also played 3 rapid (including Kur Memorial_Rapid Grand-Prix of Russia 2026) and 3 blitz events (including Kur Memorial_Blitz Grand-Prix of Russia 2026) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 23 months (2009–2011), 62 months (2011–2016), 15 months (2016–2017), 17 months (2017–2019) and 58 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2454 was reached at age 21 (Jul 2006); he also reached Russian #92 in Jun 2025.

Awarded IM in 2007 (age 22). At junior level, he reached World #80 in U20 and #38 and #51 nationally in U18 and U16.