Pavel Tregubov
Russian and French chess player
Pavel Vladimirovich Tregubov (Russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Трегу́бов; born 21 December 1971) is a Russian chess player who represents France. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Tregubov was European champion in 2000.
He is one of the founders of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP), for which he is currently the ACP Tour director. Tregubov previously served as president, treasurer and board director.
Career
Tregubov won the Corsica Masters tournament in 1997. In 1999 he tied for first place with Simen Agdestein and Mikhail Gurevich in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open. Tregubov won the inaugural European Individual Chess Championship in 2000 in Saint-Vincent scoring 8 points out from 11 games. He is also the winner of the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup, held in 2008. The following year, Tregubov competed in the FIDE World Cup, from which he was eliminated in the first round after losing to Varuzhan Akobian by 7–9.
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