Vladislav Artemiev

Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev is a Russian chess player and former chess prodigy. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014. In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished sixth out of ninety-two, thus becoming a 2700+ rated player for the first time in his career. Artemiev won the Gibraltar Masters in January 2019 and represented Russia at the 2019 World Team Chess Championship in March as Russia won gold. His performance led to Alexander Grischuk stating that he may be the successor of the recently retired Vladimir Kramnik in the Russian team. Later in the same month, Artemiev won the European Individual Championship in Skopje edging out Nils Grandelius on tiebreak. Artemiev was also the 2019 European champion.