GMVladislav Artemiev

Vladislav Artemiev was born in Omsk in 1998 and began chess at seven. He won European under-14 bronze in 2011 and the Russian junior championship in 2013. He also helped Russia win the 2012 World Youth Under-16 Olympiad. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2014. He won Russia's Higher League in 2015 and became world junior runner-up in 2016.

Artemiev developed an extensive record in fast chess, winning Russian blitz titles and the 2018 European Blitz Championship. In 2019, he won Gibraltar unbeaten and became European individual champion. That year he also took team and individual gold at the World Team Championship. He reached two Champions Chess Tour finals in 2021, losing to Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen respectively. He became Russian classical champion in 2023 and retained the title in 2024. At the 2025 World Rapid Championship, he took silver on tiebreak after sharing second place.