Alexei Bezgodov

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Alexei Mikhailovich Bezgodov (born 30 June 1969) is a Russian chess grandmaster and writer.

Chess career
- Won the Russian Chess Championship in 1993.
- Finished second in the 1995 Chigorin Memorial.
- Became a Grandmaster in 1999; in the same year he was a joint winner of the Ukrainian Chess Championship (he was Russian, so he did not become Ukrainian champion).
- Finished second in the 1999 Russian Championship, behind Konstantin Sakaev.
- Played for Russia on the second board at the 39th Chess Olympiad (2010), scoring 7/10.
- Competed in the Chess World Cup 2011 and was eliminated in the first round by Nikita Vitiugov; he qualified as one of four nominees from the local Organising Committee.

Books
- Challenging the Sicilian with 2.a3!? (Chess Stars, 2004)
- The Extreme Caro–Kann: Attacking Black with 3.f3 (New In Chess, 2014)
- The Liberated Bishop Defence: A Surprising and Complete Black Repertoire against 1.d4 (New In Chess, 2015)
- The Art of the Tarrasch Defence: Strategies, Techniques and Surprising Ideas (New In Chess, 2017)
- Defend Like Petrosian: What You Can Learn From Tigran Petrosian's Extraordinary Defensive Skills (New In Chess, 2020)

Ratings and background
- Peak FIDE rating: 2576 (July 1999)
- FIDE rating: 2406 (January 2026)
- Country: Russia
- Title: Grandmaster (1999)
- Born in 1969, Bezgodov is recognized as a Russian chess grandmaster and a chess writer.