Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov (6 October 1946 – 7 December 2023) was a Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the 22nd, 27th, and 29th World Correspondence Chess Champion.[1][2][3] He was the only person to win the World Correspondence Chess Championship three times. Dronov died in December 2023, at the age of 77.[4]

Aleksandr Dronov
Dronov in 2017
Full nameAleksandr Surenovich Dronov
Country Soviet Union
 Russia
Born(1946-10-06)6 October 1946
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died7 December 2023(2023-12-07) (aged 77)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (2005)
ICCF World Champion2007—2010, 2011—2014, 2015—2018

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  1. ^ "Cross Table".
  2. ^ "Cross Table".
  3. ^ "Cross Table".
  4. ^ "Ушел из жизни Александр Дронов". Федерация шахмат России (in Russian). Retrieved 9 December 2023.

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Preceded by World Correspondence Chess Championship
2007–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Correspondence Chess Championship
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Correspondence Chess Champion
2015–2018
Succeeded by