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Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Мотылёв; born 17 June 1979) is a chess grandmaster the current European champion and a former Russian champion.He learnt how to play at the age of four and a half years and at age six took part in group instruction sessions. By the time he was eleven Motylev was a Candidate Master. Around this time he was also gifted at football a sport for which he had major aspirations.