| Alexander Kochyev | |
| Birthname: | Александр Кочиев |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Petersburg |
| Grandmaster (1979) | |
| Peakrating: | 2555 (January 1978) |
| Peakranking: | No. 31 (January 1978) |
| Fideid: | 4100719 |
Alexander Vasilyevich Kochyev (Russian: Александр Васильевич Кочиев; born March 25, 1956, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1979).
In the 1970s, he was one of the youngest grandmasters in the world.[1] In 1972, he won the Soviet Union Junior Chess Championship[2] and in 1975, became European Junior Champion. He came 12th in the USSR Chess Championship of 1977.[3] In 1978, he won the team silver and individual gold medal playing board two for the Soviet team at the 1st World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship.[4] In 1979, he won the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.[5]