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.

[4] 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.

[5] In 1979, he won the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.