Career
Born in Mogilev, until 1992 he played for the Soviet Union, then briefly for Russia and from 1993 for the Belarusian Chess Federation. Fedorov became an International Master in 1992 and a Grandmaster in 1996. He took part in the FIDE world Chess Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002.
In 1999 he was knocked out in the fourth round, while in 2000 and 2002 he was knocked out in the first round.
Fedorov is considered to be an opening specialist on the King"s Gambit and the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation. Participated at the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2001.
Shared first at Aeroflot Open, 2003 (third place on tie-break)
First at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in 2006 (with 9 points out of 10)
Shared first at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2013 (seventh on tiebreak).