Alexey Yanushevsky (born May 17, 1990)^[1], who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He has the Belarusian nationality, resides in Minsk and is signed to Dutch electronic sports team Serious Gaming^[2]. He has been actively competing in international Quake competitions since February 24, 2006. Yanushevksy is the reigning Electronic Sports World Cup and a former QuakeCon champion. Due to his young age he is often considered a prodigy player^[3].

Contents 1 Player Biography 2 Notable Achievements 2.1 2009 2.2 2008 2.3 2007 2.4 2006 3 References

[edit] Player Biography

Originally a Quake III player, Yanushevsky gained prominence with successes in Eastern European competitions in Quake IV shortly after the game's release. At the age of 16 he successfully qualified for the Electronic Sports World Cup in his native Belarus and defeated two-fold world champion Russian Anton Singov in Moscow competitions^[4]. He subsequently entered the Electronic Sports World Cup and was considered a dark horse contestant at the world championship, Yanushevsky eventually reached the finals of the event where he was defeated, taking second place at the event at an age at which he was too young to enter Cyberathlete Professional League or World Series of Video Games competitions.

Afterwards he was signed to professional video gaming team Fnatic and represented them at various gaming competitions throughout the remainder of the year. This included top five finishes at QuakeCon as well as the World Cyber Games. The following year he was one of the more successful players in international competition, taking 2nd and 3rd at two World Series of Video Games stops.

After the World Series of Video Games disbanded mid-season Yanushevsky started focusing primarily on Quake III again, which eventually culminated in victory at the Electronic Sports World Cup Masters in July, 2008. After which he was signed to Electronic Sports team Serious Gaming^[5]. On August 3, 2008 Yanushevsky won the QUAKE LIVE 1v1 Championship at QuakeCon 2008^[6] winning his second major title. On August 27 he won the Electronic Sports World Cup.

[edit] Notable Achievements

[edit] 2009

• 2nd - Extreme Masters Global Challenge, Dubai (Dubai, United Arabian Emigrates)
• 1st - ASUS Autumn (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 1st - ASUS Summer (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 3rd - QuakeCon Masters Tournament (Quake Live) - Dallas, Texas
• 2nd - Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge (Quake Live) - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

[edit] 2008

• 1st - ASUS Autumn (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia^[7]
• 4th - Electronic Sports World Cup Masters (Quake III) - Athens, Greece
• 1st - Electronic Sports World Cup (Quake III) - San Jose, California
• 1st - QuakeCon Intel QUAKE LIVE 1v1 Championship (Quake Live) - Dallas, Texas
• 1st - Electronic Sport World Cup Masters (Quake III) - Paris, France
• 4th - ASUS Spring (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 1st - ASUS Winter (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia

[edit] 2007

• 2nd - ASUS Autumn 1on1 (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 4th - ASUS Autumn 2on2 (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 3rd - $20.000 i32 Quake 4 tournament (Quake IV) - Newbury, United Kingdom
• 5th - ASUS Spring (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 5th - World Series of Video Games, Toronto (Quake IV) - Toronto, Canada
• 2nd - World Series of Video Games, Dallas (Quake IV) - Dallas, Texas
• 3rd - World Series of Video Games, Louisville (Quake IV) - Louisville, Kentucky
• 5th - $10.000 i30 Quake 4 tournament (Quake IV) - Newbury, United Kingdom

[edit] 2006

• 4th - World Cyber Games All-stars 2on2 (Quake IV) - Monza, Italy
• 7th - World Cyber Games All-stars 1on1 (Quake IV) - Monza, Italy
• 1st - ASUS Summer (Quake IV) - Moscow, Russia
• 2nd - ASUS Summer (Quake III) - Moscow, Russia
• 1st - KODE5 Russia (Quake IV) - Moscow, Russia
• 5th - QuakeCon 1on1 (Quake IV) - Dallas, Texas
• 2nd - Electronic Sports World Cup (Quake IV) - Paris, France
• 1st - GigaGames (Quake IV) - Moscow, Russia
• 1st - Electronic Sports World Cup, Belarus (Quake IV) - Minsk, Belarus
• 5th - ASUS Winter (Quake IV) - Moscow, Russia

[edit] References