Alexander Ivanov (born May 1, 1956) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster born in Omsk.[1] He moved to the United States in 1988. FIDE awarded him his GM title in 1991.[2] He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, WIM Esther Epstein.
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Alexander Ivanov | |
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Country | United States (after 1988) Soviet Union (before 1988) |
Born | (1956-05-01) May 1, 1956 (age 66) Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Title | Grandmaster (1991) |
FIDE rating | 2439 (November 2022) |
Peak rating | 2606 (January 2006) |
Ivanov competed in four FIDE World Championships (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004) and four FIDE World Cups (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011).
He played twice on the Soviet team in the World U26 Team Championship, winning the team silver medal in 1978 and an individual gold and team gold in 1980. Ivanov played for the US team in the 2002 Chess Olympiad. In an USCF tournament in early 2021, despite joining late and missing the first round, Ivanov tied third place with grandmaster Gadir Guseinov.[3]
Alexander Ivanov likes programming when he isn’t playing chess.[4]
ELO Classic: 2464
ELO Rapid: 1739
ELO Blitz: 2497[5]
In 2011, Ivanov defeated Varuzhan Akobian and Daniel Naroditsky in the US Championship.[6][7]
In 1988, Ivanov won against IBM’s Deep Thought in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [8]
Ivanov won first at the 1980 Young Masters Championship of the USSR. He also tied for first with Anatoly Karpov and Boris Gulko at a 1982 Moscow tournament that featured 51 grandmasters. In addition, he shared first place in the 1989 National Open and World Open events. He was joint US champion in 1995 (with Nick de Firmian and Patrick Wolff), and Pan American champion in 1998. In 2007 he tied for first place with Julio Granda, Varuzhan Akobian, Darcy Lima and Eduardo Iturrizaga in the American Continental Championship in Cali.[9] He also won the 135th Annual New York State Championship in 2013, winning $1,500.[10]
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Preceded by | United States Chess Champion 1995 (with Nick de Firmian and Patrick Wolff) |
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Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) | |
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