Alexander Goldin

Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin.

Alexander Goldin
CountrySoviet Union
Russia
Israel
United States[1]
Born (1964-02-27) February 27, 1964
TitleGrandmaster (1989)
FIDE rating2542 (October 2023)
Peak rating2630 (January 2002)
Peak rankingNo. 45 (January 1992)

Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship.[2] He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at Sevastopol in 1986 (a qualifier for the 1987 First League Final). Other tournament successes include winning the Philadelphia's World Open in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, Goldin won the American Continental Chess Championship in Buenos Aires edging out on tiebreak score Giovanni Vescovi, after both players scored 8.5/11.[3][4]

In team chess, he played board three for the US team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià and registered a 65% score.[5]

References
  1. "Alexander Goldin FIDE rating history, 1972-2001". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. "Chess Grandmaster Alexander Goldin - How to be a Grandmaster (#9) - Queen's Indian (Interview)". iChess.NET. August 24, 2011. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  3. Crowther, Mark (September 1, 2003). "TWIC 460: Panamerican Continental Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. Vescovi, Giovanni. "Alexander Goldin Continental American Champion". New In Chess (2003/7): 58. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Alexander Goldin". OlimpBase.org.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.