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Alex Yermolinsky

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Alex Yermolinsky
Yermolinsky at the 2003 U.S. Championships in Seattle, Washington
CountrySoviet Union (until 1991)
United States (since 1991)
Born (1958-04-11) April 11, 1958 (age 66)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1992)
FIDE rating2417 (October 2024)
Peak rating2660 (January 1998)
Peak rankingNo. 21 (January 1998)

Alex Yermolinsky (Russian: Алексей Ермолинский, romanizedAlexey Yermolinskiy; born April 11, 1958) is an American chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992, he is a two-time U.S. champion.

Career

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Yermolinsky tied for first with Vladislav Vorotnikov in the Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1985. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov. In 1996 he was the sole champion. He won the World Open in Philadelphia three times: in 1993, 1995 and 1996; in 1999 he shared first with nine other players, but Gregory Serper won the playoff. In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship in Cali, Colombia.[1]

In 2012 Yermolinsky was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.[2]

He is a regular commentator and presenter on the Internet Chess Club.

Books

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  • Yermolinsky, Alex (2000). Road to Chess Improvement. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-24-2.
  • Yermolinsky, Alex (2006). Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-42-5.

References

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  1. ^ "The Week in Chess 355". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ^ Sands, David R. (2012-10-23). "'The Yerminator' enters U.S. Chess Hall of Fame". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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Preceded by United States Chess Champion
1993 (with Alexander Shabalov)
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Chess Champion
1996
Succeeded by