Alexander Beliavsky

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Alexander Beliavsky
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1975)
FIDE rating2471 (March 2024)
Peak rating2710 (July 1997)
Peak rankingNo. 4 (July 1985)

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́нрихович Беля́вский, Ukrainian: Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, Slovene: Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized Belyavsky; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Beliavsky was born in

USSR, now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and has been playing for its national team since 1996.[1][2]

Career

Beliavsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship four times (in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990).

In the 1982–84

1984 Chess Olympiad.[3]
Beliavsky was a mainstay at international tournaments throughout the eighties and early nineties, however, he did not perform to the highest levels. In the 1985-87 Candidates he finished 7/16, and neither did he qualify for the 1988-90 Candidates tournament nor the 1994-95 PCA Candidates tournament.

In tournaments, he was first equal at

Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he was the top scorer for the victorious Soviet team, defeating Yasser Seirawan 2–0 and Bent Larsen 1½–½. Beliavsky won the Vidmar Memorial tournament four times: in 1999, 2001, 2003 (with Emil Sutovsky) and 2005.[4] He finished third in the Linares tournament of 1991, behind Vasyl Ivanchuk and Garry Kasparov.[5]

From September 2009 to May 2010, he was the oldest person among the

Beliavsky shares

Victor Korchnoi
.

Books

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Beliavsky, Alexander G." OlimpBase. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tribute to Viktor Korchnoi". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ Vasiliev, Yuri (8 June 2015). "АЛЕКСАНДР БЕЛЯВСКИЙ: ИГРАЮЩИЙ ДИНОЗАВР". ChessPro (in Russian). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments". sah-zveza.si. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Linares (1991)". Chessgames. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Players September 2009 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Players November 2009 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Players January 2010 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Top 100 Players March 2010 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Players May 2010 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Players June 2013 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  12. ^ Soffer, Ram (2013-07-24). "2013 Maccabiah Games - The Jewish Olympics". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  13. ^ Crowther, Mark (2013-05-16). "14th European Individual Championships 2013". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

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