Alexander Chernin
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| Full name | Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1991) Hungary (since 1992)[1] |
| Born | 6 March 1960 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1985) |
| FIDE rating | 2614 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2645 (January 1998) |
| Peak ranking | No. 19 (January 1994) |
Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin (Russian: Александр Михайлович Чернин; born 6 March 1960) is a Soviet-born Hungarian chess grandmaster and trainer.
Tournaments and championships
Born in
These prestigious successes soon led him to an
The pinnacle of his playing career undoubtedly occurred in 1985, when he became a
At another first time event, the World Blitz Championship held in Saint John 1988, he finished joint third (with Kiril Georgiev, after Mikhail Tal and Rafael Vaganian).
Into the 1990s, Chernin was still performing well in international competition; clear first at Dortmund 1990 (ahead of Boris Gelfand), and shared first/second at Dortmund 1991 (Igor Stohl won on tie-break) with further successes to follow at Buenos Aires (Najdorf Memorial) 1992, Gothenburg 1996 and Aubervilliers 1996 (the latter, a rapid event).
Chernin relocated to Budapest in 1992 and became a Hungarian national a year later. He has represented his adopted country many times; for instance at the Olympiads of 1994 and 1996, but also at three European Team Chess Championships, the latest being in 1999, when he won a team silver medal.
Present activities
Into the new millennium, he has played less often, but was joint winner of the 2001 Corsica Masters, losing out to Viswanathan Anand in the final play-off game for the champion's title. He is also involved in coaching, his best known student being the young Italian-American master Fabiano Caruana. In 2004 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Alexander Chernin is a theorist and has written analytical articles for New In Chess amongst other publications. In the chess openings arena, he is a noted expert on the Pirc Defence and in 2001, co-authored a repertoire book with Lev Alburt, named Pirc Alert!.
Notable games
- Alexander Chernin vs John Van der Wiel EUCup Grp3 1997, Zukertort Opening (A04), 1–0
- Alexander Chernin vs Alexander Utnasunov FIDE World Ch 2000, Semi-Slav Defense (D45), 1–0
- Peter K Wells vs Alexander Chernin Tch-AUT −01 2000, Benko Gambit: Accepted. (A57), 0–1
References
- Cafferty, Bernard and ISBN 1-85744-201-6.
- ISBN 0-85112-455-0.
- Olimpbase – Olympiads and other Team event information
- Saint John World Blitz Results
External links
- Alexander Chernin rating card at FIDE
- Alexander Chernin chess games at 365Chess.com
- Alexander Chernin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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