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American chess player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin.
| Alexander Goldin | |
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| Country | Soviet Union Russia Israel United States[1] |
| Born | February 27, 1964 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1989) |
| FIDE rating | 2542 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2630 (January 2002) |
| Peak ranking | No. 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]
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