Alex Yermolinsky
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Alex Yermolinsky is an American chess
Grandmaster
. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship
, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov
. In 1996 he was the sole champion.
He was a three-times winner of the Philadelphia World Open: 1993, 1995 and 1996 (in 1999 he was equal first with other nine players, but Gregory Serper
won the playoff). In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship
.
Yermolinsky is married to the WGM Kamilė Baginskaitė. They have two sons and got to know each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996
in Yerevan
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Chess Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States. Since 1936, it has been held under the auspices of the U.S. Chess Federation. Until 1999, the event consisted of a round-robin tournament of varying size...
, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov
Alexander Shabalov
Alexander Shabalov is an American chess grandmaster, the multiple winner of the U.S. Chess Championships; he was the 2007 US Champion. He was born in Latvia, and like his fellow Latvians Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal he is known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness...
. In 1996 he was the sole champion.
He was a three-times winner of the Philadelphia World Open: 1993, 1995 and 1996 (in 1999 he was equal first with other nine players, but Gregory Serper
Gregory Serper
Gregory Serper is an International Grandmaster of chess.He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union . At age 6, he learned to play chess from his grandfather...
won the playoff). In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship
Pan American Chess Championship
The first Pan-American Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July - 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows: 1. Samuel Reshevsky 10.5, 2. Reuben Fine 9, 3. Herman Pilnik 8.5, 4. Israel Horowitz 8, 5. Isaac Kashdan 7, 6. Hector Rossetto 6.5, 7-8. Weaver Adams , Herman Steiner 5.5, 9-10....
.
Yermolinsky is married to the WGM Kamilė Baginskaitė. They have two sons and got to know each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
.
Books
- Yermolinsky, Alex (2000). Road to Chess Improvement. Gambit PublicationsGambit PublicationsGambit Publications is a major publisher of chess books. The company's headquarters is in London. It has published more than 150 chess books.The company was founded by three chess players...
. ISBN 1-901983-24-2. - Yermolinsky, Alex (2006). Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian. Gambit PublicationsGambit PublicationsGambit Publications is a major publisher of chess books. The company's headquarters is in London. It has published more than 150 chess books.The company was founded by three chess players...
. ISBN 1-904600-42-5.