| Country | Soviet Union Russia Israel United States[1] |
|---|---|
| Birth date | February 27, 1964 (age 62) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1989) |
| Peakrating | 2630 (January 2002) |
| Fideid | 2019540 |
| Peakranking | No. 45 (January 1992) |
Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin.
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]
References
- ^ "Alexander Goldin FIDE rating history, 1972-2001". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Chess Grandmaster Alexander Goldin - How to be a Grandmaster (#9) - Queen's Indian (Interview)". iChess.NET. 2011-08-24. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2003-09-01). "TWIC 460: Panamerican Continental Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ Vescovi, Giovanni. "Alexander Goldin Continental American Champion". New in Chess. ' (2003/7): 58. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Alexander Goldin". OlimpBase.org
External links
- Henderson, John B. (January 13, 2003). "They're coming to America". ChessBase.com. Archived June 8, 2003 at the Wayback Machine.