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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ukrainian-American chess grandmaster (born 1945)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg/220px-Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg/330px-Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg/440px-Lev_Alburt_1980_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Alburt in 1980</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Lev Osipovich Alburt<br />(Лев Альбурт)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr">United States <span style="font-size:85%;">(after 1979)</span><br />Soviet Union <span style="font-size:85%;">(before 1979)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-08-21</span>) </span>August 21, 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Orenburg" title="Orenburg">Orenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_SFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian SFSR">Russian SFSR</a>, <span class="nowrap">Soviet Union</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (1977)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2000156">2539</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">Peak rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2580 (July 1981)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 22 (January 1981)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lev Osipovich Alburt</b> (born August 21, 1945) is a chess <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a>, writer and coach. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Orenburg" title="Orenburg">Orenburg</a>, Russia, and became three-time <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Chess_Championship" title="Ukrainian Chess Championship">Ukrainian Champion</a>. After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became three-time <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Champion</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chess_career">Chess career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chess career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alburt won the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Chess_Championship" title="Ukrainian Chess Championship">Ukrainian Chess Championship</a> in 1972, 1973 and 1974. He earned the <a href="/wiki/International_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="International Master">International Master</a> title in 1976, and became a <a href="/wiki/International_Grandmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="International Grandmaster">Grandmaster</a> in 1977. </p><p>He defected to the United States in 1979, while on a chess team trip (European Champions' Cup) to Germany and upon his arrival to the USA, staying for several months with his former coach and fellow Ukrainian chess player and chess journalist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Faynberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Faynberg (page does not exist)">Michael Faynberg</a>. In 1980, Alburt led the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a> team at <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. </p><p>Alburt won the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a> in 1984, 1985 and 1990, and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Open Chess Championship">U.S. Open Chess Championship</a> in 1987 and 1989. In 1986, he drew an eight-game match with the <a href="/wiki/British_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="British Chess Champion">British Chess Champion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Speelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Speelman">Jonathan Speelman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_work">Related work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Related work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alburt is the author of numerous best-selling chess books. </p><p>He served on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Directors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Directors">Board of Directors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a> from 1985 to 1988. At the conclusion of his term, he stated that not once did he ever hear any discussion by the board of how to promote chess or bring new players into the game.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alburt has worked as a chess coach for many years. In 2004, he was awarded the title of <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> Senior Trainer. In New York City, where he lives, several Wall Street figures and other prominent people have taken chess classes from him, including <a href="/wiki/Carl_Icahn" title="Carl Icahn">Carl Icahn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Friedman_(academic_administrator)" title="Stephen J. Friedman (academic administrator)">Stephen Friedman</a>, Doug Hirsch, <a href="/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer" title="Eliot Spitzer">Eliot Spitzer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Field" title="Ted Field">Ted Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Eric_Schiller1985" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Schiller" title="Eric Schiller">Eric Schiller</a> (1985). <i>The Alekhine for the Tournament Player</i>. American Chess Promotions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-1596-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-1596-7"><bdi>0-7134-1596-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Alekhine+for+the+Tournament+Player&rft.pub=American+Chess+Promotions&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-7134-1596-7&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Eric+Schiller&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt1989" class="citation book cs1">Alburt (1989). <i>Test and improve your chess</i>. Pergamon Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-032041-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-032041-4"><bdi>0-08-032041-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Test+and+improve+your+chess&rft.pub=Pergamon+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-08-032041-4&rft.au=Alburt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Alexander_Chernin2001" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Chernin" title="Alexander Chernin">Alexander Chernin</a> (2001). <i>Pirc Alert!</i>. W W Norton & Co Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-07-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-07-7"><bdi>978-1-889323-07-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pirc+Alert%21&rft.pub=W+W+Norton+%26+Co+Inc&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-889323-07-7&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Alexander+Chernin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt2002" class="citation book cs1">Alburt (2002). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/buildingupyourch00leva"><i>Building Up Your Chess: The Art of Accurate Evaluation and Other Winning Techniques</i></a></span>. Newmarket Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-08-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-08-4"><bdi>978-1-889323-08-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Building+Up+Your+Chess%3A+The+Art+of+Accurate+Evaluation+and+Other+Winning+Techniques&rft.pub=Newmarket+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-889323-08-4&rft.au=Alburt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbuildingupyourch00leva&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Nikolai_Krogius2005" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Krogius" title="Nikolai Krogius">Nikolai Krogius</a> (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/winningchessendg00leva"><i>Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume</i></a></span> (second ed.). Chess Information and Research Center (distributed by <a href="/wiki/W._W._Norton" class="mw-redirect" title="W. W. Norton">W. W. Norton</a>). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-889323-15-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-889323-15-2"><bdi>1-889323-15-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Just+the+Facts%21%3A+Winning+Endgame+Knowledge+in+One+Volume&rft.edition=second&rft.pub=Chess+Information+and+Research+Center+%28distributed+by+W.+W.+Norton%29&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-889323-15-2&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Nikolai+Krogius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwinningchessendg00leva&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Roman_Dzindzichashvili_and_Eugene_Perelshteyn2006" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Eugene Perelshteyn</a> (2006). <i>Chess Openings for White, Explained</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_Information_and_Research_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chess Information and Research Center (page does not exist)">Chess Information and Research Center</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-11-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-11-4"><bdi>978-1-889323-11-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chess+Openings+for+White%2C+Explained&rft.pub=Chess+Information+and+Research+Center&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-889323-11-4&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Roman+Dzindzichashvili+and+Eugene+Perelshteyn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Roman_Dzindzichashvili_and_Eugene_Perelshteyn2009" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Eugene Perelshteyn</a> (2009). <i>Chess Openings for Black, Explained</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_Information_and_Research_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chess Information and Research Center (page does not exist)">Chess Information and Research Center</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-18-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-18-3"><bdi>978-1-889323-18-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chess+Openings+for+Black%2C+Explained&rft.pub=Chess+Information+and+Research+Center&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-889323-18-3&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Roman+Dzindzichashvili+and+Eugene+Perelshteyn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlburt,_with_Jon_Crumiller2017" class="citation book cs1">Alburt, with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jon_Crumiller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jon Crumiller (page does not exist)">Jon Crumiller</a> (2017). <i>Carlsen vs. Karjakin World Chess Championship New York 2016</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_Information_and_Research_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chess Information and Research Center (page does not exist)">Chess Information and Research Center</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-29-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-889323-29-9"><bdi>978-1-889323-29-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Carlsen+vs.+Karjakin+World+Chess+Championship+New+York+2016&rft.pub=Chess+Information+and+Research+Center&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-889323-29-9&rft.au=Alburt%2C+with+Jon+Crumiller&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span> This book won the 2018 Chess Journalists of America "Book of the Year" award.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Alburt Variation</i> in <a href="/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence" title="Alekhine's Defence">Alekhine's Defence</a> is named after him: 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 <a href="/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence#Modern_Variation" title="Alekhine's Defence">g6</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_games">Notable games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">This section uses <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic notation</a> to describe chess moves.</div></div> </div> <div class="thumb noviewer tright"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:254px"> Hort vs. Alburt, Děčín 1977 </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:246px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">1</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8" style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit"><div class="chess-board notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/208px-Chessboard480.svg.png" decoding="async" width="208" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/312px-Chessboard480.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/416px-Chessboard480.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g1 white knight"><img alt="g1 white knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/26px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/39px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/52px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:182px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a1 black rook"><img alt="a1 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/26px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/39px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/52px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h2 white pawn"><img alt="h2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e2 white pawn"><img alt="e2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:52px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g3 white pawn"><img alt="g3 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:78px;left:52px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f4 white pawn"><img alt="f4 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:78px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e4 white king"><img alt="e4 white king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/26px-Chess_klt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/39px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/52px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:104px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h5 black pawn"><img alt="h5 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:104px;left:104px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d5 black knight"><img alt="d5 black knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/26px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/39px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/52px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:130px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g6 black pawn"><img alt="g6 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:130px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e6 black bishop"><img alt="e6 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/26px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"><img alt="f7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e7 black pawn"><img alt="e7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:182px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g8 black king"><img alt="g8 black king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/26px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/39px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/52px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">8</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption"> Final position </div></div></div> <p>In a 1977 tournament in Czechoslovakia, Alburt defeated <a href="/wiki/Vlastimil_Hort" title="Vlastimil Hort">Vlastimil Hort</a>, who was rated No. 6 in the world at the time, with the black pieces using the <a href="/wiki/Benko_Gambit" title="Benko Gambit">Benko Gambit</a> (also called the Volga Gambit): </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent">Hort vs. Alburt <br />1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Re1 0-0 12.Nd2 Qc7 13 Rb1 Qb7 14.b3 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Nf1 Nc3 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Qd3 Be4 19.Qe3 Bd4 20.Qh6 Bxb1 21.a3 Ba2 22.Nd2 Rfb8 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 Rxb4 25.Nf3 Bg7 26.Qh3 Be6 27.Qf1 Bc4 28.Kg2 Ra1 29.Ng1 Rbb1 30.Kh3 h5 31.f4 Be6+ 32.Kg2 Nd5 33.Kf3 Bc3 34.Rd1 Bb2 <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)#0–1" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">0–1</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <div class="thumb noviewer tright"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:254px"> Seirawan vs. Alburt, Jacksonville 1990 </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:246px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">1</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8" style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit"><div 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style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td 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style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption"> Final position </div></div></div> <p>In the 1990 U.S. Championship en route to winning the championship a third time, Alburt defeated four-time U.S. champion <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a> with the black pieces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent">Seirawan vs. Alburt <br />1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 d5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Qa4 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.b4 c5 15.bxc5 Rfc8 16.Nb3 a5 17.Rfc1 a4 18.Nbd2 Qxc5 19.c4 Rab8 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 21.Ne5 Rcc8 22.Rab1 Kf8 23.a3 Ke7 24.g3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rc7 26.Kf1 Be8 27.Ke1 h5 28.f3 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Bxd7 30.Rb4 Kd6 31.Kf2 Kc5 32.Ke3 Bc6 33.h4 Rd7 34.g4 Rd8 35.g5 Rd7 36.Ke2 Rb7 37.Rxb7 Bxb7 38.cxd5 exd5 39.Ke3 Bc8 40.Kd3 Bf5+ 41.Ke3 g6 42.Nf1 Kc4 43.Ng3 d4+ 44.Kd2 Kb3 45.Ne2 Kxa3 46.Nxd4 Kb2 47.Nb5 a3 48.Nxa3 Kxa3 49.Kc3 Ka2 <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)#0–1" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">0–1</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lev_Alburt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 27,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ChessBase&rft.atitle=ChessBase+Magazine+132&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessbase.com%2Fespanola%2Fshop%2Fproduct.asp%3Fpid%3D498&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALev+Alburt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1017084">"Hort vs. Alburt, 1977"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></i>.</cite><span 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Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1984–1985 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Roman Dzindzichashvili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Rachels" title="Stuart Rachels">Stuart Rachels</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Biyiasas" title="Peter Biyiasas">Biyiasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Dzindzichashvili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Gulko" title="Boris Gulko">Gulko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Palatnik" title="Sam Palatnik">Palatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff" title="Kenneth Rogoff">Rogoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tarjan" title="James Tarjan">Tarjan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Gurevich" title="Dmitry Gurevich">D. Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dake" title="Arthur Dake">Dake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">De Firmian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Denker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy" title="Maxim Dlugy">Dlugy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaan_Ehlvest" title="Jaan Ehlvest">Ehlvest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fedorowicz" title="John Fedorowicz">Fedorowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Goldin" title="Alexander Goldin">Goldin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Henley_(chess_player)" title="Ron Henley (chess player)">Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Kaidanov" title="Gregory Kaidanov">Kaidanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kudrin" title="Sergey Kudrin">Kudrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Mednis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rohde_(chess_player)" title="Michael Rohde (chess player)">Rohde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Seirawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Soltis" title="Andrew Soltis">Soltis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilder" title="Michael Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadi_Zaichik" title="Gennadi Zaichik">Zaichik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Akopian" title="Vladimir Akopian">Akopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babakuli_Annakov" title="Babakuli Annakov">Annakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Becerra_Rivero" title="Julio Becerra Rivero">Becerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1zaro_Bruz%C3%B3n" title="Lázaro Bruzón">Bruzón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fishbein" title="Alexander Fishbein">Fishbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Gurevich" title="Ilya Gurevich">I. Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Ivanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Kamsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Novikov_(chess_player)" title="Igor Novikov (chess player)">Novikov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Onischuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadij_Sagalchik" title="Gennadij Sagalchik">Sagalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Schwartzman" title="Gabriel Schwartzman">Schwartzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Serper" title="Gregory Serper">Serper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Shabalov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Shaked" title="Tal Shaked">Shaked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miron_Sher" title="Miron Sher">Sher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sherzer" title="Alex Sherzer">Sherzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Shulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stripunsky" title="Alexander Stripunsky">Stripunsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Wolff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Yermolinsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varuzhan_Akobian" title="Varuzhan Akobian">Akobian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Aronian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ashley" title="Maurice Ashley">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Bhat" title="Vinay Bhat">Bhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Caruana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Leinier Domínguez">Domínguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Erenburg" title="Sergey Erenburg">Erenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Finegold" title="Ben Finegold">Finegold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Friedel" title="Joshua Friedel">Friedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timur_Gareyev" title="Timur Gareyev">Gareyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renier_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Renier González">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Carmenate" title="Holden Hernández Carmenate">Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)" title="Robert Hess (chess player)">Hess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zviad_Izoria" title="Zviad Izoria">Izoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez" title="Fidel Corrales Jimenez">Jimenez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kaufman" title="Larry Kaufman">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikset_Khachiyan" title="Melikset Khachiyan">Khachiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Kraai" title="Jesse Kraai">Kraai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Kreiman" title="Boris Kreiman">Kreiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elshan_Moradi" title="Elshan Moradi">Moradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Perelshteyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuniesky_Quesada" title="Yuniesky Quesada">Quesada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Ram%C3%ADrez_(chess_player)" title="Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">So</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_%C5%9Awiercz" title="Dariusz Świercz">Świercz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Zherebukh" title="Yaroslav Zherebukh">Zherebukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raset_Ziatdinov" title="Raset Ziatdinov">Ziatdinov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Antipov" title="Mikhail Antipov">Antipov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Tyler_Arnold" title="Marc Tyler Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brown_(chess_player)" title="Michael Brown (chess player)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Burke" title="John M. Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshat_Chandra" title="Akshat Chandra">Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Checa" title="Nicolas Checa">Checa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Holt" title="Conrad Holt">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hungaski" title="Robert Hungaski">Hungaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Krush" title="Irina Krush">Krush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Lenderman" title="Aleksandr Lenderman">Lenderman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruifeng_Li" title="Ruifeng Li">Li</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awonder_Liang" title="Awonder Liang">Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_Molner" title="Mackenzie Molner">Molner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky" title="Daniel Naroditsky">Naroditsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Oparin" title="Grigoriy Oparin">Oparin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Robson" title="Ray Robson">Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sevian" title="Samuel Sevian">Sevian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Sevillano" title="Enrico Sevillano">Sevillano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Shankland" title="Sam Shankland">Shankland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Smith_(chess_player)" title="Bryan Smith (chess player)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tang" title="Andrew Tang">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayden_Troff" title="Kayden Troff">Troff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Xiong" title="Jeffery Xiong">Xiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin_Yang" title="Darwin Yang">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zierk" title="Steven Zierk">Zierk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020–2029</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Praveen_Balakrishnan" title="Praveen Balakrishnan">Balakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brodsky" title="David Brodsky">Brodsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaji_Daggupati" title="Balaji Daggupati">Daggupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fernandez_(American_chess_player)" title="Daniel Fernandez (American chess player)">Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Guo" title="Arthur Guo">Guo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hong" title="Andrew Hong">Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jacobson" title="Brandon Jacobson">Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu_Mishra" title="Abhimanyu Mishra">Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Niemann" title="Hans Niemann">Niemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Sheng" title="Joshua Sheng">Sheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Sturt" title="Raven Sturt">Sturt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Tiglon" title="Bryce Tiglon">Tiglon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Woodward_(chess_player)" title="Andy Woodward (chess player)">Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Yoo_(chess_player)" title="Christopher Yoo (chess player)">Yoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters" title="List of chess grandmasters">List of chess grandmasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_chess_players" title="Category:American chess players">Category:American chess players</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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