Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)
Alexander Ivanov (chess player)
Soviet-American chess grandmaster (born 1956)
Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov (born May 1, 1956) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Born in Omsk,[1] present-day Russia, he moved to the United States in 1988. FIDE awarded him his Grandmaster title in 1991.[2] He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, fellow chess player and Woman International Master Esther Epstein.
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Ivanov has competed in four FIDE World Championships (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004) and four FIDE World Cups (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011).
Ivanov played twice on the Soviet team in the World U26 Team Championship, winning the team Silver medal in 1978 and an individual Gold and team Gold in 1980. He then played for the US team in the 2002 Chess Olympiad. In an USCF tournament in early 2021, despite joining late and missing the first round, Ivanov tied for third place with grandmaster Gadir Guseinov.[3]