Alexander Onischuk
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| Full name | Олександр Онищук |
| Country | United States |
| Born | September 3, 1975 Sevastopol, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2664 (July 2024) (No. 76 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2701 (July 2010) |
Alexander Onischuk (born September 3, 1975) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.
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Career
Originally from Ukraine, he immigrated to the United States in 2001. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion. He is currently the fifth-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Ray Robson, and Gata Kamsky.
Onischuk participated in International Chess Festival Biel 2007, where he placed second after Magnus Carlsen. He scored 5.5/9 like Carlsen, but lost in the tie-breaker match held after the regular rounds finished.
In the fall of 2012, Onischuk accepted the head coaching job at the 2-time reigning national division I collegiate chess champion [1] Texas Tech.
Results
2007 results
- 3rd: Aerosvit tournament Phoros
- 1-2: Biel
- 2nd: US Championship
2008 results
- 1st: Carlos Torre Memorial, Mérida Mexico
- 1-4: Spice Cup
- 2nd: US Championship
- 3rd: 2008 Chess Olympiad
- 3rd: Pojkovsky Russia
2009 results
- 1st: Moscow Open
- 1st: Open Mexican Championship
- 3rd: US Championship
2010 results
- 1st: Thanksgiving Open St. Louis
- 1st: Spice Cup - Lubbock
- 3rd: US Championship
- 1st: Open Mexican Championship
- 1st: The second board. World Team Chess Championship.
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Onischuk. |
- Alexander Onischuk player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- OlimpBase
- fenamac.org.mx
| Preceded by | United States Chess Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Alexander Shabalov |
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