Alexander Onischuk
Encyclopedia
Alexander Onischuk is an American chess
grandmaster
. Originally from Ukraine
, he immigrated to the US in 2001 and currently lives in Northern Virginia
. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion
. He is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura
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.
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....
. Originally from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, he immigrated to the US in 2001 and currently lives in Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion
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...
. He is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess Grandmaster . He has been ranked among the top six players in the world by FIDE....
and Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...
.
Onischuk participated in International Chess Festival Biel 2007, where he placed second after Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list...
. He scored 5.5/9 like Carlsen, but lost in the tie-breaker match held after the regular rounds finished.
2008 results
- 1st: Carlos Torre Memorial, Mérida Mexico
- 1-4: Spice Cup
- 2nd: US Championship
- 3rd: 2008 Chess Olympiad
- 3rd: Pojkovsky Russia
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.