Aleksandar Wohl

Aleksandar Wohl
Aleksandar Wohl
Full name Aleksandar Wohl
Country  Australia
Born Australia
Title International Master
Peak rating 2461 (July 2000)

Aleksandar Wohl an Australian chess player, attaining the rank of International Master.

Chess career

He won the Australian Championship in 1992 ahead of English Grandmaster Tony Miles. In 1989 and 2009 he tied for 1st at the Australian Open Championship. Played for Australia in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006[1] & 2012.

In 2000 he won the Oceania Zonal and qualified for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, but was knocked out in the first round by Aleksandr Galkin.[2]

Other successful performances include 1st in the 38th Doeberl Cup Canberra 2000,[3] =1st with Ian Rogers in the 43rd Doeberl Cup Canberra 2005,[4] 3rd in the Master Open Cutro 2006,[5] =1st with Eduard Fomichenko in the 11th Vins du Medoc International Open 2008,[6] 1st in the Schlosspark Open 2009[7] and 1st at Muenchen 2010.[8] He secured 5th position at Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 held at New Delhi, India.

Notable games

  • Anthony Miles vs Aleksandar H Wohl, AUS 1991, English Opening: King's English Variation, (A25), 0-1[9]
  • Aleksandar H Wohl vs Ian Rogers, AUS 1993, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense, Archangelsk Variation (C78), 1-0[10]
  • Aleksandar H Wohl vs Aivars Gipslis, It (open) 1996, English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Hedgehog Defense (A30), 1-0[11]
  • Aleksandar H Wohl vs Irisberto Herrera, Guillermo Garcia Mem Alfil 2001, Indian Game: Tartakower Attack (A45), 1-0[12]
  • Aleksandar H Wohl vs Mark Paragua, Asian Championships 2001, Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48), 1-0[13]

References

  1. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Wohl, Aleksandar". OlimpBase.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  2. ↑ Weeks, Mark. "World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  3. ↑ Paxman, Jonathan. "The Australian Chess Games Archive". Ozbase. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2005-03-28). "The Week in Chess: 43rd Doeberl Cup". ChessCenter.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  5. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2006-05-01). "The Week in Chess: 12th Cutro International". ChessCenter.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  6. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2008-06-30). "The Week in Chess: 11th Vins du Medoc International Open". ChessCenter.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  7. ↑ "Tournament report November 2009: 21.Schlosspark Open 2009 Germany". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Tournament report November 2010". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Miles vs Aleksandar H Wohl (1991)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Aleksandar H Wohl vs Ian Rogers (1993)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Aleksandar H Wohl vs Aivars Gipslis (1996)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Aleksandar H Wohl vs Irisberto Herrera (2001)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Aleksandar H Wohl vs Mark Paragua (2001)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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