Ilya Gurevich

Ilya Gurevich (born February 8, 1972 in Kiev) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.

He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months.^[1] He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.

In 1983, he won the U.S. National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Championship;^[2] the following year, at twelve, he won the world under-14 championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.

He won the 1990 World Junior Championship as an 18-year-old. He tied for first place with Alexei Shirov and was awarded the win because of his superior tiebreak points.^[3]

He later became an options trader.^[4]

References

↑ Archived August 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "National Scholastic Chess Champions". Al Williams. Archived from the original on November 9, 1999. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
↑ Byrne, Robert (September 30, 1990). "Pastimes; Chess". New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
↑ Bill Wall. "Chess and other Occupations". Bill Walls' Wonderful World of Chess. Chessville. Archived from the original on January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

External links

Ilya Gurevich rating card at FIDE
Ilya M Gurevich player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Ilya Gurevich player profile at the Internet Chess Club

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[1] Archived August 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.

[2] "National Scholastic Chess Champions". Al Williams. Archived from the original on November 9, 1999. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

[New_York_Times-3] Byrne, Robert (September 30, 1990). "Pastimes; Chess". New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

[4] Bill Wall. "Chess and other Occupations". Bill Walls' Wonderful World of Chess. Chessville. Archived from the original on January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2014.