Ilya Gurevich

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

Born in Kiev, he emigrated to the U.S. in January 1980.[1] He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.

In 1983, Gurevich won the U.S. National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Championship.[2] He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months.[3] In 1985, at thirteen, he won the World Under 14 Championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina; as a result of this victory, he was awarded the title of FIDE Master.[1][4]

Gurevich 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; with this victory, Gurevich was awarded the title of International Master.[5] In 1992 he played on the U.S. team which took the silver medal at the World Under 26 Team Chess Championship in Maringá, Brazil.[6] The next year FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster.[4]

He later became an options trader.[7]

References
  1. Byrne, Robert (1985-09-07). "CHESS; AT 13, HE BECOMES A NATIONAL MASTER". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. "National Scholastic Chess Champions". Al Williams. Archived from the original on November 9, 1999. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. "The Age of Chess Masters by Bill Wall". Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. Di Felice, Gino (2017). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. McFarland. ISBN 9781476671321.
  5. Byrne, Robert (September 30, 1990). "Pastimes; Chess". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  6. Byrne, Robert (1991-10-13). "Chess". The New York Times.
  7. 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.


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