Alexander Bagrationi (chess player)

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Alexander Bagrationi
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CountryUkraine (until 2020)
Israel (since 2020)
Born (1990-07-13) July 13, 1990 (age 33)
Ternopil, Ukraine
Title Grandmaster (2014)
FIDE   rating 2443 (January 2024)
Peak rating 2543 (March 2018)

Alexander Bagrationi (also Aaron Bagrationi; [1] born 13 July 1990, in Ternopil, Ukraine) is a chess player and grandmaster from Ukraine [2] who has represented Israel since 2020. [3]

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Bagrationi was born to Yakov Weizman and Nataliya (Taliya) Bagrationi, [4] at 7.15am on 13th July 1990 in Ternopil and graduated from Ternopil National Economic University. [4] He was awarded the International Master title in 2009. [2] [5] He moved to Israel in 2011, and achieved the Grandmaster title in 2014. [4] [2] He won the Jerusalem chess championship in 2018. [5] [6] He has lived in Germany since 2019. [7] [8]

Notable tournaments

Tournament NameYearELOPoints
IM Tespo Engineering(Brno CZE)200923707.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Bagrationi". Netanya Chess Club. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Di Felice, Gino (2017), Chess International Titleholders: 1950–2016, McFarland, p. 25, ISBN   978-1-4766-7132-1
  3. ↑ "Transfers in 2020". FIDE Chess Ratings. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Berdichevsky, Igor (2016). Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия[Jewish Chess Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Moscow: Russian Chess House. p. 23. ISBN   978-5-94693-503-6.
  5. 1 2 "Легкий мат в 1 ход для разминки. Быстро решишь?". ChessOK (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "אליפות ירושלים 2018". Jeruchess (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Auch zweite Vorrunde des Sparkassen Online Open hochkarätig besetzt". Sparkassen Chess Trophy (in German). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Unna Open 2021 mit kleiner Sensation bei den Anmeldungen!! Großmeister am Start". SV Unna (in German). 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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