Eugene Perelshteyn

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Eugene Perelshteyn
CountryUnited States
Born (1980-02-02) February 2, 1980 (age 44)
Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (2006)
FIDE   rating 2507 (February 2024)
Peak rating 2555 (July 2008)

Eugene Perelshteyn (born 1980) is an American chess player and writer. He earned the FIDE Master title in 1997, the International Master title in 2001, and the Grandmaster title in 2006.

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Chess career

Born in Zhytomyr (then USSR), Perelshteyn began playing chess at around seven years old, taught by his father, Mikhail Perelshteyn, a FIDE master and professional chess coach. At age 10, he began playing in his first tournaments. He moved to the United States in 1994. [1] He won the U.S. Junior Closed Championship in 2000 and was awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship by the US Chess Trust in 2001. [2] After taking two years off from school to play chess professionally, Perelshteyn returned to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and graduated in 2004.

After graduating, Perelshteyn returned to chess, winning the 2007 SPICE Cup [3] and tying for first in the B group in the 2009 SPICE Cup. [4] Perelshteyn has also placed second in the 2012 Canadian Open Chess Championship [5] and tied for first in the 2016 Golden State Open. [6] In March 2018, Perelshteyn tied for fourth in the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6½/9 points. [7]

He has co-authored two chess books with Lev Alburt and Roman Dzindzichashvili: Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire (2009), and Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4 (2010). He has since converted his books into a website, ChessOpeningsExplained.com, in which he shares his knowledge of the Hyper-Accelerated Sicilian Dragon. In August 2015, Perelshteyn also collaborated with programmer Peter Pashkov [8] to develop the Android application Chess Genie, which offers tactical exercises to its users.

In October 2022, Perelshteyn co-authored Evaluate Like a Grandmaster with Nate Solon, a book designed to help players quickly evaluate complex positions. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Bogner, Hal. "The United States Chess Federation - GM Eugene Perelshteyn". www.uschess.org. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. ↑ "The U.S. Chess Trust". www.uschesstrust.org. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. ↑ Shahade, Jennifer (19 November 2007). "Eugene Wins Spice Cup". The United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  4. ↑ "SPICE Cup en Texas" (in Spanish). ChessBase. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Victoria Chess Club / 49th Canadian Open Crosstable". victoriachessclub.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  6. ↑ "Golden State Open 2016 Standings « CCA Chess Tournaments". chessevents.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  7. ↑ "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Chess Genie". Google Play Store. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  9. ↑ Perelshteyn, Eugene (2022). Evaluate Like a Grandmaster. ISBN   979-8831797893.
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