Alexander Onischuk
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| Full name | Олександр Онищук |
| Country |  United States |
| Born | September 3, 1975 Sevastopol, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2670 (March 2012) (No. 76 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2701 (July 2010) |
Alexander Onischuk (born September 3, 1975) is an American chess grandmaster. Originally from Ukraine, he immigrated to the US in 2001 and currently lives in Northern Virginia. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion. He is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky.
Onischuk participated in International Chess Festival Biel 2007, where he placed second after Magnus Carlsen. He scored 5.5/9 like Carlsen, but lost in the tie-breaker match held after the regular rounds finished.
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[edit] Results
[edit] 2007 results
- 3rd: Aerosvit tournament Phoros
- 1-2: Biel
- 2nd: US Championship
[edit] 2008 results
- 1st: Carlos Torre Memorial, Mérida Mexico
- 1-4: Spice Cup
- 2nd: US Championship
- 3rd: 2008 Chess Olympiad
- 3rd: Pojkovsky Russia
[edit] 2009 results
- 1st: Moscow Open
- 1st: Open Mexican Championship
- 3rd: US Championship
[edit] 2010 results
- 1st: Thanksgiving Open St. Louis
- 1st: Spice Cup - Lubbock
- 3rd: US Championship
- 1st: Open Mexican Championship
- 1st: The second board. World Team Chess Championship.
[edit] External links
- Alexander Onischuk player profile at ChessGames.com
- OlimpBase
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| Preceded by Hikaru Nakamura |
United States Chess Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Alexander Shabalov |
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