Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American
chess grandmaster of
Russian origin.
Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship. He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at
Sevastopol in 1986 (a qualifier for the 1987 First League Final). Other tournament successes include winning the
Philadelphia's
World Open in 1998 and 2001. In 2003 Goldin won the
American Continental Chess Championship in
Buenos Aires edging out on tiebreak score
Giovanni Vescovi
Giovanni Portilho Vescovi (born 14 June 1978) is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1993 and the Grandmaster title in 1998. Vescovi is a seven-time national champion (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 20 ...
, after both players scored 8.5/11.
In team chess, he played board three for the US team at the
2004 Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad ( es, La 36a Olimpíada de ajedrez, link=no; ca, La 36a Olimpíada d'escacs), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', t ...
in
Calvià and registered a 65% score.
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1965 births
Living people
Russian chess players
Soviet chess players
American chess players
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
American people of Russian descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
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