Dmitry Gurevich (russian: Дмитрий Гуревич; born September 11, 1956) is a Russian-American
chess
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player who holds the
FIDE title
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of
Grandmaster.
Born in
Moscow
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, Gurevich emigrated to
New York City
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in 1980 and earned the Grandmaster (GM) title three years later. Dmitry has tied or won the
U.S. Open four times (in 1988, 1994, 2009, and 2012). Also, Gurevich has had especially good results at the National Open in
Las Vegas
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, sharing first place on numerous occasions, e.g. 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, and 2005. He has been a regular finisher at the top of North American events as well as a regular participant in the
U.S. Invitational Championship.
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1956 births
Living people
American chess players
Russian chess players
Jewish chess players
Chess grandmasters
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Russian Jews
Sportspeople from Moscow
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