Boris Alterman
 Alterman in 1998 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Native name | בוריס אלתרמן |
| Born | May 4, 1970 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Israel |
| Title | Grandmaster (1992) |
| FIDE rating | 2608 (September 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2616 (January 1999) |
| Peak ranking | No. 49 (July 1997) |
Boris Alterman (Hebrew: בוריס אלתרמן, Russian: Борис Альтерман; born May 4, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program.[1][2]
He started playing chess at the age of 7. His career highlights include earning the IM title in 1991, and the GM title in 1992. He is the winner of the following Open and GM tournaments: Haifa 1993, Bad Homburg 1996, Rishon LeZion 1996, Beijing 1995 and 1997, and Munich 1992.
He plays for Rishon LeZion chess club. He does video lectures on the Internet Chess Club Website, and has a series called "Gambit Guide" which covers openings like the Danish Gambit, Cochrane Gambit, Evans Gambit, Budapest Gambit, Fried Liver Attack, and what he proposes to call the Chigorin Gambit[3] in the Two Knights Defense.
On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2572.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Shevah-Mofet school chess program[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "ШАХОВА УКРАЇНА". www.chesspage.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ↑ Alterman, Boris (April 30, 2005). "Two Knights Chigorin Gambit". chessclub.com. ICC Chess Club. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
External links
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- Boris Alterman rating card at FIDE
- Boris Alterman player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Boris Alterman Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- GM Boris Alterman Chess Lessons
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