Alexander Beliavsky
Beliavsky at the 35th chess olympiad, Bled 2002
Full name	Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky
Country	Soviet Union  Slovenia
Born	December 17, 1953 (1953-12-17) (age 55) Lviv, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1975)
FIDE rating	2656 (No. 80 on the September 2009 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2710 (July 1997)

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (sometimes transliterated as Belyavsky, born December 17, 1953) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

Beliavsky was born in Lviv. He currently lives in Slovenia and he plays for the Olympic team there. He is noted for his uncompromising style of play and for his classical opening repertoire, including openings such as the Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez and French Defence, for example.

Beliavsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship four times in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990.

In the World Chess Championship cycle, Beliavsky qualified for the Candidates Tournament once, losing to eventual winner Garry Kasparov in the quarterfinals of the 1983 Candidates matches.

In tournaments, he was first equal at Baden 1980, first at Tilburg 1981, second equal at Tilburg 1984, joint winner at Wijk aan Zee 1984 and joint second at the same venue a year later. At the second Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he was top scorer for the victorious Soviet team, defeating Yasser Seirawan 2-0 and Bent Larsen 1½-½.

Beliavsky is also a first-class endgame study composer, having published about fifty studies, many together with Leopold Mitrofanov. He won six first prizes in composition tourneys.

He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.^[1]

As of November 2009, he is the oldest person among the world's top 100 players.^[2]

[edit] Books

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• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (1995), Winning Endgame Technique, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-7512-9 
• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2000), Winning Endgame Strategy, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8446-2 
• Beliavsky, Alexander; Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2003), Modern Endgame Practice, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8740-2 

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FIDE rating card for Alexander Beliavsky
• Alexander Beliavsky player profile at ChessGames.com