Ilya Gurevich

American chess player
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IntroAmerican chess player
PlacesUnited States of America
isChess player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth8 February 1972, Kyiv
Age52 years
The details

Biography

Ilya Gurevich (born February 8, 1972 in Kiev) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.
He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months. He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In 1983, he won the U.S. National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Championship; the following year, at twelve, he won the world under-14 championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.
He won the 1990 World Junior Championship as an 18-year-old. He tied for first place with Alexei Shirov and was awarded the win because of his superior tiebreak points.
He later became an options trader.

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