Alexander Onischuk

Alexander Onischuk, 2006
Association	Soviet Union (until 1991) Ukraine (1992 to 2002) United States (since 2002)
Born	September 3, 1975 Sevastopol
title	International Master (1993) Grand Master (1994)
Current  Elo rating	2649 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2701 (July 2010)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Alexander Onischuk ( Ukrainian Олександр Васильович Оніщук Oleksandr Vasyljowytsch Onishchuk ; born September 3, 1975 in Sevastopol , Ukrainian SSR ) is an American chess player of Ukrainian origin.

successes

At the U16 World Cup in 1991 in Guarapava, Brazil, he finished second. In 1993 he was fourth (and became international champion ) at the U20 Junior World Championships in Kozhikode, and in 1995 in Halle (Saale) second behind Roman Slobodjan, tied on points . In between, in 1994, he received the title of Grand Master . He was champion of the USA in 2006. At the US championships in 2007 he was second behind Alexander Shabalov . In the same year he was in the Russian Poikowski at the Karpow tournament (category 17) second behind Dmitri Jakowenko , which he had already won in 2002. Onischuk has won more than 20 international tournaments in his career.

As of November 2018, he was in fourth place in the US Elo ranking.

In 2018 he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame .

engagement

His chess skills are also in demand for world championship fights . So he seconded since 1997 Anatoly Karpov and at the 2006 World Cup Wesselin Topalow .

In 2001 he relocated from Ukraine to Baltimore , Maryland with a green card and a scholarship . There he played for UMBC University until he graduated in linguistics in 2006 . He now lives in Lubbock , Texas .

National team

Onischuk participated in nine Chess Olympiads , 1994 , 1996 and 1998 for Ukraine, 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 and 2014 for the United States. He came in second (1996) and third (1998) with Ukraine, and two thirds with the USA (2006 and 2008). He took part in the World Team Championship in 1997 with Ukraine, in 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2013 with the USA. His best team result was second place in 2010, in the individual ranking he achieved the best result on the second board in 1997 and 2010. He also took part in the 1999 European Team Championship with Ukraine and won the Pan American Team Championship with the United States .

societies

In Ukraine he played for Keystone Kiev , the team champions in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (renamed KVV-Kievchess in 2008, and PKV-Kievchess in 2009 ). In the German 1st Bundesliga he played in the 1996/97 season and from 1998 to 2001 for USC Magdeburg , in the 2005/06 season for SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim and in the 2010/11 season for Nickelhütte Aue . In the Russian team championship he previously played for Ladia Azov , with whom he won the European Club Cup in 1997, in 2001 for Gasowik Tyumen , in 2003 and 2004 for Norilski Nikel Norilsk and in 2005, 2006 and 2008 for SchSM-64 Moscow . Onischuk played for the Lubbock Tornadoes in the United States Chess League in 2015 .

Private

Onischuk has five siblings. His sister Anna Rudolph (* 1978) holds the title of International Women's Champion (WIM) and has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 2002 .

Web links

Commons : Alexander Onischuk  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Alexander Onischuk on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
2. ↑ Results of the United States team on chess-results.com
3. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at the Pan-American team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results in the Ukrainian team championship on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Alexander Onischuk's results at Russian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
9. ↑ "Anna Rudolph in conversation" ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at the German Chess Federation