Lev Osipovich Alburt

Lew Alburt in the Chess Olympiad 1980 in Valletta
Association	Soviet Union (until 1979) United States (since 1980)
Born	August 21, 1945 Chkalov , Soviet Union
title	International Master (1976) Grand Master (1977)
Current  Elo rating	2539 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2580 (July 1981)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Lev Ossipowitsch Alburt ( Russian Лев Осипович Альбурт ; born August 21, 1945 in Tschkalow , Soviet Union ) is a chess player (Soviet Union, United States ) and author.

Life

Lew Alburt was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1976 , then the title of Grand Master in 1977 . Before a European Cup game against the Solingen SG in 1868 , he asked the Israeli embassy in Bonn for political asylum. In 2004 he received the title of FIDE Senior Trainer . Alburt is listed as inactive by FIDE because he has not played an Elo-rated game since the Razuvayev Memorial held in August 2013 in Rockville, Maryland .

Lew Alburt is also the author of numerous chess books.

National team

With the United States team, Alburt took part in the 1980 , 1982 and 1984 Chess Olympiads and reached third place with the team in 1982 and 1984.

societies

In the 1970s Alburt played for the Burewestnik team and won the Soviet club championship in 1976 and the European Club Cup in 1976 and 1979.

Tournament successes

• Ukrainian Championship 1974: 1st place
• USSR Championship 1974: 5th place
• Odessa 1976: 2nd place
• Open CSSR Championship 1977 Děčín: 2nd – 4th space
• Bucharest 1978: 1st place
• US Championship 1984: 1st place
• US Championship 1985: 1st place
• US Championship 1990: 1st place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lew Alburt's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
2. ↑ Lew Alburt's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Lew Alburt's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Lev Ossipowitsch Alburt on chessgames.com (English)