Alexander Csernyin

Alexander Csernyin, 1987
Association	Soviet Union (until 1991) Hungary (since 1992)
Born	March 6, 1960 Kharkiv
title	International Master (1980) Grand Master (1985)
Current  Elo rating	2614 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2645 (January 1998)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Alexander Csernyin (born March 6, 1960 in Kharkov as Alexander Michailowitsch Tschernin, Russian Александр Михайлович Чернин ) is a Hungarian chess master with roots in the Soviet Union .

Life

He already celebrated as a teenager many victories: In 1979 he was in Skien Youth World Championship runner after Yasser Seirawan , in January 1980 he became European Junior Champion (before Zurab Azmaiparashvili ) in Groningen , shortly after he won a master tournament in Amsterdam (10.5 points from 11 games) . Because of these successes, FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in the same year . A year later he shared 2nd and 3rd place at the Capablanca memorial tournament in Cienfuegos . In 1983 he won in Irkutsk , 1984 in Copenhagen and Starý Smokovec .

In 1985 (the most successful of his career) he rose to the top of the world. At first he shared the 1st – 3rd together with Michail Gurewitsch and Viktor Gavrikov . Place at the USSR championship and qualified for the interzonal tournament in Tunis . Here he shared third place with his compatriot Gavrikov, whom he defeated in the subsequent playoff and qualified for the Candidates' tournament, with which he was awarded the title of Grand Master in 1985 . At the Candidates Tournament held in Montpellier in 1985, he finished eleventh.

His most significant successes in the following years include: a shared third place at the first ever world blitz chess championship in Saint John . He lost to Mikhail Tal in the semifinals , but previously defeated Anatoly Karpov, among others . He also won in Copenhagen in 1986 (together with Wassili Smyslow , among others ), at the Rubinstein memorial tournament in Polanica-Zdrój in 1988 (together with Alexander Goldin ), in Prague in 1989, at the Dortmund Chess Days in 1990 (before Boris Gelfand ), in Altensteig in 1990 and 1991 , in Buenos Aires 1992 and in Gothenburg 1996.

In 1992 Tschernin settled in Budapest . He received Hungarian citizenship in 1993 and has been writing his name Csernyin ever since . In the same year he was runner-up in the Hungarian championship (after András Adorján ).

He is a member of the FIDE coaching committee and is currently the coach of Fabiano Caruana . In 2004 Alexander Csernyin was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Csernyin did not play an Elo-rated game after the Hungarian team championship 2010/11 and is therefore listed as inactive at FIDE (as of January 2015).

Team chess

National team

Csernyin won the 1985 World Team Championship in Lucerne with the Soviet team and also achieved the best individual result on the first reserve board. With Hungary he took part in the 1994 and 1996 Chess Olympiads and in the European Team Championships in 1992, 1997 and 1999. The greatest success here was second place in 1999.

societies

In the Soviet club championship Csernyin played in 1980, 1982 and 1984 with Burewestnik , with whom he won the competition in 1980. In Hungary he played for Miskolci SSC until 2004 , with whom he became Hungarian team champion in 2000 and 2001 , in the 2005/06 season for Mozgáskorlátozottak PIREMON Sportegyesülete and was registered with Aquaprofit NTSK from 2007 to 2013 , with which he became Hungarian team champion in 2009 and 2011 . In the Austrian State League A , Csernyin played for Merkur Graz from 1992 to 2002 and was the Austrian team champion in 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 and 2002 . In 2009 he was able to win the Austrian team championship again, with SK Husek Vienna . In the German federal chess league Csernyin was registered with Godesberger SK in the 1999/2000 season , but only played one competition. In the Swedish Elitserien he played in the 2000/01 season at Sollentuna SK , in the Spanish team championship in 2004 and 2005 for CA La Caja Las Palmas . Csernyin took part in the European Club Cup eight times . The greatest success was reaching the final in 1984 with Burewestnik , he also represented Merkur Graz in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001 , Miskolci SSC in 1999 and SK Husek Vienna in 2009 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 79.
2. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days - overview and reports from 1973
3. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at Spanish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Alexander Csernyin's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)