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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Yermolinsky is [[List of chess families|married]] to [[Camilla Baginskaite]], also a chess player. They have two children, a son named Edward and a daughter named Greta. They met each other at the [[32nd Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad 1996]] in [[Yerevan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/153/203|title=WGM Camilla Baginskaite|publisher=United States Chess Federation|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref>
Yermolinsky is [[List of chess families|married]] to [[Camilla Baginskaite]], also a chess player. They have two children, a son and a daughter. They met each other at the [[32nd Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad 1996]] in [[Yerevan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/153/203|title=WGM Camilla Baginskaite|publisher=United States Chess Federation|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==

Revision as of 13:00, 25 November 2019

Alex Yermolinsky
Alex Yermolinsky at the 2003 U.S. Championships in Seattle, Washington
CountrySoviet Union
United States
Born (1958-04-11) April 11, 1958 (age 66)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1992)
FIDE rating2402 (December 2024)
Peak rating2660 (January 1998)
Peak rankingNo. 21 (January 1998)

Alex Yermolinsky (Template:Lang-ru; born April 11, 1958) is an American chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992, he is a two-time U.S. champion.

Career

Yermolinsky tied for first with Vladislav Vorotnikov in the Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1985. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov. In 1996 he was the sole champion. He won the World Open in Philadelphia three times: in 1993, 1995 and 1996; in 1999 he shared first with nine other players, but Gregory Serper won the playoff. In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship in Cali, Colombia.[1]

In 2012 Yermolinsky was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.[2]

He is a regular commentator and presenter on the Internet Chess Club.

Personal life

Yermolinsky is married to Camilla Baginskaite, also a chess player. They have two children, a son and a daughter. They met each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996 in Yerevan.[3]

Books

  • Yermolinsky, Alex (2000). Road to Chess Improvement. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-24-2.
  • Yermolinsky, Alex (2006). Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-42-5.

References

  1. ^ "The Week in Chess 355". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ^ Sands, David R. (2012-10-23). "'The Yerminator' enters U.S. Chess Hall of Fame". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ "WGM Camilla Baginskaite". United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-07-08.


Preceded by United States Chess Champion
1993 (with Alexander Shabalov)
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Chess Champion
1996
Succeeded by