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Boris Avrukh

Boris Avrukh is an Israeli and American chess grandmaster and author who twice won the Israeli Chess Championship.

born 1978Two Israeli Chess Championship titlesThe Grandmaster Repertoire book series1990 World Under-12 title

Born: 10 February 1978, Karaganda
Occupation: chess player

Boris Avrukh was born in 1978 in Karaganda

Boris Avrukh was born on 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, in Soviet Kazakhstan. In 1990 he won the Soviet Under-12 championship and then the World Under-12 championship. He immigrated to Israel in 1995.

In Israel he won the national youth championship in 1996 and the IDF championship in 1998. He played for the Beer Sheva and Ashdod clubs. He won the Israeli Chess Championship in 2000, shared with Alik Gershon, and again in 2008.

He represented Israel at Chess Olympiads, winning individual gold in Elista in 1998, individual bronze in Turin in 2006 and team silver in Dresden in 2008. He played in the 2002 FIDE World Championship and was knocked out in the first round.

Avrukh has written several opening books, including the Grandmaster Repertoire series and The Classical Slav. He is married to Margarita and lives in the United States. He has not been active since July 2017.

Boris Avrukh's life in 8 milestones

1978
Born in Karaganda.
1990
Won the World Under-12 championship.
1995
Immigrated to Israel.
1998
Won individual gold at the Elista Olympiad.
2000
Won the Israeli Chess Championship, shared with Alik Gershon.
2001
Won the tournament in Biel.
2008
Won the Israeli Championship again and team silver at the Dresden Olympiad.
2009
Tied for first at the Zurich Jubilee Open.