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Sergey Erenburg

Sergey Erenburg is a chess Grandmaster who won the Israeli Championship in 2004 and has represented the United States since 2013.

born 1983Chess Grandmaster title2004 Israeli Chess ChampionshipRepresenting the United States in chess

Born: 27 January 1983, Biysk
Occupation: chess player

Sergey Erenburg was born in 1983 in Biysk

Sergey Erenburg was born on January 27, 1983, in Biysk, in the Altai region of the Soviet Union. His parents were mathematics teachers. In the 1990s he began playing in youth tournaments in Russia.

In 1998 he took second place at a youth tournament in Tel Aviv, and he immigrated to Israel in 1999. He represented Israel at world youth championships for several years and placed sixth in 2001. He was Israel's under-20 champion in 2002 and 2003.

He became an International Master in 2002 and a Grandmaster in 2003. He won the Israeli Championship in 2004. At the 2005 Chess World Cup he was knocked out in the second round, and in 2009 he won a tournament in Tel Aviv.

Since 2013 he has represented the United States. His peak rating was 2637, in December 2012. He won the Chesapeake Open in 2016, tied for first at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship in 2018, and won the Virginia State Championship in 2023-2024 with a score of 6/6.