Alexander Bagrationi (chess player)

Alexander Bagrationi (also Aaron Bagrationi;[1] Hebrew: אלכסנדר בגרטיאוני; born 13 July 1990, in Ternopil, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster[2] who has represented Israel since 2020.[3]

Alexander Bagrationi
Personal information
Native name
אלכסנדר בגרטיאוני
Born (1990-07-13) July 13, 1990 (age 35)
Chess career
CountryUkraine (until 2020)
Israel (since 2020)
TitleGrandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating2444 (June 2026)
Peak rating2543 (March 2018)

Bagrationi was born to Yakov Weizman and Nataliya (Taliya) Bagrationi,[4] at 7.15am on 13 July 1990 in Ternopil and graduated from Ternopil National Economic University.[4] He was awarded the International Master title in 2009.[2][5] He moved to Israel in 2011, and achieved the Grandmaster title in 2014.[4][2] He won the Jerusalem chess championship in 2018.[5][6] He has lived in Germany since 2019.[7][8]

Notable tournaments

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Tournament Name Year ELO Points
IM Tespo Engineering(Brno CZE) 2009 2370 7.0

References

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  1. "Aaron Bagrationi". Netanya Chess Club. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Di Felice, Gino (2017), Chess International Titleholders: 1950–2016, McFarland, p. 25, ISBN 978-1-4766-7132-1
  3. "Transfers in 2020". FIDE Chess Ratings. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Berdichevsky, Igor (2016). Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия [Jewish Chess Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Moscow: Russian Chess House. p. 23. ISBN 978-5-94693-503-6.
  5. 1 2 "Легкий мат в 1 ход для разминки. Быстро решишь?". ChessOK (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. "אליפות ירושלים 2018". Jeruchess (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. "Auch zweite Vorrunde des Sparkassen Online Open hochkarätig besetzt". Sparkassen Chess Trophy (in German). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. "Unna Open 2021 mit kleiner Sensation bei den Anmeldungen!! Großmeister am Start". SV Unna (in German). 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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