Aaron Grabinsky is an American
chess
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player.
Career
In April 2014, he played in the USCF K-12 National Championship, where he became a National Master and the only scholastic master from Oregon.
In December 2015, he tied for first place with
Justus Williams in the K-12 National Championship, ultimately losing the title to Williams on tiebreaks.
In March 2016, he played in the Reno Open, finishing 6th out of 55 players.
In July 2017, he won the Chicago Class championship alongside Sam Schmakel.
In January 2019, he played for the Webster Windmills in the PRO Chess League, where he scored 6/7, the best score for his board.
In January 2020, he tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with grandmasters
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Biography
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,
Andrew Tang
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,
Ulvi Bajarani, and
Akshat Chandra
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.
In January 2022, he won the Open section of the tournament hosted by the Texas Chess Center.
Personal life
His younger brother Joshua is also a chess player, and was the U12 North American Youth Blitz Champion in May 2015.
He attended
Webster University
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on a chess scholarship, studying under
Susan Polgar
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. He then studied mechanical engineering at the
University of Texas at Dallas
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, also playing on their chess team.
References
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Living people
1998 births
American chess players
Chess International Masters
Webster University alumni
University of Texas at Dallas alumni
People from Coquille, Oregon