Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American

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grandmaster of

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n origin. Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship. He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at

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in 1986 (a qualifier for the 1987 First League Final). Other tournament successes include winning the

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's World Open in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, Goldin won the

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edging out on tiebreak score Giovanni Vescovi, after both players scored 8.5/11. In team chess, he played board three for the US team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in

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and registered a 65% score.

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* * * * * 1965 births Living people Russian chess players Soviet chess players American chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors American people of Russian descent Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-chess-bio-stub