Alexander Stripunsky ( Ukrainian: Олександр Стріпунський) (

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, born August 18, 1970) is a US American

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. He has been a grandmaster (GM) since 1998.

Career

* In July 2002 Stripunsky participated in the World Open tournament. He became 15th with 6 points. * In December 2004 he shared first place at the US Championship. He scored 7 points out of 9 rounds, together with

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and

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took place, which was won by the Russians, 2 - 6. Stripunsky played against

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. * In 2008 he won in

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, with 5 points out of 6 rounds the 38th Continental Open. * In 2014 Stripunski won the Fairfield County Masters & Class Championships, which were held in

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; the average rating of the players in the top section was 2430. He won the tournament by in the last round defeating his main competitor IM Jan Van de Mortel in 33 moves. * In 2015 he reached shared third place at the annual New Jersey Open tournament, scoring 4.5 points in 6 games. The tournament was won by GM Magesh Panchanathan.GM Panchanathan is 2015 NJ Chess Champion
, njscf.org, September 8, 2015

External links

games by Stripunski at www.365chess.com

References

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