Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (; born 10 February 1978 in Ukraine,

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) is a chess grandmaster, author, and buinessman. Avrukh has published several books, including ''The Classical Slav''. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.

Books Published

# ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1A – The Catalan'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1B – The Queen’s Gambit'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 2'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 2B: 1.d4 Dynamic Systems'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 11: Beating 1.d4 Sidelines'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 17: The Classical Slav'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 8: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 1'' # ''Grandmaster Repertoire 9: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 2'' # ''1.d4: King’s Indian & Grünfeld – Volume 2A'' # ''1.d4: Dynamic Defences''

Chess career

Boris Avrukh has played six times in

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s. * In 1998, at second reserve board at the

33rd Chess Olympiad The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk language, Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between Se ...

Elista Elista (, ;"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. Москва и Санкт-Петербург, 1997, стр. 1402 , ''Elst'', )The approximate pronunciation of the Cyr ...

(+7 –1 =2); * In 2000, at third board at the

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(+5 –2 =4); * In 2002, at first reserve board at the

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Bled Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...

(+3 –3 =3); * In 2004, at fourth board at the

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(+5 –0 =5); * In 2006, at fourth board at the

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(+6 –1 =3). * In 2008, at second/third boards at the

38th Chess Olympiad The 38th Chess Olympiad (), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place from 12 to 25 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. There were 146 teams ...

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(+2 –2 =4). He won individual gold medal at Elista 1998 and bronze medal at Turin 2006. He won a team silver medal at Dresden 2008. In 1999, he tied for 5–6th with Alexander Huzman in Tel Aviv (

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, Ilia Smirin, and

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won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa (Wydra Tournament;

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won). In 2001, he won in

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. In 2004, he tied for 8–9th in Beer Sheva Rapid (

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won). In 2009 he tied for first with

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in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament. Avrukh has twice won the

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; in 2000 (tied with

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) and 2008. He took part in the

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, but was knocked out in the first round by

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. He cites

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as his favourite player of all time "for his powerful style and killer instinct."

References

External links

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Biography
* Published chess books
Grandmaster Repertoire 1: 1.d4 volume one

Grandmaster Repertoire 2: 1.d4 volume two
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avrukh, Boris 1978 births Living people Chess Olympiad competitors World Youth Chess Champions Chess Grandmasters Jewish chess players Kazakhstani chess players Israeli chess players Israeli chess writers Kazakhstani Jews Israeli Jews Israeli people of Kazakhstani-Jewish descent People from Karaganda