Boris Avrukh

Boris Avrukh
Boris Avrukh
Country	Israel
Born	February 10, 1978 (age 46); Karaganda, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating	2567 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2668 (September 2009)
Peak ranking	No. 50 (July 2005)

Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (Hebrew: בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; Russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.

Chess career

Boris Avrukh has played for Israel six times in Chess Olympiads.^[1]

In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+7 –1 =2);
In 2000, at third board at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 –2 =4);
In 2002, at first reserve board at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+3 –3 =3);
In 2004, at fourth board at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+5 –0 =5);
In 2006, at fourth board at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+6 –1 =3).
In 2008, at second/third boards at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+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 (Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin, and Lev Psakhis won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa (Wydra Tournament; Viswanathan Anand won). In 2001, he won in Biel. In 2004, he tied for 8-9th in Beer Sheva Rapid (Viktor Korchnoi won). In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament.^[2]

Avrukh has twice won the Israeli Chess Championship; in 2000 (tied with Alik Gershon) and 2008. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Bartłomiej Macieja.^[3]

Avrukh has published several books, including The Classical Slav.

He cites Garry Kasparov as his favourite player of all time "for his powerful style and killer instinct."^[4]

^ Avrukh, Boris team chess record at olimpbase.org
^ "Areshchenko wins Zurich Jubilee on tiebreak". ChessVibes. 2009-08-16. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
^ "World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ "Grandmaster Interview with Boris Avrukh". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2017-12-04.