Alexander Beliavsky

Alexander Beliavsky
Beliavsky at the 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002
Full nameAlexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky
Country
Born (1953-12-17) December 17, 1953 (age 70)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1975)
FIDE rating2474 (November 2024)
Peak rating2710 (July 1997)
Peak rankingNo. 4 (July 1985)

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́нрихович Беля́вский, Ukrainian: Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, Slovene: Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized Belyavsky; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Beliavsky was born in Lviv, USSR, now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and has been playing for its national team since 1996.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Beliavsky, Alexander G." OlimpBase. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tribute to Viktor Korchnoi". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2021.