Lev Alburt

Lev Alburt
Alburt in 1980
Full nameLev Osipovich Alburt
(Лев Альбурт)
CountryUnited States (after 1979)
Soviet Union (before 1979)
Born (1945-08-21) August 21, 1945 (age 79)
Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1977)
FIDE rating2539 (November 2024)
Peak rating2580 (July 1981)
Peak rankingNo. 22 (January 1981)

Lev Osipovich Alburt (born August 21, 1945) is a chess Grandmaster, writer and coach. He was born in Orenburg, Russia, and became three-time Ukrainian Champion. After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became three-time U.S. Champion.