Lev Alburt | |
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Full name | Lev Osipovich Alburt (Лев Альбурт) |
Country | United States (after 1979) Soviet Union (before 1979) |
Born | Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | August 21, 1945
Title | Grandmaster (1977) |
FIDE rating | 2539 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2580 (July 1981) |
Peak ranking | No. 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.