Alexander Bagrationi (chess player)

Alexander Bagrationi
CountryUkraine (until 2020)
Israel (since 2020)
Born (1990-07-13) July 13, 1990 (age 34)
Ternopil, Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (2014)
Peak rating2543 (March 2018)

Alexander Bagrationi (also Aaron Bagrationi;[1] born 13 July 1990, in Ternopil, Ukraine) is a chess player and grandmaster from Ukraine[2] who has represented Israel since 2020.[3]

Bagrationi was born to Yakov Weizman and Nataliya (Taliya) Bagrationi,[4] at 7.15am on 13th July 1990 in Ternopil and graduated from Ternopil National Economic University.[4] He was awarded the International Master title in 2009.[2][5] He moved to Israel in 2011, and achieved the Grandmaster title in 2014.[4][2] He won the Jerusalem chess championship in 2018.[5][6] He has lived in Germany since 2019.[7][8]

Notable tournaments

Tournament Name Year ELO Points
IM Tespo Engineering(Brno CZE) 2009 2370 7.0

References

  1. ^ "Aaron Bagrationi". Netanya Chess Club. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Di Felice, Gino (2017), Chess International Titleholders: 1950–2016, McFarland, p. 25, ISBN 978-1-4766-7132-1
  3. ^ "Transfers in 2020". FIDE Chess Ratings. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Berdichevsky, Igor (2016). Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия [Jewish Chess Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Moscow: Russian Chess House. p. 23. ISBN 978-5-94693-503-6.
  5. ^ a b "Легкий мат в 1 ход для разминки. Быстро решишь?". ChessOK (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ "אליפות ירושלים 2018". Jeruchess (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Auch zweite Vorrunde des Sparkassen Online Open hochkarätig besetzt". Sparkassen Chess Trophy (in German). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Unna Open 2021 mit kleiner Sensation bei den Anmeldungen!! Großmeister am Start". SV Unna (in German). 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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