GMAlexander Ivanov
- FIDE ID
- 2000202
- USCF ID
- 12513936
About Alexander Ivanov
Alexander Ivanov was born in Omsk in 1956 and moved to the United States in 1988. Before emigrating, he helped the Soviet Union win World Under-26 Team silver in 1978 and gold in 1980, also taking individual gold in the latter. He became a grandmaster in 1991. Show more
Alexander Ivanov was born in Omsk in 1956 and moved to the United States in 1988. Before emigrating, he helped the Soviet Union win World Under-26 Team silver in 1978 and gold in 1980, also taking individual gold in the latter. He became a grandmaster in 1991. He shared first place at the 1989 World Open and shared the US championship in 1995 with Nick de Firmian and Patrick Wolff.
Ivanov won the Pan-American championship in 1998 and shared first place in the 2007 American Continental Championship. He competed in four FIDE world championships and four World Cups, and represented the United States at the 2002 Olympiad. His American tournament career brought four USCF Grand Prix titles during the 1990s. He married woman international master Esther Epstein and settled in Massachusetts.
USCF rating history
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FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | 34th Annual Eastern Class Championships - Master | Classical | 2 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2025-10-14 | Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 10 | Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 87 | Open |
| 302 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexander Ivanov | Nagare Kaivalya Sandip | 1-0 | 64 | Open |
| 303 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 8 | Roger Labruyere | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 304 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 7 | Kirill Klukin | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 305 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | Jyotshnav Talukdar | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 306 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Ivanov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 307 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 4 | Alfie Onslow | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 308 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 3 | Alexander Ivanov | Guido Caprio | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 309 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 2 | M. Amin Tabatabaei | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 310 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 311 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 11 | Daniel Naroditsky | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 312 | 2025-10-07 | Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 | chess.com INT | 10 | Alexander Ivanov | Sergei Lobanov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 313 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Artur Gabrielian | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 314 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Alexander Ivanov | Wiktoria Smietanska | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 315 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Zachary Hankun Liu | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 316 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | David Galstyan | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 317 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Akeem Brown | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 318 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Ivanov | A A C B Amarasinghe | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 319 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Boris Itkis | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 320 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Alexander Ivanov | Lile Koridze | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 321 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Alexander Jasinski | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 322 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Alexander Ivanov | Jan Gustafsson | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 323 | 2013-11-05 | US Chess League KO 2013 | chess.com INT | 1 | Robert Hess | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 324 | 2013-10-29 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 10 | Robert Hess | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 325 | 2013-10-23 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 9 | Steven Zierk | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 326 | 2013-10-09 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 7 | Melikset Khachiyan | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 327 | 2013-10-01 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | Alexander Stripunsky | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 328 | 2013-09-18 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Ivanov | Unidentified player | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 329 | 2013-08-28 | US Chess League 2013 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Ivanov | Steven Zierk | 1-0 | 62 | Open |