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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-10-25 | 91st Greater Boston Open | Hilton Garden Inn Marlborough, 170 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA - USA | 4.1 | Ivanov, Alexander | Chen, Jerry | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 2 | 2026-10-25 | 91st Greater Boston Open | Hilton Garden Inn Marlborough, 170 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA - USA | 3.1 | Alluri, Samanyu | Ivanov, Alexander | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 3 | 2026-10-25 | 91st Greater Boston Open | Hilton Garden Inn Marlborough, 170 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA - USA | 1.1 | Winter, Shea | Ivanov, Alexander | 0-1 | 73 | Open |
| 4 | 2026-10-21 | 91st Greater Boston Open | Hilton Garden Inn Marlborough, 170 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA - USA | 2.1 | Ivanov, Alexander | Wu, Felix | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 5 | 2026-10-11 | Masters vs Challengers | Burlington, MA USA | 3.2 | Ivanov,AV USA | Alluri,Samanyu | 1-0 | 20 | Open |
| 6 | 2026-10-11 | Masters vs Challengers | Burlington, MA USA | 4.2 | Farzaneh-Far,Marcus | Ivanov,AV USA | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 7 | 2026-10-11 | Masters vs Challengers | Burlington, MA USA | 1.2 | Ivanov,AV USA | Pan,Zachary | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 8 | 2026-10-11 | Masters vs Challengers | Burlington, MA USA | 2.2 | Wu,William | Ivanov,AV USA | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 9 | 2019-08-18 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 9 | Alexander Ivanov | C.S. Rajesh | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 10 | 2019-08-18 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 8 | Eugene Yanayt | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 11 | 2019-08-17 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 6.4 | Jianchao Zhou | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 12 | 2019-08-16 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 5.3 | Kamil Dragun | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 13 | 2019-08-15 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 3 | Praveen Balakrishnan | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 14 | 2019-08-15 | 49th Continental Open | Sturbridge USA | 2 | Alexander Ivanov | Brett Kildahl | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 15 | 2017-04-29 | 26th Eastern Class 2017 | Sturbridge USA | 3 | Alexander Ivanov | Gil Popilski | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 16 | 2017-03-27 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 9.1 | Akshita Gorti | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 17 | 2017-03-27 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 10.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Denis Shmeliov | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 18 | 2017-03-26 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 8.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Levan Bregadze | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 19 | 2017-03-26 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 7.1 | Justin Sarkar | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 20 | 2017-03-25 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 6.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Nikhil Kumar | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 21 | 2017-03-25 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 5.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Akshita Gorti | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 22 | 2017-03-24 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 4.1 | Denis Shmeliov | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 23 | 2017-03-24 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 3.1 | Levan Bregadze | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 24 | 2017-03-23 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 2.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Justin Sarkar | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 25 | 2017-03-23 | Queen City IM Norm 2017 | Manchester USA | 1.1 | Nikhil Kumar | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 26 | 2016-11-30 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 11.4 | Alexander Ivanov | Jakob Meister | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 27 | 2016-11-29 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 10.7 | Peter Larsen | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 28 | 2016-11-28 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 9.3 | Alexander Ivanov | Alexander Reprintsev | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 29 | 2016-11-27 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 8.4 | Ralf Akesson | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 30 | 2016-11-26 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 7.6 | Alexander Ivanov | Milan Pastircak | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 31 | 2016-11-24 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 6.3 | Michal Konopka | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 32 | 2016-11-23 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 5.6 | Alexander Ivanov | Oleg Yuferev | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 33 | 2016-11-22 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 4.7 | Luismar Brito | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 34 | 2016-11-21 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 3.15 | Alexander Ivanov | Jan Bartos | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 35 | 2016-11-20 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 2.3 | Zdenek Urban | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 88 | Open |
| 36 | 2016-11-19 | World Senior 50+ 2016 | Marianske Lazne CZE | 1.3 | Alexander Ivanov | Stanislav Juricek | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 37 | 2016-10-08 | Millionaire Chess Op 2016 | Atlantic City USA | 5.2 | Alexander Ivanov | Alvaro Valdes Escobar | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 38 | 2016-10-07 | Millionaire Chess Op 2016 | Atlantic City USA | 3.11 | Alexander Ivanov | Rauf Mamedov | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 39 | 2016-10-06 | Millionaire Chess Op 2016 | Atlantic City USA | 2.1 | B. Adhiban | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 40 | 2016-01-31 | Land of the Sky Open 2016 | Asheville USA | 5.2 | Yoav Lederer | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 41 | 2016-01-31 | Land of the Sky Open 2016 | Asheville USA | 4.2 | Tianqi Wang | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 42 | 2016-01-30 | Land of the Sky Open 2016 | Asheville USA | 3.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Elshan Moradiabadi | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 43 | 2016-01-30 | Land of the Sky Open 2016 | Asheville USA | 2.2 | Sanjay Ghatti | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 44 | 2015-12-29 | 42nd Eastern Open 2015 | Bethesda USA | 7.2 | Alexander Shabalov | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 8 | Open |
| 45 | 2015-12-29 | 42nd Eastern Open 2015 | Bethesda USA | 6.1 | Alexander Ivanov | Sergey Erenburg | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 46 | 2015-12-28 | 42nd Eastern Open 2015 | Bethesda USA | 5.3 | John M Burke | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 47 | 2015-12-27 | 42nd Eastern Open 2015 | Bethesda USA | 3.3 | Raymond Kaufman | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 48 | 2015-11-21 | World Senior 50+ 2015 | Acqui Terme ITA | 11.4 | Carlos Horacio Garcia Palermo | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 49 | 2015-11-20 | World Senior 50+ 2015 | Acqui Terme ITA | 10.4 | Alexander Ivanov | Guillermo Llanos | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 50 | 2015-11-19 | World Senior 50+ 2015 | Acqui Terme ITA | 9.1 | Predrag Nikolic | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 60 | Open |