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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 8 | Alexander Ivanov | Dmitrii Marcziter | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 202 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 7 | Le Phan Hoang Quan | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 203 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | Julian Estrada Nieto | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 204 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Ivanov | Antoine Bournel | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 205 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 4 | Antonin Ferey | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 206 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 3 | Harsha Bharathakoti | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 207 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 2 | Alexander Ivanov | Nikolas Theodorou | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 208 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Ivanov | Michail Gaydym | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 209 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 11 | Alexander Ivanov | Nadya Toncheva | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 210 | 2026-01-20 | Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 10 | Zsoka Gaal | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 211 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 8 | Viktor N. Parfenov | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 212 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 7 | Evsuld Myagmarsuren | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 213 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | Gasan Guliev | 0-1 | 81 | Open |
| 214 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Ivanov | Maroun Tomb | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 215 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 4 | Gaspar Asprelli | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 216 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 3 | Alexander Ivanov | Dashgyn Ibadov | 0-1 | 71 | Open |
| 217 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 2 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 218 | 2026-01-13 | Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 | chess.com INT | 1 | Luis Fernandez Siles | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 19 | Open |
| 219 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexander Ivanov | Lukas W LeBakken | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 220 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 8 | Alimzhan Zhauynbay | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 221 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 7 | Alexander Ivanov | Andrei Olhovik | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 222 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 6 | Timur Safin | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 223 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Ivanov | Alexander Rustemov | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 224 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Ivanov | Konstantin Begunov | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 225 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 3 | Kamil Warchol | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 226 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 2 | Alexander Ivanov | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 227 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 1 | Hong Ngoc Nguyen | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 228 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 11 | Duc Minh Lai | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 229 | 2025-12-30 | Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 10 | Alexander Ivanov | Kevin George | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 230 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexander Ivanov | Jerjis Kapra | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 231 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 8 | Marco Cattaneo | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 232 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 7 | Ivan Yeletsky | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 233 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexander Ivanov | Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 234 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 5 | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 235 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Ivanov | Sergey Tugaj | 1-0 | 76 | Open |
| 236 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 3 | Nurali Bolashakov | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 237 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 2 | Alexander Ivanov | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 238 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Ivanov | Mateo Rodriguez Polo | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 239 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 11 | Alexander Ivanov | Antoine Cassam-Chenai | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 240 | 2025-12-23 | Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 10 | Logan C Shafer | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 241 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexander Ivanov | Dmitry Gordievsky | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 242 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 8 | Alexander Ivanov | Vladimir Mikhailovsky | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 243 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 7 | Nihal Sarin | Alexander Ivanov | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 244 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 6 | Kirill Klukin | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 245 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 5 | Alexander Ivanov | Arman Mikaelyan | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 246 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 4 | Alexander Ivanov | Kacper Drozdowski | 0-1 | 89 | Open |
| 247 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 3 | Nitzan Steinberg | Alexander Ivanov | 0-1 | 75 | Open |
| 248 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 2 | Robert Piliposyan | Alexander Ivanov | 1/2-1/2 | 103 | Open |
| 249 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Ivanov | Alain Fayard | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 250 | 2025-12-16 | Titled Tue 16th Dec 2025 | chess.com INT | 11 | Alexander Ivanov | Sergey Sklokin | 1/2-1/2 | 89 | Open |