- Ilya Gurevich
Ilya Gurevich (born
February 8 ,1972 inKiev ) is a Ukrainian-born Americanchess grandmaster.He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:9dzgq4bLSakJ:www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/age.htm+Ilya+Gurevich+chess&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=28&gl=us] In 1983 he was National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Champion in the U.S. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:-NqXepNdliwJ:www.concentric.net/~williams/NatChess.html+Ilya+Gurevich+chess+junior&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=33&gl=us] In 1984, as a 13-year-old he won the World under-14 championship in Lomas de Zamora,
Argentina .As an 18-year-old from
Worcester, Massachusetts , he won the 1990 World Junior Championship held in Varones,Chile . A Soviet emigre, he tied for first place but was awarded the title because of superior tiebreak points.With a pre-tournament ranking of 11th in the field of the world's top players under 20 years of age, Gurevich was not one of the favorites, but was the only player who was undefeated. The victory earned him the
International Master title.He later became a
stock exchange options trader. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:_H392kA9GUIJ:www.chessville.com/BillWall/ChessandotherOccupations.htm+Ilya+Gurevich+chess&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=39&gl=us]External links
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