About Alexander Goldin
Born 1964. Alexander Goldin is an American chess player.
Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin.
Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship. He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at Sevastopol in 1986 (a qualifier for the 1987 First League Final). Other tournament successes include winning the Philadelphia's World Open in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, Goldin won the American Continental Chess Championship in Buenos Aires edging out on tiebreak score Giovanni Vescovi, after both players scored 8.5/11.
In team chess, he played board three for the US team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià and registered a 65% score.
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Who is Alexander Goldin?
Russian-American chess player
When was Alexander Goldin born?
Alexander Goldin was born on 27 February 1964 in Novosibirsk.
What is Alexander Goldin's occupation?
Alexander Goldin is a chess player.
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Alexander Goldin is American.
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