About Boris Alterman
Born 1970. Boris Alterman is an Israeli, Russian and Ukrainian chess player.
Boris Alterman (, ; born May 4, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer, advisor of the Junior chess program.
He started playing chess at the age of 7. His career highlights include earning the IM title in 1991, and the GM title in 1992. He is the winner of the following Open and GM tournaments: Haifa 1993, Bad Homburg 1996, Rishon LeZion 1996, Beijing 1995 and 1997, and Munich 1992.
He plays for Rishon LeZion chess club. He does video lectures on the Internet Chess Club Website, and has a series called "Gambit Guide" which covers openings like the Danish Gambit, Cochrane Gambit, Evans Gambit, Budapest Gambit, Fried Liver Attack, and what he proposes to call the Chigorin Gambit in the Two Knights Defense.
On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2572.
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Who is Boris Alterman?
chess Grandmaster
When was Boris Alterman born?
Boris Alterman was born on 4 May 1970 in Kharkiv.
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Boris Alterman is a chess player.
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Boris Alterman is Israeli, Russian and Ukrainian.
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