Mikhail Gluzman

Mikhail Gluzman (born 5 September 1967 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-Australian chess International Master and an experienced chess coach.

Chess career Gluzman gained the title of International Master in 1991, after a strong performance in the Belgrade international tournament. In 1992 he migrated to Melbourne, Australia. He finished equal first in the 1992 Victorian Chess Championship, but lost the play-off match to GM Darryl Johansen.

Gluzman won the Australian Masters chess tournament in 1993 and, jointly with Guy West, in 2002. He also won the 36th Doeberl Cup in 1998, on a tie-break from GM Darryl Johansen.

Gluzman won the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship held on the Gold Coast, Queensland in April 2001, after finishing equal first with Mark Champan on a score of 7/9, and then winning a rapid play-off match. He went on to compete in the knock-out format FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 in Moscow, Russia where he was eliminated in round 1 by Evgeny Bareev.

In 1994 Gluzman co-founded "Chess Ideas", Australia's first professional chess coaching business, in Melbourne, Australia. He successfully coached World Youth Chess Championship participants Denis Bourmistrov to finish =10th in the Boy's Under 10 Chess Championship in Menorca 1996, and Michelle Lee to finish =6th in the Girl's Under 10 Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar 2000.

Gluzman retired from tournament play in 2003, citing the low profile of chess and the lack of opportunities for top chess coaches in Australia.

Notable games

Evgeny Sveshnikov vs Mikhail Gluzman, Bern Open (1992), Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation, (B02), 0-1

Darryl Johansen vs Mikhail Gluzman, Australian Championship (2002), Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defence, (D34), 0-1