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Alex Lenderman
Number of games in database: 84
Years covered: 2003 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2546
Overall record: +42 -23 =19 (61.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (18) 
    B21 B22 B90 B42 B30
 Slav (6) 
    D15 D13 D10
 Nimzo Indian (5) 
    E21 E33 E40
With the Black pieces:
 Slav (12) 
    D12 D15 D11 D10
 Caro-Kann (8) 
    B12 B18 B17 B13 B11
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C99 C64 C91 C69
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C99 C91
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ALEX LENDERMAN
(born Sep-23-1989) Russia (citizen of United States of America)

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International Master (2005) from Brooklyn. Winner of the 2005 Boys Under-16 title at the World Youth Chess Championship. In 2007, he won the USCF National High School (K-12) Chess Championship.

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Vachier Lagrave vs A Lenderman  1-046 2003 Wch U14C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
2. A Lenderman vs M Chetverik  ½-½22 2003 FSIM AugustB02 Alekhine's Defense
3. R Gonzalez vs A Lenderman  1-0100 2004 Dos HermanasC26 Vienna
4. A Lenderman vs T Gelashvili  0-133 2004 Dos HermanasB56 Sicilian
5. C Delizia vs A Lenderman  0-139 2004 FSIM AugustC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
6. Nakamura vs A Lenderman  1-050 2004 New York Masters 118thD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. A Lenderman vs T Mirabile 1-028 2005 7th Foxwoods OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
8. A Lenderman vs I Nepomniachtchi 1-053 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. T Warakomski vs A Lenderman 0-140 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
10. A Lenderman vs S Tologontegin  1-031 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. T H Toufighi vs A Lenderman  ½-½47 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16C47 Four Knights
12. R Rehberg vs A Lenderman  ½-½56 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16C24 Bishop's Opening
13. T Maenhout vs A Lenderman  1-059 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
14. A Lenderman vs W Spoelman  1-021 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
15. A Diamant vs A Lenderman  0-177 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
16. A Lenderman vs V Krishnamoorthy  1-040 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
17. A Lenderman vs R G Teixeira  1-041 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
18. A Lenderman vs V Akobian  0-152 2006 US Championship 2006C14 French, Classical
19. T Abrahamyan vs A Lenderman  0-151 2006 34th World OpenC53 Giuoco Piano
20. C Baginskaite vs A Lenderman  1-024 2006 US Championship 2006D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. S Bercys vs A Lenderman 1-043 2006 US Championship 2006D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. W J Aramil vs A Lenderman  ½-½58 2006 34th World OpenD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. A Lenderman vs B Finegold  0-131 2006 US Championship 2006B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
24. A Lenderman vs Goldin  ½-½38 2006 US Championship 2006B42 Sicilian, Kan
25. Kamsky vs A Lenderman 1-037 2006 34th World OpenC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-28-05   capablancakarpov: Alex Lenderman,USA,1989-09-23, with only 102 games in his career before the U16 World Championship, became a surprisingly World Champion after winning the last 5 games,including a win over the great favorite Ian Nepomniachtchi,who had started the tournament with 6 consecutive wins.
Jul-28-05   hongisto24: congrats!
Aug-04-05   underrated: can someone please submit his games for this tourney
Aug-04-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <underrated> I have downloaded all 11 rounds's PGN. I have contacted chessgames.com to see if they already have it, or should we make special arrangements to transfer these files.

You know, midnight, by the 3rd tree, small unmarked bills, duffle bags... etc.

Aug-04-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Oh wow, that was quick!
Dec-20-06   BIDMONFA: Alex Lenderman

LENDERMAN, Alex
http://www.bidmonfa.com/lenderman_a...
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Jun-23-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  I3illieJoe: There is a group on Facebook named "Fock Lenderman", which a lot of people joined, Nakamura and Evan Rabin, among others. According to them: "Well, many New Yorkers would know what happened in Greater New York Champs. Join to learn more!". Besides that, the description of the group is: "Since I am such an evil person according to this little brat...the group was created. Anyone who "dislikes" this moron, join in." I would really like to know what happened at that event but nobody is mentioning anything.
Jul-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <I3illieJoe> I was there, and I know what happened. The event in question was a one-day tournament with 5 rounds (time control of Game-in-50 minutes). And the group is incorrect [I received an invitation but did not join]: the incident I am about to relate took place at the New Yorker Game/50 Open, not the Greater New York Junior Championship. Both events were held concurrently, with the Junior tournament being held as a 2-day event with a 1-day option. So the top scholastic players (like Lenderman) played in both events: the Game/50 on Saturday and the Junior 1-day schedule on Sunday. The venue was the New Yorker Hotel.

Anyway, going into the fifth and final round of the Game/50, GM Ehlvest was 4-0, and IM Lenderman had 3.5/4, as did Adam Maltese (~2300). IMs Bercys, Sarkar, and Bonin, and expert Allen Weiss, had 3/4.

Round 5 Pairings:
IM Lenderman (3.5) - GM Ehlvest (4)
IM Bercys (3) - NM Maltese (3.5)

[IMs Bonin and Sarkar were paired well down, don't remember colors. They were expected to win, and they did. Weiss beat NM Bierkens]

Before the games started, there was some commotion: Lenderman was apparently complaining that Bercys would agree to dump the game with Maltese so Maltese could get a big prize which they would then split. However, this did not make much sense, because a win by Bercys would certainly put him in the money.

Lenderman played White and opened with his Smith-Morra Gambit against Ehlvest's Sicilian. After around 10 moves, Ehlvest offered a draw, which Lenderman accepted (the correct thing to do strategically: IM vs. strong GM, guarantee a tie for second). That left Bercys (White) against Maltese. Adam played his usual Pirc.

Now, all the attention was on Bercys-Maltese. They kept going outside and chatting with friends (I won't go into details who) and each other. Lenderman was upset the entire time, but the others don't like Lenderman and he and Bercys are known to be enemies. This is suggested in Michael Weinreb's THE KINGS OF NEW YORK--although the Murrow team all hate the way the author wrote the book (I know them all quite well), some things are accurate. B and L are the superstars on the team.

In a time scramble, Bercys mated Maltese and tied for second. You can see the prizewinners (and the money won!) at <http://www.chesscenter.cc/jun07/fs-...;. <http://www.chesscenter.cc>; is the website of the organizer and you can also see other NY events here.

When the winners waited on the prize line to get their prize checks, Maltese, Bercys, and others were saying many unkind things about Alex. I (mistakenly!) suggested that this was the "Fock Lenderman" line. I never expected them to make a facebook group about it! Soon, Alex offered Adam ten dollars as a peace offering for making the accusations, but this upset Adam even more.

Where does "Fock Lenderman" come from?

A couple of years ago, Lenderman agreed to play on a team at the U.S. Amateur Team East. At the last moment he backed out (I'm not sure why), and they named their team "Fock Lenderman" (the movie "Meet the Fockers" was popular at the time). "Fock Lenderman" actually won the team tournament 6-0 that year.

I know, this is a lot of gossip, but I insist it is all true. Someone asked about the incident, so there it is.

I should say that I get along well with all of the players and people in question, and I have no axe to grind with anyone. Maltese, Bercys, Lenderman are all late teens, so a lot of youth in question!

Oct-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  I3illieJoe: Thanks a lot. That answers a lot of questions. The question remaining is...why would somebody like Nakamura join that group? What does Nakamura have to do with all this?
Oct-14-07   VinnyRoo2002: I think it's important to note that a facebook group is a rather silly thing which has little to no importance. It isn't like joining Green Peace or even a college organization. There are thousands of facebook groups, and most if not all of them are for entertainment purposes rather than anything of substance.

As for Nakamura's joining the group, maybe he has met Lenderman a few times and didn't like him, or maybe he is friends with Sal. My guess is that Nakamura didn't think much of joining the group and just thought it'd be funny. I know many people are probably taking the group seriously and find it to be a malicious attack against Lenderman. And I understand that concern, and indeed the group probably is defaming Lenerman. But in this instance, we must take the group for what it is, facebook is pretty much a site for college students to post pictures of themselves getting drunk and other miscellaneous activities that young, immature college students engage in. I think to look at the group from any other perspective would be misunderstanding what facebook is. Lastly, this may not be so relevant, while the substance of facebook may be unsubstantial, the website is worth a couple of billion dollars.

Jan-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: [Event "ICC 45 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "timhortonsknigt"]
[Black "manest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Opening "Scotch: Schmidt variation"]
[ECO "C45"]
[NIC "SO.04"]
[Time "21:03:08"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. e5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. f4 c5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. c4 f5 18. Rab1 e4 19. Be2 Rab8 20. g3 Rb6 21. Kg2 Rfb8 22. Rb3 a5 23. Rfb1 a4 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. a3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ke3 Ke5 29. c3 h6 30. Bd1 Bf7 31. Bxa4 Bxc4 32. Bd1 Bf7 33. Be2 Be8 34. h3 Bd7 35. h4 Ba4 36. Bf1 Bc2 37. Be2 Bd3 38. Bh5 Bf1 39. Bd1 Kd5 40. Bb3+ Bc4 41. Bd1 b5 42. Bh5 Ke5 Game drawn by mutual agreement 1/2-1/2

<alex lenderman icc handle manest....he has a reputation of very few losses in a simul game at icc..ususally he handle around 40 board and very seldom he got losses, i believe it is worth mentioning it here coz guys like lenderman and voja/international master milanovic vojislav make icc interesting to patzer like me....at least we had achance to play with real masters..manest beat me so many times but in these game i hold hiom to a draw>

Jan-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons:


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<international master lenderman tried to exchange bishop with me but i avoided....id sent him draw offer almost 3 times but his ignoring it until finally he drawn the game...im the only one out of the 40 board draw a game with him

Mar-08-08   zoat22: i have met mr.lenderman many times, and have found him an intolerably arrogant person, who refused to say thank you when I lent him my chess clock, and who was very rude when I tried to speak to him... he may be a strong player, however, he should not act in this manner, or he will be hated (although i fear that he already is)
Jul-26-08   pebble767: I just recently met and talk to IM Lenderman in recently held 2008 World Open and he seems to be very nice, as in one of the nicest titled person I met. Actually the day before I talked to him I thought he was grouchy, then the following day he was in a very nice mood and he explained to me that he had a terribble headache the day before. I may not know him personally but that first impression of mine will surely last.
Sep-23-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: happy bday manest!
Oct-06-08   dumbgai: Sam Sloan's Damiano Defence failed him against an IM: A Lenderman vs S Sloan, 2007
Apr-12-09   Dredge Rivers: So, how long before he's playing at Linares? I'd say around 2013!
Jun-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: Lenderman a GM material..

Good luck Alex!

Aug-01-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  blacksburg: is the phrase <pube-stache> a violation of the posting guidelines?
Aug-08-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  swordfish: Lenderman is in a six-way tie for first in the U.S. Open with two rounds to play. He has good chances to get at least a share of first prize in the tourney.
Sep-29-09   Johnny O: Lenderman earned his third GM norm on July 5, 2009 at the World Open in Philadelphia.
Nov-01-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Interesting stories above about Lenderman's relationship with fellow players. A lively book, "Kings of New York" describes some of these players, and the new york high school chess scene....and if you end up in Washington Square Park, well, its not the romantic sort of thing described in SFBF, it means you're a hustling chess bum.

I wonder if he will join the first ranks. At age nineteen, he may not get much better. He'd be smart to take one of those college chess scholarships, I think Texas has a couple of them, maybe Pennslyvania has a couple.

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