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Aleksandr Lenderman
Lenderman 
Photograph 2011 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 927
Years covered: 2002 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2458 (2604 rapid, 2607 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2654
Overall record: +303 -146 =261 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 217 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (52) 
    B21 B22 B56 B42 B90
 King's Indian (44) 
    E94 E99 E60 E62 E91
 Slav (42) 
    D11 D15 D10 D12 D13
 Nimzo Indian (41) 
    E32 E21 E20 E39 E54
 Queen's Gambit Declined (33) 
    D37 D31 D30 D35 D36
 Queen's Pawn Game (31) 
    E00 A40 D02 E10 A41
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (64) 
    B12 B18 B13 B10 B15
 French Defense (55) 
    C11 C07 C16 C01 C10
 Slav (44) 
    D12 D10 D15 D11 D16
 Queen's Pawn Game (41) 
    D02 A40 E10 D04 A41
 Sicilian (30) 
    B27 B22 B31 B65 B30
 Queen's Gambit Declined (27) 
    D38 D31 D35 D37 D36
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Fridman vs Lenderman, 2010 0-1
   Lenderman vs S Sloan, 2007 1-0
   J Sanjuan vs Lenderman, 2004 0-1
   Lenderman vs S Zierk, 2012 1-0
   J Regam vs Lenderman, 2011 0-1
   A Byron vs Lenderman, 2015 0-1
   Lenderman vs Lucas Bernui, 2021 1-0
   Lenderman vs K Troff, 2012 1-0
   Lenderman vs S Berndt, 2012 1-0
   Lenderman vs I Zenyuk, 2006 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bavarian Open (2014)
   National Open (2012)
   Fall Chess Classic (2022)
   US Championship (2014)
   US Open (2021)
   48th World Junior Championship (2009)
   London Chess Classic Open (2014)
   112th US Open (2011)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   Reykjavik Open (2010)
   London Chess Classic Open (2015)
   American Continental 9th (2013)
   Chigorin Memorial (2012)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2003 WYCC (open) U-14 by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 NY GMA President's Day
   Lenderman vs Q Yang (Feb-17-25) 1/2-1/2
   E Park vs Lenderman (Feb-17-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Jacobson vs Lenderman (Feb-16-25) 1-0
   Lenderman vs S Gauri (Feb-16-25) 1/2-1/2
   M Paragua vs Lenderman (Feb-15-25) 1/2-1/2

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ALEKSANDR LENDERMAN
(born Sep-23-1989, 35 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

[what is this?]

Grandmaster 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. He won first place (after tiebreaks) at the 112th US Open (2011), and first place (again after tiebreaks) at the 2015 World Open. He tied for share of 2nd-3rd with Anton Kovalyov but behind Emilio Cordova at the 2016 Americas Continental championship which qualified him for the 2017 World Cup(3).

References / Sources

(1) http://www.uschessleague.com/connec... (USCL), (2) https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast... (audio podcast interview with Ben Johnson from February, 2017), (3) http://www.fide.com/images/stories/....

Wikipedia article: Aleksandr Lenderman

Last updated: 2017-07-11 12:52:28

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 page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 927  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Kurtzman vs Lenderman  1-0462002USA-chT Amateur EastB12 Caro-Kann Defense
2. Lenderman vs J Sarkar  ½-½472002New York Masters 32ndB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
3. Lenderman vs J Bonin  0-1522003New York Masters 46thB10 Caro-Kann
4. Lenderman vs M Chetverik  ½-½222003Budapest FS08 IMB02 Alekhine's Defense
5. T Bopp vs Lenderman 0-1422003Budapest FS08 IMA20 English
6. Lenderman vs A Eisenbeiser  1-0432003Budapest FS08 IMB41 Sicilian, Kan
7. L D'Costa vs Lenderman  1-0512003Budapest FS08 IME92 King's Indian
8. Lenderman vs D Werner  1-0352003Budapest FS08 IMC10 French
9. C Paci vs Lenderman  0-1622003Budapest FS08 IME06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
10. Lenderman vs B Soos 1-0632003Budapest FS08 IMB15 Caro-Kann
11. G Pirisi vs Lenderman  0-1582003Budapest FS08 IMC50 Giuoco Piano
12. Lenderman vs J A Nilssen  ½-½362003Budapest FS08 IMB32 Sicilian
13. M Zucchelli vs Lenderman  1-0842003Budapest FS08 IME75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
14. Lenderman vs L Eperjesi  1-0802003Budapest FS08 IMB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
15. S Farago vs Lenderman  0-1592003Budapest FS08 IMC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. Lenderman vs D Berczes  1-0322003Budapest FS08 IMB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Lenderman vs M Hrabusa  1-0612003World Youth Championship (U14)C78 Ruy Lopez
18. Vachier-Lagrave vs Lenderman  1-0462003World Youth Championship (U14)C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
19. Lenderman vs D Lintchevski  ½-½582003World Youth Championship (U14)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
20. M Baldauf vs Lenderman  ½-½512003World Youth Championship (U14)C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. Lenderman vs R Panjwani  1-0412003World Youth Championship (U14)B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
22. Lenderman vs Kanna T U Navin  1-0502003World Youth Championship (U14)C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
23. J Dourerassou vs Lenderman  1-0692003World Youth Championship (U14)C42 Petrov Defense
24. Lenderman vs D Larino Nieto  1-0682003World Youth Championship (U14)C14 French, Classical
25. E Margolin vs Lenderman  1-0752003World Youth Championship (U14)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Feb-07-13  Mudphudder: Did he drop out of college to become a professional chess player?
Feb-07-13  dx9293: <Mudphudder> Yes.
May-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: He's doing well at the current US championship event
Jan-30-15  norami: I vaguely recall a bizarre story about a twelve-year-old girl who stabbed another girl in order to impress Lenderman.
Feb-11-15  Moszkowski012273: Lenderman and Dlugy just had a best of 20 blitz match at Columbia University. Lenderman won it by a good solid three or four games.
Apr-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: He's doing well at the world team championships
Apr-28-15  dx9293: Alex has apparently won the Gold Medal on Board 2 of the World Team Championship with 5/7 ahead of Ivanchuk (who he defeated) among others. In the last round he defeated Lazaro Bruzon (2691), helping USA reach a tie for 4th (with Russia) after being ranked 9th of 10 teams by rating entering the event (no Nakamura, So, or Kamsky...or even Robson for that matter).
Apr-29-15  dumbgai: Nice win against Ivanchuk: Lenderman vs Ivanchuk, 2015
Jun-04-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Lenderman is ranked world no. 149, and 15th in the USA. I'm surprised, I thought he was higher than this. He seems to play pretty well in international competitions.

<https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml...>

I'm wondering if at some point he can be on an Olympiad team with Caruana, Nakamura and So? Sam Sevian is ranked world no. 306, but has higher potential because he is only 14-15 years old. Sevian is also ranked around 15 in the USA. Perhaps it will be Guam's Roy Robson who joins the big three?

Jul-06-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Aleksandr Lenderman won the World Open with a score of 7/9 (+5,-0,=4). However, he was tied with Rauf Mamedov on tiebreaks, so there was an Armageddon game, which he won.
Oct-13-15  Moszkowski012273: That game is online somewhere in video and its awesome... Gonna try and find it...
Feb-15-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: I posted 9 puzzles from chess games of US GM Alex Lenderman @ http://wtharvey.com/lend.html What wins?
Apr-25-16  epistle: Good luck Lenderman
Apr-26-16  epistle: No shame losing to Caruana and Nakamura for they are the great American players. Good job!
Apr-26-16  Pulo y Gata: He's famous for the Lenderman Dance.
Jun-19-16  PolgarFanGirl: <Pulo y Gata> it's called 'Hit the Lenderman' (yanno, like 'Hit the Quan' but w Alex Lenderman?) anyone get my reference? Lol
Sep-04-17  ChessHigherCat: That photo shows perfect concentration. It looks like he's in a dream state.
Nov-09-17  Bluegrey: Lenderman just played a 4 games odds match against Komodo. In games 1,2 and 3 Lenderman had connected pawn odds.( Komodo was without a+b,b+c,c+d respectively iirc) and in game 4, Queen for B+N .Komodo won 3-1 (2 wins 2 draws)
Nov-19-17  DarthStapler: I just met this guy at a tournament and got his autograph
Apr-10-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: The photo on 2018 US Championship site looks to be really, really, really bad photoshop:

https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-...

May-17-21  Albertan: Top chess player in the world visits Indianapolis

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/l...

Aug-11-21  Albertan: Lenderman is this year’s United States Open Chess Champion scoring 8.5/9:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/u-s-o...

Oct-08-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Lendemain is Yesterday's Man.
Oct-24-22  Ninas Husband: Did a heck of a job hosting a late night talk show. No, wait, that's LETTERMAN! Never mind.
Dec-28-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: The 'Dream Team' is the term often applied to the USA Olympic basketball team of 1992. But, there is another Dream Team.

<Lenderman attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn where, from 2004 to 2007, he was part of the "dream team" winning four straight national high school titles for the school, along with now International Master Salvijus Bercys. He played an important role in the book The Kings of New York, written by Michael Weinreb and published by Gotham Press in 2007.>

Leningrader Lenderman found early fame. A high performing Brooklyn kid, sort of like Joel Benjamin and Bobby Fischer. You've heard of Bobby--it was in all the papers.

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