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Alexander Onischuk
Number of games in database: 529
Years covered: 1991 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2664
Highest rating achieved in database: 2674
Overall record: +165 -82 =276 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Slav (33) 
    D15 D12 D19 D11 D17
 Nimzo Indian (29) 
    E32 E42 E34 E55 E52
 Queen's Gambit Declined (23) 
    D31 D37 D35 D38 D30
 Sicilian (21) 
    B57 B33 B82 B92 B41
 Queen's Indian (17) 
    E15 E17 E12 E18
 King's Indian (17) 
    E92 E94 E73 E62
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (84) 
    C78 C84 C88 C69 C89
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C84 C88 C89 C91 C90
 Nimzo Indian (24) 
    E32 E46 E48 E34 E58
 Queen's Gambit Declined (24) 
    D37 D38 D35 D31 D30
 Orthodox Defense (17) 
    D58 D63 D56 D55 D62
 Catalan (15) 
    E06 E05 E04 E03
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Onischuk vs Vescovi, 2002 1-0
   Onischuk vs Y Shulman, 2005 1-0
   A Artidiello vs Onischuk, 2004 0-1
   Onischuk vs A Kovacevic, 1991 1-0
   Nakamura vs Onischuk, 2007 0-1
   T Markowski vs Onischuk, 1999 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Onischuk! by larrewl
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1997 by suenteus po 147
   Mayor's Cup Invitational 2006 by Dr.Lecter

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ALEXANDER ONISCHUK
(born Sep-03-1975) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America)

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Alexander Onischuk was born in the Crimea (Ukraine) on September 3rd, 1975. He finished 2nd at the under 16 World Championship in 1991, and was also runner-up at the 1995 under 20 World Championship. He has been a grandmaster since 1994.

Onischuk moved to the USA in 2001, and in 2006 he won the US Chess Championship. He has worked often as second to Anatoli Karpov and, more recently, Veselin Topalov during the 2006 World Championship match.


 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 530  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Onischuk vs Rublevsky  ½-½35 1991 World jr's ChA80 Dutch
2. Onischuk vs A Kovacevic 1-012 1991 It (open)A27 English, Three Knights System
3. Onischuk vs S Smagin  ½-½64 1992 Dortmund op-AD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Tomasz Ludwikow vs Onischuk  0-123 1992 Hallsberg jrC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
5. Onischuk vs Savon  0-126 1992 AlushtaE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
6. Onischuk vs Ftacnik  ½-½19 1993 HamburgA30 English, Symmetrical
7. R Rabiega vs Onischuk  1-021 1993 It (open)C55 Two Knights Defense
8. Onischuk vs S Smagin  1-043 1993 Dortmund op-AD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. N Davies vs Onischuk  0-155 1993 Budapest (Hungary)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
10. D Rogozenko vs Onischuk  0-137 1993 EU-ch U18E20 Nimzo-Indian
11. Onischuk vs Glek  ½-½26 1993 CuxhavenE73 King's Indian
12. Vescovi vs Onischuk 0-128 1993 Budapest (Hungary)C29 Vienna Gambit
13. Onischuk vs A Graf  0-170 1994 Alushta Cat.14D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. R Byrne vs Onischuk  ½-½49 1994 World op 22ndC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. M Golubev vs Onischuk  ½-½34 1994 Alushta Cat.14C45 Scotch Game
16. V Malaniuk vs Onischuk  ½-½44 1994 Alushta Cat.14D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. Blatny vs Onischuk  1-082 1994 BL2-N 9394A12 English with b3
18. Onischuk vs Y Kruppa  ½-½54 1994 UKR-chTD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Onischuk vs Vyzmanavin 1-061 1994 Alushta Cat.14A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
20. Uhlmann vs Onischuk  ½-½63 1994 It Dresden (GER)A21 English
21. Onischuk vs V Moskalenko  1-042 1994 Alushta Cat.14A84 Dutch
22. Bagirov vs Onischuk  ½-½40 1994 2nd, BL North /95 GERA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
23. Onischuk vs Hertneck  1-0102 1994 Moscow ol (Men)A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
24. Sveshnikov vs Onischuk 1-051 1994 Alushta Cat.14C45 Scotch Game
25. G Timoshenko vs Onischuk  ½-½31 1994 Alushta2C78 Ruy Lopez
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Sep-04-06   euripides: <airce> You are charitably correcting Karpov's English:-)

He does seem to say 'agreed for three draws', which is not idiomatic and is therefore hard to interpret.

'Agreed to three draws' would be more idiomatic, though you usually 'agree to' something that someone else does, not to something that you do yourself.

A more idiomatic statement would be either 'they agreed three draws' - which would clearly not suggest a deal - or 'they agreed to play three draws', which would suggest one. I think most English people would simply say 'they did a deal' if that's what they meant.

Sep-04-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  acirce: I honestly think it sounds like he says <to>, but I'm not sure. I agree the way he speaks about this may mean he is suggesting there was a deal. If that is what he thinks you'd think there must be a less ambiguous statement from him somewhere though. Not that it would prove anything, of course.
Jan-17-07   Dr.Lecter: <EmperorAthahualpa> How do you post biography for a player anyways? I thought chessgames.com was the one writing the biographies?
Jul-27-07   geraldo8187: onischuk's play this year in european tournaments has been very impressive
Aug-02-07   cotdt: onischuk's games are amazing, whether he wins or loses. more often he wins :)

i really like his creative tactical chess, and he's getting great results recently so they should invite him to big tournaments more often. like corus and mtel.

Aug-02-07   Kleve: Onischuk had a great performance at Biel!!! Congrats are due.
Aug-02-07   arunjangity: very nice. plus a nice result at aerosvit, i bet he will gain many elo points.
Aug-04-07   Petrosian63: How many ELO points actually?
Aug-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  groupoid: could it be that Onischuk makes it past 2700?
Aug-04-07   arunjangity: the calculation is tricky since aerosvit is based on march ratings. but i think he will get 9 pts there, plus 14 from biel according to <sapfy>. total of 23. so that would make him 2673.
Aug-05-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  groupoid: But can he reach 2700 later?
Aug-05-07   cotdt: <groupoid: But can he reach 2700 later?> if he keeps getting invited to big tournaments, then his rating will climb. otherwise, playing at opens lowers his rating.
Aug-19-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <groupoid, cotdt> I don't think of Onischuk as a 2700 player, but if he does keep getting invited to these kinds of tourneys and stays away from playing in the US, I guess he could make it.

Is he another Bologan-type?

Aug-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  chesstoplay: Alex had a 2754 USCF Rating after the 30TH World Open in Philadelphia,PA USA that ended 2002-07-07.

What really strikes me about his play is... absolutely nothing ever seems to bother him.

He is clearly a 2700+ player and still on the rise.

Aug-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <chesstoplay> Being 2754 USCF certainly does not necessarily equate to 2700 Elo. USCF ratings don't mean much at this level. In fact, I judge the strength of players 2400 and up by their Elo ratings and pay no attention to their USCF ratings.

I don't think Onischuk will quite make 2700 (he will be 32 already next week), but he very well might. Again, he has to stay away from the opens and prepare hard for the round robins that he gets invited to.

Nov-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: I'm impressed. I know Nikolic blundered, but it seems Onischuk will make Round 3 (of course Game 2 is tomorrow still).

Maybe he will make 2700 Elo. He has been playing 2700 this year and with as hard as he obviously prepares, I guess he WILL make it.

With a rating of 2703, Wang Yue is currently #22 in the World. Is Alexander Onischuk one of the 25 best players in the world? Right now at least, I think he is.

Nov-27-07   pawnofdoom: <dx9293> Onischuk might be good, but he's getting older. There are all these youngsters that are passing him. Wang Yue and Bu are only about 20 years old. Wang Hao, also one of the chinese young people is improving rapidly. Sergey Karjakin has earned enough rating points to get into the 2700s (as long as he doesn't spoil it now). It will be pretty hard for Onischuk to get into the top 25.
Nov-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <pawnofdoom> Well, he's 36th-38th now. It's not impossible. Hell, Alex Yermolinsky reached 20th in the World in 1997 (and his Elo rating was 2660!!! Just goes to show you inflation in 10 years) and he wasn't playing quite as strong as Onischuk is now.

I'm not saying Onischuk will STAY 2700, but I think he can at least hit the number. Guys like Kasimdzhanov, Khalifman, Bologan, and Krasenkow(!) were able to hit it briefly.

Nov-27-07   Jim Bartle: I think there are a lot of guys at Onischuk's general level who are probably hoping to get maybe to the final eight, and who knows, one of them might ride a hot streak farther.
Nov-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: <Jim Bartle> In the World Cup you mean? Yeah I think you're right. But to do that, someone is going to have to be unbeatable with the White pieces. Not only that, they will have to steamroll people with White. That's how Khalifman did it in '99.
Nov-29-07   Jim Bartle: Onischuk plays Shirov in the third round, I believe. Though Shirov is clearly the favorite (and my favorite player), he looks ripe for an upset. Shirov has been fortunate so far, and is a high-risk type player, so over a couple of games Onischuk might come out on top.
Nov-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: Agreed. Shirov is not the right kind of player for this event, though he did make the final in 2000, so I guess he can do it.

Shirov was one of the four best players in the world at the end of the 1990s, but he has never seemed to recover from the World Chess Council fiasco and his family problems. Very reminiscent to me of Ponomariov—he has regressed since 2002.

Nov-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: Onischuk, for his part, just keeps rolling along and steadily increases his rating.
Dec-01-07   Jim Bartle: Foul! That was a different JB in the post three spots above, not me.
Dec-12-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: I guess my comment above about Shirov not being the right kind of player for the World Cup was right on :-) Oops.
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