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Alexander Onischuk
Number of games in database: 860
Years covered: 1989 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2666
Highest rating achieved in database: 2701
Overall record: +248 -127 =452 (57.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      33 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (48) 
    E32 E42 E34 E20 E55
 Slav (48) 
    D15 D19 D12 D11 D10
 Queen's Gambit Declined (37) 
    D31 D37 D38 D30 D35
 Semi-Slav (35) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44
 King's Indian (32) 
    E92 E61 E62 E94 E67
 Sicilian (31) 
    B57 B92 B89 B33 B82
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (135) 
    C78 C84 C88 C67 C89
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (51) 
    C84 C88 C89 C91 C90
 Queen's Gambit Declined (43) 
    D37 D38 D31 D30 D35
 Nimzo Indian (38) 
    E32 E46 E48 E30 E34
 Catalan (31) 
    E06 E05 E04 E03
 Orthodox Defense (25) 
    D63 D58 D56 D55 D60
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Onischuk vs G Vescovi, 2002 1-0
   A Artidiello vs Onischuk, 2004 0-1
   Onischuk vs Shabalov, 2007 1-0
   Onischuk vs Y Shulman, 2005 1-0
   Onischuk vs A Kovacevic, 1991 1-0
   T Markowski vs Onischuk, 1999 0-1
   Onischuk vs C Balogh, 2008 1-0
   Onischuk vs Romanishin, 2003 1-0
   Nakamura vs Onischuk, 2007 0-1
   Onischuk vs Hertneck, 1997 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1997)
   Torneo Continental Americano (2003)
   US Open (2004)
   Chessmaster US Championships 2005 (2004)
   American Continental Championship (2005)
   US Championship 2006 (2006)
   US Championship (2008)
   2008 Olympiad (2008)
   US Championship (2009)
   Spice Cup (2010)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2011)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)

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
   SPICE Cup 2008 by Black Pawn

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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). 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. In 2001 he moved to the USA, accepting a chess scholarship from the American university UMBC, which he later led to multiple national championships.

In 2006 Onischuk won the U.S. Chess Championship http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp.... He has worked often as second to unknown player and, more recently, Veselin Topalov during the 2006 World Championship match. He tied for first place at the Biel Chess Festival (2007), but was defeated in tiebreaks by Magnus Carlsen. He represented the USA 2010 Olympiad team on 3rd board. He qualified for the World Cup (2011) through his results in Zonal 2.1, defeating Ivan Ivanisevic in the first round, but losing to David Navara in the second round. Came =3rd at the US Chess Championships (2013) qualifying for the 2013 World Cup.

Wikipedia article: Alexander Onischuk


 page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 860  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Onischuk vs M Golubev  0-128 1989 URS Army-chTE92 King's Indian
2. Onischuk vs Rublevsky  ½-½35 1991 World jr's ChA80 Dutch
3. Onischuk vs A Kovacevic 1-012 1991 It (open)A27 English, Three Knights System
4. Onischuk vs Savon  0-126 1992 AlushtaE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
5. T Ludwikow vs Onischuk 0-123 1992 Hallsberg jrC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
6. Onischuk vs S Smagin  ½-½64 1992 Dortmund op-AD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. Onischuk vs B Lengyel  1-035 1993 Budapest FS07 GMA28 English
8. G Vescovi vs Onischuk 0-128 1993 Budapest (Hungary)C29 Vienna Gambit
9. Onischuk vs Glek  ½-½26 1993 CuxhavenE73 King's Indian
10. R Rabiega vs Onischuk  1-021 1993 It (open)C55 Two Knights Defense
11. Onischuk vs Ftacnik  ½-½19 1993 HamburgA30 English, Symmetrical
12. Onischuk vs S Smagin  1-043 1993 Dortmund op-AD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. Onischuk vs T Fogarasi  1-075 1993 Budapest FS07 GMA16 English
14. D Rogozenko vs Onischuk 0-137 1993 EU-ch U18E20 Nimzo-Indian
15. N Davies vs Onischuk  0-155 1993 Budapest (Hungary)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
16. V Malaniuk vs Onischuk  ½-½44 1994 Alushta Cat.14D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
17. R Byrne vs Onischuk  ½-½49 1994 World op 22ndC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. Onischuk vs Vyzmanavin 1-061 1994 Alushta Cat.14A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
19. Blatny vs Onischuk  1-082 1994 BL2-N 9394A12 English with b3
20. G Timoshenko vs Onischuk  ½-½31 1994 Alushta2C78 Ruy Lopez
21. Onischuk vs V Moskalenko  1-042 1994 Alushta Cat.14A84 Dutch
22. Sveshnikov vs Onischuk 1-051 1994 Alushta Cat.14C45 Scotch Game
23. Bagirov vs Onischuk  ½-½40 1994 2nd, BL North /95 GERA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. Onischuk vs Hertneck  1-0102 1994 Moscow ol (Men)A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
25. Morozevich vs Onischuk  1-032 1994 Alushta Cat.14C59 Two Knights
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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.
Jul-25-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phoenix: Onischuk is having a solid tournament so far in Biel. +1=1 with white, and =3 with black. One point shy of the leaders at the half-way mark. With three whites and 2 blacks in the second half, he is well positioned to make a run for first for the second straight year. Good luck, Alexander!
Jul-26-08  zoren: he had a good run in 2007, somehow hes playing a bit worse in 08.
Jul-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phoenix: Since my last update, Onischuk has lost two in a row, both with white. :(
Nov-25-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiskeyrebel: Bronze is beautiful baby, good job in Dresden.
Dec-23-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: Alexander Onischuk won the XXI Carlos Torre Repetto "In Memoriam" tournament 2008: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/inici...
Feb-08-09  nescio: In Moscow Onischuk and Tiviakov decided to a quick draw today which guarantees Onischuk at least shared first place. It's up to Iordachescu, Inarkiev, Nepomniatchi and Korotylev to try to catch him. Games can be followed at http://www.russiachess.org/online/
Feb-08-09  nescio: The four players mentioned drew each other, so Onischuk wins with 7.5 out of 9, followed by a group of players with 7. Some others currently at 6 may also end up at 7 points. Not all games are finished yet.
Feb-10-09  stanleys: Congratulations to Alexander for winning the Moscow Open!

The tournament was pretty strong and interesting - it's a pity that it didn't get the attention of CG or chessbase(well they finally published a report after the tournament was over)

Feb-10-09  jon01: Yeah, I would like to see Moscow Open games in chessgames database.

Jul-03-09  redribbon3700: 2699! Common Onischuk crack the 2700 barrier.
Sep-03-09  timhortons: hey hes here in montreal now playing at TIM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Sep-03-09  timhortons: http://cheszpatzerblog.blogspot.com/

Photo taken last 2 days ago.

GM onischuk is playing at TIM, having 3 point after round 6.

Sep-03-09  WhiteRook48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Nov-26-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Moscow Open 2009 final standings:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr193... http://www.2009.moscowchessopen.ru/...

Jan-10-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: Onischuk is tearin' it up at the World Team Championships, with 4.5/5 and wins over Harikrishna and Smirin.
Jan-11-10  BTO7: No doubt !!! Great job Alexander !!! Way to represent for us here cheering you guys on in the United States !!! 3 rounds to go take it to them :)
May-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  laskersteinitz: Onischuk is in the Live Rating List: http://chess.liverating.org/. Has he ever broken 2700 FIDE before?
May-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  laskersteinitz: Apparently not...his peak is 2699, which he has reached on three occasions (http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...).
Jun-01-10  redribbon3700: Today he should be on the list as a 2700 player on FIDE! Great job.
Sep-03-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Happy Birthday Mr. Onischuk.
Nov-09-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Congratulations to Oni, winning this tournament. He is 2006 USA champion, and played board 3 for the USA in the last Olympiad.
Jul-31-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: I saw Alex Onischuk today, at the Fairfax Open, a two-day Class B swiss. I knew he'd lived here in Manassas, Virginia, for quite a while; but he'd never appeared at local events, even big ones like the Atlantic Open or Eastern Open, which always attract some GMs.

Anyway, he entered this weekend tournament, just four days after finishing the World Team Championship in China. He had to be jet-lagged.

And he wound up equal first with 3.5/4, tied with IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat.

Sep-03-12  wordfunph: "The first time I played against Kasparov was in blitz games. I won with black, and thought I'd do pretty well. Then I lost 25 games in a row. I was already a GM, and didn't think I could lose 25 games in a row to anyone!"

- GM Alexander Onischuk

happy birthday, "The Rock"!

Sep-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Thanks for your olympiad effort :)
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