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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

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) [what is this?] 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  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Onischuk vs M Golubev   0-1 28 1989 URS Army-chT E92 King's Indian 2. Onischuk vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 35 1991 World jr's Ch A80 Dutch 3. Onischuk vs A Kovacevic 1-0 12 1991 It (open) A27 English, Three Knights System 4. Onischuk vs Savon   0-1 26 1992 Alushta E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. T Ludwikow vs Onischuk 0-1 23 1992 Hallsberg jr C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 6. Onischuk vs S Smagin   ½-½ 64 1992 Dortmund op-A D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. Onischuk vs B Lengyel   1-0 35 1993 Budapest FS07 GM A28 English 8. G Vescovi vs Onischuk 0-1 28 1993 Budapest (Hungary) C29 Vienna Gambit 9. Onischuk vs Glek   ½-½ 26 1993 Cuxhaven E73 King's Indian 10. R Rabiega vs Onischuk   1-0 21 1993 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 11. Onischuk vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 19 1993 Hamburg A30 English, Symmetrical 12. Onischuk vs S Smagin   1-0 43 1993 Dortmund op-A D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Onischuk vs T Fogarasi   1-0 75 1993 Budapest FS07 GM A16 English 14. D Rogozenko vs Onischuk 0-1 37 1993 EU-ch U18 E20 Nimzo-Indian 15. N Davies vs Onischuk   0-1 55 1993 Budapest (Hungary) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 16. V Malaniuk vs Onischuk   ½-½ 44 1994 Alushta Cat.14 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. R Byrne vs Onischuk   ½-½ 49 1994 World op 22nd C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Onischuk vs Vyzmanavin 1-0 61 1994 Alushta Cat.14 A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 19. Blatny vs Onischuk   1-0 82 1994 BL2-N 9394 A12 English with b3 20. G Timoshenko vs Onischuk   ½-½ 31 1994 Alushta2 C78 Ruy Lopez 21. Onischuk vs V Moskalenko   1-0 42 1994 Alushta Cat.14 A84 Dutch 22. Sveshnikov vs Onischuk 1-0 51 1994 Alushta Cat.14 C45 Scotch Game 23. Bagirov vs Onischuk   ½-½ 40 1994 2nd, BL North /95 GER A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 24. Onischuk vs Hertneck   1-0 102 1994 Moscow ol (Men) A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 25. Morozevich vs Onischuk   1-0 32 1994 Alushta Cat.14 C59 Two Knights  page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 860    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Onischuk wins | Onischuk loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-12-07    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    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    Phoenix: Since my last update, Onischuk has lost two in a row, both with white. :( Nov-25-08    whiskeyrebel: Bronze is beautiful baby, good job in Dresden. Dec-23-08    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    Tabanus: Moscow Open 2009 final standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr193... http://www.2009.moscowchessopen.ru/... Jan-10-10    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    laskersteinitz: Onischuk is in the Live Rating List: http://chess.liverating.org/. Has he ever broken 2700 FIDE before? May-28-10    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    ketchuplover: Happy Birthday Mr. Onischuk. Nov-09-10    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    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    ketchuplover: Thanks for your olympiad effort :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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