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Boris Alterman
B Alterman 
 

Number of games in database: 483
Years covered: 1983 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2608 (2601 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2615
Overall record: +148 -72 =243 (58.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 20 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (40) 
    E73 E81 E84 E80 E88
 Nimzo Indian (35) 
    E32 E21 E34 E33 E41
 Semi-Slav (25) 
    D47 D49 D48 D45 D43
 Grunfeld (16) 
    D85 D91 D94 D82 D97
 Slav (15) 
    D10 D18 D11 D12 D15
 English, 1 c4 e5 (13) 
    A21 A22 A27 A20 A29
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (81) 
    B76 B32 B22 B72 B78
 Sicilian Dragon (35) 
    B76 B72 B78 B74 B70
 Grunfeld (28) 
    D85 D97 D80 D73 D86
 English, 1 c4 c5 (20) 
    A33 A35 A30 A37 A36
 Benko Gambit (11) 
    A57 A58 A59
 Modern Benoni (11) 
    A57 A58 A59
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000 1-0
   B Alterman vs M Matlak, 1994 1-0
   Lputian vs B Alterman, 1994 1/2-1/2
   B Alterman vs R Lev, 1994 1-0
   B Alterman vs D Rogic, 1998 1-0
   Smirin vs B Alterman, 1993 0-1
   B Alterman vs C Gabriel, 1997 1-0
   Shirov vs B Alterman, 1990 1/2-1/2
   P K Wells vs B Alterman, 1997 1/2-1/2
   B Alterman vs R Har-Zvi, 1993 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Junior Qualification Tournament (1990)
   Rishon LeZion (1995)
   Israeli Championship (1994)
   Recklinghausen (1998)
   Zagreb Zonal (1993)
   Israeli Championship (1992)
   Dresden Zonal (1998)
   Hoogovens Group B (1998)
   European Team Championship (1997)
   Bela Crkva Open (1990)
   World Junior Championship (1990)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)
   European Team Championship (1992)
   18th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1994)
   Yerevan Olympiad (1996)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Israeli Team Championship
   A Erenberg vs B Alterman (Apr-05-19) 0-1
   B Alterman vs Smirin (Mar-09-19) 1/2-1/2
   G Flom vs B Alterman (Feb-09-19) 1/2-1/2
   T Abergel vs B Alterman (Feb-08-19) 0-1
   B Alterman vs D Zoler (Jan-05-19) 0-1

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BORIS ALTERMAN
(born May-04-1970, 55 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality Israel)

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Boris Valeryevich Alterman is a Grandmaster (1992) and a FIDE Senior Trainer (2010). In 1985 at age 15 he won the Ukrainian under 18 Junior Chess Championship. In 1987 in the strongest ever-Soviet Junior Chess Championship he shared 1st place with Gata Kamsky. He is an advisor to the Deep Junior chess program. He was the second for Garry Kasparov in his internet match against the world (Kasparov vs The World, 1999). Alterman is married to Luba Alterman-Borulia.

Wikipedia article: Boris Alterman

Last updated: 2023-12-19 14:25:51

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 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 485  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Golubev vs B Alterman  1-0551983Jaroslavl, VDFSO jr ChB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
2. L Shmuter vs B Alterman  ½-½171986UKR-ch sfB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
3. Reshevsky vs B Alterman  1-0501986Holon Open 1986/87D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. Gelfand vs B Alterman  ½-½571987Riga U20B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
5. Khenkin vs B Alterman  ½-½571987Riga U20E60 King's Indian Defense
6. B Alterman vs Gelfand  0-1371987Riga U20E81 King's Indian, Samisch
7. B Alterman vs M Brodsky  ½-½171988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
8. B Alterman vs L Shmuter  ½-½121988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A25 English
9. B Alterman vs I Khmelnitsky  1-0421988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
10. D Berkovich vs B Alterman  ½-½201988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
11. V Pesotskyi vs B Alterman  ½-½281988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A05 Reti Opening
12. V Zvonitsky vs B Alterman  ½-½151988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A15 English
13. V Neverov vs B Alterman  ½-½121988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. Y Kruppa vs B Alterman  ½-½161988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)E15 Queen's Indian
15. B Alterman vs A Kaspi  0-1481988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A56 Benoni Defense
16. M Golubev vs B Alterman  ½-½521988Ukraine jr ChT, DnepropetrovskB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
17. B Alterman vs A Frolov  1-0601988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)E83 King's Indian, Samisch
18. V Golod vs B Alterman  ½-½461988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)E12 Queen's Indian
19. D Brianski vs B Alterman  1-0391988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A57 Benko Gambit
20. A Nosenko vs B Alterman  1-0691988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)D85 Grunfeld
21. B Alterman vs I Drozdov  ½-½401988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. B Alterman vs V Sergeev  ½-½611988Ukrainian Championship (Young Masters)A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
23. Ramma vs B Alterman  1-0391988USSR Junior ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Shirov vs B Alterman  1-0651988USSR Junior ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
25. V Moskalenko vs B Alterman  0-1321988Ukrainian ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-03-04  xiaolin: cant believe not many people have posted on this guy, thought there wud be tons
Oct-03-04  acirce: Why? An almost inactive 2548 player?
Oct-03-04  WMD: Israelis like building walls.
Oct-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Alterman - doesn't that mean 'other man'? What 'other man' is he?
Oct-03-04  mahmoudkubba: could any body tells me more news on this, especially the wall one..
Oct-03-04  WMD: You can buy pieces of the Berlin Wall on ebay.com.
Oct-24-04  pawn52: Man! My hand is killing me. I just got out of a lecture on playchess.com w/ GM Alterman. He was talking about the Benko Gambit today. I managed to get 4 pages of notes down. My hand feels like it was taking notes down in Biology.
Oct-24-04  pawn52: Just in case you guys are interested, he'll be talking about ideas for White in the Benko Gambit next Sunday at 3:00 EST. Tomorrow's lecture has one of the grandmasters (I forget his name) talking about some key games in the Kramnik-Leko WCC match.
Feb-14-06  babakova: I drew him in a simul one year ago. Here are the moves

White:Alterman

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 a6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bc2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 b5 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b4 Nd7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Ra5 Nc7 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Rc5 Ncd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rd4 Rb6 27. Nh4 Be6 28. g4 Rfb8 29. Ra5 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxa6 Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg8 33. Ra6 Kf7 34. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

Sep-13-08  whiteshark: From chessgames biography: <He is an advisor to the Deep Junior chess program.>

Are you sure about it? I thought it was a short relationship as Amir Ban once said in an interview on Junior 9 CD.

Sep-13-08  myschkin: . . .

"Chess helped me to improve my character and understand a lot of interesting ways of the world" (Alterman)

I think he was the "Opening Book" specialist

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

*

GM Boris Alterman answers questions from ICC users: http://www.chessclub.com/freebird/a...

Personal profile:
http://www.balterman.freeservers.co...

Sep-13-08  Red October: nice links.. thanks!
Sep-13-08  whiteshark: Thanks for the clarification, <myschkin>.

But is he still doing the opening book for DJ or was it only for the match against Kasparov back in 2003?

Well, anyhow, here is a nice lecture by Amir Ban from June 2008: http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2008/...

Sep-13-08  myschkin: . . .

<shark> I know nothing whatsoever about DJs ... apart from the chess blues http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/... ^^

hi <Red> ;)

Feb-22-09  WhiteRook48: let's Alter, man!
Jun-11-09  hedgeh0g: Gambit Guide! :D
Jan-15-10  zooter: ICC Gambit Guide...Super show by Boris Alterman
May-04-10  wordfunph: 2000 Alterman-Deep Fritz in Holland: At one stage of the game, GM Boris Alterman's eight pawns were lined up on the fourth rank and has come to be known as "Alterman Wall". Alterman won the game against Fritz in 87 moves.
Apr-24-11  Amulet: The Alterman Wall:

B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000

Apr-24-11  Amulet: On move 26. e4 completes the Alterman formidable wall.
Sep-13-11  BIDMONFA: Boris Alterman

ALTERMAN, Boris
http://www.bidmonfa.com/alterman_bo...
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Apr-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Doesn't <Alterman> mean that he is someone else?
Apr-13-14  john barleycorn: <offramp: Doesn't <Alterman> mean that he is someone else?> yes, the someone else who thinks he is him.
Jan-03-19  siggemannen: What does this guy do these days?
Jul-16-20  Gottschalk: I like this
B V Alterman vs Miles, 1992
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