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Lev Alburt (Lev Osipovich Alburt - (Лев Альбурт)) was born on 21 August, 1945 in Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, is a Ukrainian-American chess grandmaster. Discover Lev Alburt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
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Lev Osipovich Alburt - (Лев Альбурт) |
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78 years old |
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Leo |
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21 August 1945 |
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21 August |
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Orenburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Russia
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Lev Alburt Height, Weight & Measurements
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Lev Alburt Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lev Alburt worth at the age of 78 years old? Lev Alburt’s income source is mostly from being a successful grandmaster. He is from Russia. We have estimated Lev Alburt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lev Osipovich Alburt (born August 21, 1945) is a chess Grandmaster, writer and coach.
He was born in Orenburg, Russia, and became three-time Ukrainian Champion.
Alburt won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1972, 1973 and 1974.
He earned the International Master title in 1976, and became a Grandmaster in 1977.
In a 1977 tournament in Czechoslovakia, Alburt defeated Vlastimil Hort, who was rated No. 6 in the world at the time, with the black pieces using the Benko Gambit (also called the Volga Gambit):
After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became three-time U.S. Champion.
He defected to the United States in 1979, while on a chess team trip (European Champions' Cup) to Germany and upon his arrival to the USA, staying for several months with his former coach and fellow Ukrainian chess player and chess journalist Michael Faynberg.
In 1980, Alburt led the U.S. Chess Olympiad team at Malta.
Alburt won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1990, and the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1987 and 1989.
He served on the Board of Directors of the United States Chess Federation from 1985 to 1988.
At the conclusion of his term, he stated that not once did he ever hear any discussion by the board of how to promote chess or bring new players into the game.
Alburt has worked as a chess coach for many years.
In 1986, he drew an eight-game match with the British Chess Champion, Jonathan Speelman.
Alburt is the author of numerous best-selling chess books.
In the 1990 U.S. Championship en route to winning the championship a third time, Alburt defeated four-time U.S. champion Yasser Seirawan with the black pieces:
In 2004, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
In New York City, where he lives, several Wall Street figures and other prominent people have taken chess classes from him, including Carl Icahn, Stephen Friedman, Doug Hirsch, Eliot Spitzer and Ted Field.
The Alburt Variation in Alekhine's Defence is named after him: 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6.
1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Re1 0-0 12.Nd2 Qc7 13 Rb1 Qb7 14.b3 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Nf1 Nc3 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Qd3 Be4 19.Qe3 Bd4 20.Qh6 Bxb1 21.a3 Ba2 22.Nd2 Rfb8 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 Rxb4 25.Nf3 Bg7 26.Qh3 Be6 27.Qf1 Bc4 28.Kg2 Ra1 29.Ng1 Rbb1 30.Kh3 h5 31.f4 Be6+ 32.Kg2 Nd5 33.Kf3 Bc3 34.Rd1 Bb2
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 d5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Qa4 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.b4 c5 15.bxc5 Rfc8 16.Nb3 a5 17.Rfc1 a4 18.Nbd2 Qxc5 19.c4 Rab8 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 21.Ne5 Rcc8 22.Rab1 Kf8 23.a3 Ke7 24.g3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rc7 26.Kf1 Be8 27.Ke1 h5 28.f3 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Bxd7 30.Rb4 Kd6 31.Kf2 Kc5 32.Ke3 Bc6 33.h4 Rd7 34.g4 Rd8 35.g5 Rd7 36.Ke2 Rb7 37.Rxb7 Bxb7 38.cxd5 exd5 39.Ke3 Bc8 40.Kd3 Bf5+ 41.Ke3 g6 42.Nf1 Kc4 43.Ng3 d4+ 44.Kd2 Kb3 45.Ne2 Kxa3 46.Nxd4 Kb2 47.Nb5 a3 48.Nxa3 Kxa3 49.Kc3 Ka2
