Ilya Gurevich

Ilya Gurevich (born February 8, 1972) is a Soviet-born American chess player.

Born in Kiev, he emigrated to the U.S. in January 1980.^[1] He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.

In 1983, Gurevich won the U.S. National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Championship.^[2] He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months.^[3] In 1985, at thirteen, he won the World Under 14 Championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina; as a result of this victory, he was awarded the title of FIDE Master.^[1]^[4]

Gurevich won the 1990 World Junior Championship as an 18-year-old. He tied for first place with Alexei Shirov and was awarded the win because of his superior tiebreak points; with this victory, Gurevich was awarded the title of International Master.^[5] In 1991 he played on the U.S. team which took the silver medal at the World Under 26 Team Chess Championship in Maringá, Brazil.^[6] The next year FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster.^[4]

He later became an options trader.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b Byrne, Robert (1985-09-07). "CHESS; AT 13, HE BECOMES A NATIONAL MASTER". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
^ "National Scholastic Chess Champions". Al Williams. Archived from the original on November 9, 1999. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
^ "The Age of Chess Masters by Bill Wall". Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Di Felice, Gino (2017). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. McFarland. ISBN 9781476671321.
^ Byrne, Robert (September 30, 1990). "Pastimes; Chess". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
^ Byrne, Robert (1991-10-13). "Chess". The New York Times.
^ Bill Wall. "Chess and other Occupations". Bill Walls' Wonderful World of Chess. Chessville. Archived from the original on January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2014.