Full name aleksei Ermolinskii Role Chess Player Name Alex Yermolinsky | Country United States | |
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Born April 11, 1958 (age 66) Leningrad, Soviet Union ( 1958-04-11 ) Books Chess Explained the Classical Sicilian, The Road to Chess Improvement | ||
Gm alex yermolinsky recaps the first 5 rounds of the 2015 us championship
Alex Yermolinsky (Russian: Алексей Ермолинский, Aleksey Yermolinskiy; born April 11, 1958 in Leningrad) is an American chess Grandmaster and two-time US champion.
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- Gm alex yermolinsky recaps the first 5 rounds of the 2015 us championship
- Old school analysis with uncle yermo host gm alex yermolinsky 6 1 15
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He tied for first with Vladislav Vorotnikov in the Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1985. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov. In 1996 he was the sole champion. He won the World Open in Philadelphia three times: in 1993, 1995 and 1996 (in 1999 he was equal first with other nine players, but Gregory Serper won the playoff). In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship.
In 2012 Yermolinsky was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.
In 2017, World Champion Magnus Carlsen shared that when he was young, a book that inspired him and one that he enjoyed was authored by Yermolinsky.
Yermolinsky is married to the WGM Camilla Baginskaite. They have two children, a son named Edward and a daughter named Greta. They met each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996 in Yerevan. He is a regular commentator and presenter on the Internet Chess Club.