Alexander Onischuk
Chess Player
1975 –
Who is Alexander Onischuk?
Alexander Onischuk is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.
Originally from Ukraine, he immigrated to the United States in 2001. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion. He is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky.
Onischuk participated in International Chess Festival Biel 2007, where he placed second after Magnus Carlsen. He scored 5.5/9 like Carlsen, but lost in the tie-breaker match held after the regular rounds finished.
In the fall of 2012, Onischuk accepted the head coaching job at the 2-time reigning national division I collegiate chess champion Texas Tech.
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