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Alex's chess bio by Jennifer Shahade

FIDE chess profile

Career Highlights:

World Youth Championship - 2nd place, Brazil, 1991
World Junior Championship - 1-2 place, Germany, 1995
Groningen Chess Tournament - 1st place, Netherlands, 1995
Chess Olympiad - Silver medal, Armenia, 1996
Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament - 2-4 place, Netherlands, 1997
European Club Championship - 1st place, Russia, 1997
Chess Olympiad - Bronze medal, Russia, 1998
Beijing - 1st place, China, 1998
Ukrainian Championship - 1st place, 2000
Pojkovsky Chess Tournament - 1st place, 2002
3 Times tied for 1st place in the World Open Tournament, 2001, 2002, 2004
Lindsborg Knockout Tournament - 1st place, 2004
US Open - 1st place, 2004
Continental Championship - 2nd place, 2005
US Chess Championship - 1st place, 2006
Chess Olympiad - Bronze medal, Italy, 2006
Tied for first place in Biel Chess Tournament, 2007
Carlos Torre Memorial - 1st place, Mexico, 2008
Chess Olympiad - Bronze medal, Germany, 2008
World Team Championship - Silver medal, won personal gold medal on board two, Turkey, 2009
Moscow Open - 1st place, 2009
Two time Mexican Open Champion, 2009 - 2010
Spice Cup - 1st place, Lubbock, Texas, 2010
UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational - 1st place, 2011