| Country: | United States |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Coquille, Oregon |
| International Master (2020) | |
| Peakrating: | 2461 (April 2020) |
| Fideid: | 2087090 |
Aaron Grabinsky is an American chess player.
In April 2014, he played in the USCF K-12 National Championship, where he became a National Master and the only scholastic master from Oregon.[1]
In December 2015, he tied for first place with Justus Williams in the K-12 National Championship, ultimately losing the title to Williams on tiebreaks.[2]
In March 2016, he played in the Reno Open, finishing 6th out of 55 players.[3]
In July 2017, he won the Chicago Class championship alongside Sam Schmakel.[4]
In January 2019, he played for the Webster Windmills in the PRO Chess League, where he scored 6/7, the best score for his board.[5]
In January 2020, he tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with grandmasters Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Andrew Tang, Ulvi Bajarani, and Akshat Chandra.[6]
In January 2022, he won the Open section of the tournament hosted by the Texas Chess Center.[7]
His younger brother Joshua is also a chess player, and was the U12 North American Youth Blitz Champion in May 2015.[8]
He attended Webster University on a chess scholarship, studying under Susan Polgar.[9] He then studied mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, also playing on their chess team.[10]