Aleksandar Wohl Explained

Aleksandar Wohl
Birthname:Aleksandar H. Wohl
Country:Australia
Birth Date:21 July 1963
Birth Place:Rijeka, Yugoslavia
International Master (1994)
Peakrating:2461 (July 2000)
Fideid:3200345

Aleksandar H. Wohl (born 21 July 1963[1]) is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1994.

Chess career

Wohl won the Australian championship in 1992 ahead of English Grandmaster Tony Miles. In 1989 and 2009 he tied for first place at the Australian Open Championship. Wohl for team Australia in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2012.[2]

In 2000 he won the Oceania zonal championship, qualifying for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000. He was knocked out in the first round by Aleksandr Galkin.[3]

Other successful performances include first place in the 38th Doeberl Cup in Canberra 2000,[4] joint first with Ian Rogers in the 43rd Doeberl Cup in 2005,[5] joint first with Eduard Fomichenko in the 11th Vins du Medoc International Open 2008,[6] first in the Schlosspark Open 2009[7] and first at Munich 2010.[8] He finished in fifth position at the Commonwealth championship 2017, held at New Delhi, India. He has also won the Munich Open Chess tournament 5 Times

Notable games

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Egan, Bill. The Doeberl Cup: Fifty Years of Australian Chess History. SCB Distributors. 2016. 9781941270615. Australia. 203.
  2. Web site: Bartelski. Wojciech. Men's Chess Olympiads: Wohl, Aleksandar. OlimpBase.com. 2009-06-24.
  3. Web site: Weeks. Mark. World Chess Championship 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches. Mark-Weeks.com. 2009-06-24.
  4. Web site: Paxman. Jonathan. The Australian Chess Games Archive. Ozbase. 2009-06-24. 8 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180908174252/http://ozbase.paxmans.net/. dead.
  5. Web site: Crowther. Mark. The Week in Chess: 43rd Doeberl Cup. ChessCenter.com. 2005-03-28. 2009-06-24.
  6. Web site: Crowther. Mark. The Week in Chess: 11th Vins du Medoc International Open. ChessCenter.com. 2008-06-30. 2009-06-24.
  7. Web site: Tournament report November 2009: 21.Schlosspark Open 2009 Germany. FIDE. 30 December 2009.
  8. Web site: Tournament report November 2010. FIDE. 21 October 2010.
  9. Web site: Anthony Miles vs Aleksandar H Wohl (1991). www.chessgames.com. 7 March 2018.
  10. Web site: Aleksandar H Wohl vs Ian Rogers (1993). www.chessgames.com. 7 March 2018.
  11. Web site: Aleksandar H Wohl vs Aivars Gipslis (1996). www.chessgames.com. 7 March 2018.
  12. Web site: Aleksandar H Wohl vs Irisberto Herrera (2001). www.chessgames.com. 7 March 2018.
  13. Web site: Aleksandar H Wohl vs Mark Paragua (2001). www.chessgames.com. 7 March 2018.

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