Dmitry Gurevich | |
Country: | United States |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1956 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Grandmaster (1983) | |
Peakranking: | No. 36 (January 1984) |
Peakrating: | 2580 (January 1997) |
Fideid: | 2000407 |
Dmitry Gurevich (ru|Дмитрий Гуревич; born September 11, 1956) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.
Born in Moscow, Gurevich emigrated to New York City in 1980 and earned the Grandmaster (GM) title three years later. Gurevich has tied or won the U.S. Open four times (in 1988, 1994, 2009, and 2012). Also, Gurevich has had especially good results at the National Open in Las Vegas, sharing first place on numerous occasions, e.g. 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, and 2005. He has won the U.S. Masters Chess Championship twice - in 1996 with a perfect 7.0/7 score, and equal first in 1997. Gurevich was a regular finisher at the top of North American events as well as a regular participant in the U.S. Invitational Championship.[1]