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Alexander Goldin
Goldin 
Alexander Goldin, ICB 1998-01-02 (p13)
Courtesy of Illinois Chess Bulletin
 

Number of games in database: 708
Years covered: 1979 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2541
Highest rating achieved in database: 2630
Overall record: +270 -126 =306 (60.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 6 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (62) 
    E60 E67 E62 E63 E69
 Queen's Indian (32) 
    E15 E12 E17
 Modern Benoni (24) 
    A62 A59 A58 A57 A56
 Queen's Pawn Game (24) 
    A41 E00 A45 A46 A50
 Slav (23) 
    D11 D12 D14 D18 D15
 Grunfeld (23) 
    D78 D71 D80 D72 D87
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (70) 
    B31 B42 B43 B57 B22
 Ruy Lopez (60) 
    C92 C75 C73 C91 C93
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (36) 
    C92 C93 C91 C87 C85
 Queen's Pawn Game (29) 
    A41 A46 E00 E10 D02
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D63 D55 D59 D53
 Queen's Gambit Declined (26) 
    D37 D31 D38 D39 D30
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Goldin vs I Efimov, 1982 1-0
   Goldin vs Geller, 1989 1-0
   Chiburdanidze vs Goldin, 1989 0-1
   Goldin vs S Getz, 2020 1-0
   Smirin vs Goldin, 1998 1/2-1/2
   Goldin vs A Mengarini, 1991 1-0
   Goldin vs E Tate, 2006 1-0
   Goldin vs A Lein, 1999 1-0
   Goldin vs D Barua, 1999 1-0
   Goldin vs Grischuk, 2004 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Russian Championship (1986)
   URS-ch Young Masters (1988)
   Baden-Baden Open (1990)
   Naleczow (1987)
   New York Open (1993)
   New York Open (1991)
   Rubinstein Memorial (1988)
   Warsaw (1990)
   Chigorin Memorial-A (1989)
   Petrov Memorial Open (1994)
   23rd World Open (1995)
   20th World Open (1992)
   Berliner Sommer (1993)
   American Continental (2003)
   Russian Championship (1998)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Continental open by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 US Senior Championship
   Goldin vs Kaidanov (Oct-19-20) 1/2-1/2
   Shabalov vs Goldin (Oct-19-20) 1-0
   P Wolff vs Goldin (Oct-19-20) 1/2-1/2
   Goldin vs I Novikov (Oct-18-20) 1/2-1/2
   L Christiansen vs Goldin (Oct-18-20) 1-0

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ALEXANDER GOLDIN
(born Feb-27-1965, 60 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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GM (1989) Alexander Vladilenovich Goldin was 1st= at Polanica Zdrój 1988 and currently plays for the US Federation. American Continental Champion with the same score of Giovanni Portilho Vescovi at Buenos Aires 2003.

Wikipedia article: Alexander Goldin

Last updated: 2018-03-15 01:28:30

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 page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 708  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Sergeev vs Goldin  1-0681979Junior Selection TournamentE15 Queen's Indian
2. T Khasanov vs Goldin  1-0691979Junior Selection TournamentE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. Goldin vs I Lutsko  1-0401980USSR Junior ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
4. Goldin vs I Efimov 1-032198212th Soviet Team CupE12 Queen's Indian
5. Goldin vs Oll  0-1831983Junior Selection TournamentE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
6. Goldin vs Dautov  ½-½321983Junior Selection TournamentE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
7. Goldin vs Salov  0-1311983Junior Selection TournamentE00 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Goldin vs Khalifman  ½-½36198413th Soviet Team CupA45 Queen's Pawn Game
9. Goldin vs I Ratkovich  1-043198413th Soviet Team CupA46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Goldin vs Yudasin  0-1341985USSR Team ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
11. Goldin vs Lputian  ½-½211986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. Goldin vs Romanishin  0-1381986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
13. Goldin vs Bareev  0-1291986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskA58 Benko Gambit
14. Pigusov vs Goldin  1-0381986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskA14 English
15. Serper vs Goldin  ½-½211986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskC48 Four Knights
16. Goldin vs Gleizerov  ½-½311986URSE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. Psakhis vs Goldin  ½-½231986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskC55 Two Knights Defense
18. G Timoscenko vs Goldin 0-1451986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskA53 Old Indian
19. Goldin vs K Aseev  1-0551986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
20. Salov vs Goldin  ½-½331986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
21. Y Dokhoian vs Goldin  1-0391986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
22. Goldin vs Gavrikov  ½-½411986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskB06 Robatsch
23. Goldin vs Vyzmanavin 0-1781986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskE00 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Goldin vs Y Kruppa  1-0621986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Dolmatov vs Goldin  1-0541986URS-ch54 First League IrkutskC53 Giuoco Piano
 page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 708  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Sep-29-04  Morty: Rated the third best player in the United States according to fide.com
Dec-03-04  admiralnemo: How old is this guy? Must be in his sixties, no? Still going strong, plays Nakamura today.
Dec-03-04  acirce: He's actually even younger than Kasparov :-) Born 1965: http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...
Oct-12-05  thesonicvision: I see him all the time at tournaments
in Florida. He has a well-known
chess camp that has produced a few
prodigies.
Oct-12-05  refutor: i was reading http://www.chesscafe.com/misha/mish... and i found this interesting passage in regards to comments made by alexander goldin

"MS: I remember I read an interview with GM Alex Goldin, where he said that a successful American player can make about $70,000 in a moderately successful year."

is that true? $70K is nothing to sneeze at

Oct-12-05  AlexanderMorphy: another player of the day i have never heard of!
Oct-12-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <refutor: ... is that true? $70K is nothing to sneeze at> I wonder if that's tournament winnings only, not counting if you write books (Eric Schiller) be a tournament arbitor (Eric Schiller) write articles/puzzles for papers (Nigel Short, Ray Keene, etc.) And participate in Geek Cruises (Susan Polgar)...
Oct-12-05  AlexanderMorphy: He is curenly 40 years old(Check his bio) <admiralnemo>
Oct-12-05  centercounter: GM Goldin is very talented apart from chess. He plays acoustic guitar and juggles very well. He is friends with a local chess store/school owner here in Orlando and comes to do simuls/lessons, as well as tournaments.
Nov-24-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of Alexander's quick wins: http://www.wtharvey.com/gold.html
Feb-27-06  BIDMONFA: Alexander Goldin

GOLDIN, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/goldin_alex...
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Apr-28-06  a30seclegend: Will be participating at the dayton chess club in ohio April 29th in the Midwest open team chess festival. <Deefree> since you live in columbus you should look into it not too far from where you are.
Aug-03-08  myschkin: . . .
Interview with the 25 year old <Alexander Goldin> back in 1989 by Boris Schipkov

http://www.chessib.com/intgoldinold...

Sep-09-08  DarthStapler: I think I played this guy in an online simul in ICC once. He beat me.
Oct-09-08  DarthStapler: Although I did manage to win a pawn early on
Jan-04-09  WhiteRook48: that may have been a pawn gambit. I thought you never lost games. Seems this guy liked looking for gold.
Feb-27-11  wordfunph: 1996 World Open Goldin-Yermolinsky 5 Minutes Playoff Game:

In the middle of the game, a table holding many spectators collapsed and people fell over each other like logs! The game went on as if nothing happened..

though i couldn't find the game here in CG..

Jun-04-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: http://kcachess.webs.com/Goldin.jpg
Jun-04-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: <wordfunph> You are amazing...where do you come of with these tidbits??
Feb-27-12  wordfunph: <CIO> mostly from chess magazines and books.

"In Russia and continental Europe, a Grandmaster feels he's on top of the chess pyramid. Here in US, everyone asks me for autographs, but no one provides a hotel room or spending money!"

- GM Alexander Goldin

happy birthday GM Goldin!

Sep-16-14  MarkFinan: Goldin vs A J Goldsby, 1998

I've just been through this guys game with AJ and it's pretty good. I'm not posting with any intention of criticising Goldsby even if he did make 2 or 3 bad blunders, I'm posting it because every single move matches those of Stockfish's first choice. Maybe the paranoia that seems to affect a lot of chess players on this site is setting in, lol.

Or maybe I just realised he's a GM and obviously should have found all the moves!? Duhhh, lol. My bad. Nice little game though although AJ should have seen the final combination leading up to his queen being snatched a mile off!

Sep-16-14  john barleycorn: Mark, the weaker the opponent the more likely a GM will find the best moves according to an engine. Because the best moves may be pretty obvious.
Sep-16-14  MarkFinan: True Jay-B. But unless you're playing a very very weak player who plays every move like a starter then I wouldn't have thought that every move would match those of an engine. I know all the super GM's play "near perfect chess" (to borrow a quote, lol) and their moves are usually 9/10 spot on accurate. Maybe I'm just joining the rest of the paranoid chess players on this site, lol. Nah, I'm obviously not saying this guy cheated but if I hadn't realized he was 2600+ and he was more my strength then I might have been suspicious.. I've realized that a lot of chess players are just paranoid, I even saw one or two comments questioning Caruana after his tournament win the other week!? Just insinuations not accusations but even so? ✌
Sep-16-14  john barleycorn: <But unless you're playing a very very weak player who plays every move like a starter then I wouldn't have thought that every move would match those of an engine.>

He may have forgotten his CHECKLIST that day. It happens.

Sep-16-14  Caissanist: I don't think there were widely available engines in 1998 that were significantly stronger than Goldin himself. Deep Blue was much better of course, but of course it only played against Kasparov. Rebel was probably the best on commercial hardware, but it was still a few years away from being at Deep Blue's level.
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