Boris Avrukh
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh is an Israeli-American chess grandmaster, author, and businessman. Avrukh has published several books, including The Classical Slav. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990. He was born in Soviet Ukraine.
Books Published
- Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1A – The Catalan
- Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 1B – The Queen’s Gambit
- Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4 Volume 2
- Grandmaster Repertoire 2B: 1.d4 Dynamic Systems
- Grandmaster Repertoire 11: Beating 1.d4 Sidelines
- Grandmaster Repertoire 17: The Classical Slav
- Grandmaster Repertoire 8: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 1
- Grandmaster Repertoire 9: The Grünfeld Defence Volume 2
- 1.d4: King’s Indian & Grünfeld – Volume 2A
- ''1.d4: Dynamic Defences''
Chess career
- In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista ;
- In 2000, at third board at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul ;
- In 2002, at first reserve board at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled ;
- In 2004, at fourth board at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià ;
- In 2006, at fourth board at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.
- In 2008, at second/third boards at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden.
In 1999, he tied for 5–6th with Alexander Huzman in Tel Aviv. In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa. In 2001, he won in Biel. In 2004, he tied for 8–9th in Beer Sheva Rapid. In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament.
Avrukh has twice won the Israeli Chess Championship; in 2000 and 2008. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Bartłomiej Macieja.
He cites Garry Kasparov as his favourite player of all time "for his powerful style and killer instinct."