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2 unusual facts about Alexander Beliavsky


Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Alexander Beliavsky (b. 1953), Slovenian chess player of Ukrainian origin

Duško Pavasovič

On the April 2007 FIDE rating list he has an Elo rating of 2567, making him Slovenia's second highest-rated player after Alexander Beliavsky.


Leonid Yudasin

However, these notable early achievements were soon to be surpassed when he became joint winner of the 1990 USSR Championship (with Beliavsky, Bareev and Vyzmanavin, the title going to Beliavsky on tie-break).

Michael Stean

1973 was also the year when Stean entered the (Teesside) World Junior Chess Championship and finished third behind Miles and tournament victor Alexander Beliavsky (ahead of Larry Christiansen).

Richárd Rapport

He came in second on the tournament behind his trainer Alexander Beliavsky, and tied with Lajos Portisch (one of the strongest non-Soviet players in the second half of the 20th century).


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