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Eugene Perelshteyn (born 1980) is an American chess player and writer. He earned the FIDE Master title in 1997, the International Master title in 2001, and the Grandmaster title in 2006.

Chess career

Born in Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine), Perelshteyn began playing chess at around seven years old, taught by his father, Mikhail Perelshteyn, a FIDE master and professional chess coach. At age 10, he began playing in his first tournaments. He moved to the United States in 1994. He won the U.S. Junior Closed Championship in 2000 and was awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship by the US Chess Trust in 2001. After taking two years off from school to play chess professionally, Perelshteyn returned to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and graduated in 2004.

After graduating, Perelshteyn returned to chess, winning the 2007 SPICE Cup and tying for first in the B group in the 2009 SPICE Cup. Perelshteyn has also placed second in the 2012 Canadian Open Chess Championship and tied for first in the 2016 Golden State Open. In March 2018, Perelshteyn tied for fourth in the Reykjavik Open, scoring 6½/9 points.

He has co-authored two chess books with Lev Alburt and Roman Dzindzichashvili: Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire (2009), and Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4 (2010). He has since converted his books into a website, ChessOpeningsExplained.com, in which he shares his knowledge of the Hyper-Accelerated Sicilian Dragon. In August 2015, Perelshteyn also collaborated with programmer Peter Pashkov to develop the Android application Chess Genie, which offers tactical exercises to its users.

In October 2022, Perelshteyn co-authored Evaluate Like a Grandmaster with Nate Solon, a book designed to help players quickly evaluate complex positions.

References

1. Bogner, Hal. "The United States Chess Federation - GM Eugene Perelshteyn". www.uschess.org. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
2. "The U.S. Chess Trust". www.uschesstrust.org. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
3. Shahade, Jennifer (November 19, 2007). "Eugene Wins Spice Cup". The United States Chess Federation. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
4. "SPICE Cup en Texas" (in Spanish). ChessBase. October 2, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
5. "Victoria Chess Club / 49th Canadian Open Crosstable". victoriachessclub.pbworks.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
6. "Golden State Open 2016 Standings « CCA Chess Tournaments". chessevents.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
7. "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
8. "Chess Genie". Google Play Store. October 5, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
9. Perelshteyn, Eugene (2022). Evaluate Like a Grandmaster. ISBN 979-8831797893.

External links

• Eugene Perelshteyn rating card at FIDE
• Eugene Perelshteyn games at 365Chess.com
• Eugene Perelshteyn player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Eugene Perelshteyn player profile at chess.com

• 1980 births
• Living people
• Chess Grandmasters
• American chess players
• American chess writers
• American male non-fiction writers
• American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
• Jewish chess players
• Sportspeople from Zhytomyr
• Ukrainian emigrants to the United States
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni