International Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk

GM Alexander Onischuk was born in Crimea, September 3, 1975. He was a Vice World Champion under 16 in 1991 and under 20 in 1995. He has won more than 20 International chess tournaments in his chess career.

Since 1997, Alexander has worked on chess together with the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov being his second in many matches and tournaments. Over the last seven years, Alexander has invariably remained in the top 50 in the World. He immigrated to the US in 2001 and currently lives in Baltimore.