Alexander Beliavsky
Alexander Beliavsky | |
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Beliavsky at the 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002 | |
| Full name | Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky |
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| Born | December 17, 1953 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1975) |
| FIDE rating | 2453 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2710 (July 1997) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (July 1985) |
Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́нрихович Беля́вский, Ukrainian: Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, Slovene: Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized Belyavsky; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Beliavsky was born in Lviv, USSR, now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and has been playing for its national team since 1996.