Boris Alterman

{{Short description|Ukrainian-Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1970)}} {{Infobox chess player | image = Alterman,Boris 1998 Recklinghausen.jpeg | caption = Alterman in 1998 | country = Israel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|4}} | birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | title = Grandmaster (1992) | peakrating = 2616 (January 1999) |peakranking = No. 49 (July 1997) | FideID = 2801906 |native_name=בוריס אלתרמן|native_name_lang=he}}

'''Boris Alterman''' ({{langx|he|בוריס אלתרמן}}, {{langx|ru|Борис Альтерман}}; born May 4, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5140 Shevah-Mofet school chess program]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ШАХОВА УКРАЇНА. |url=http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/index.php?z=interview.45 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.chesspage.kiev.ua}}</ref>

He started playing chess at the age of 7. His career highlights include earning the IM title in 1991, and the GM title in 1992. He is the winner of the following Open and GM tournaments: Haifa 1993, Bad Homburg 1996, Rishon LeZion 1996, Beijing 1995 and 1997, and Munich 1992.

He plays for Rishon LeZion chess club. He does video lectures on the Internet Chess Club Website, and has a series called "Gambit Guide" which covers openings like the Danish Gambit, Cochrane Gambit, Evans Gambit, Budapest Gambit, and the Fried Liver Attack.

On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2572.

==See also== * List of Jewish chess players

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== External links == {{Commons}} * {{FIDE}} * {{Chessgames player|17034}} * {{OlimpBase player|3jl7lvvf}} * [http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/ GM Boris Alterman Chess Lessons] {{See also|Alterman}}

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