Alexander Shabalov is an American chess grandmaster, the multiple winner of the US Chess Championship. He is of Latvian origin, and is -- like his fellow Latvians Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal -- known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness. Shabalov as of Dec 09, 2004 had the United States Chess Federation rating of 2685, ranking him 7th best among American chess players.
AlexanderShabalov (born September 12, 1967) is an American chess grandmaster, the multiple winner of the U.S. Chess Championships.
He is of Latvian origin, and like his fellow Latvians Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal he is known for courting complications even at the cost of objective soundness.
As of December 9, 2004 Shabalov had the United States Chess Federation rating of 2685, ranking him 7th best among American chess players.
AlexanderShabalov, a chess grandmaster who was born in Latvia but has lived in Squirrel Hill for the past 10 years, went to Seattle last week as one of the favorites to win the U.S. Chess championship.
AlexanderShabalov, of Squirrel Hill, ponders a move against Varuzhan Akobian during the U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle.
Shabalov took an advantage that he sealed by sacrificing his queen on the 56th move; Akobian resigned five moves later.
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