Boris Avrukh

Infobox chess player
playername = Boris Avrukh


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birthname = Boris Avrukh
country = ISR
datebirth = birth date and age|1978|2|10
placebirth = Karaganda, Kazakhstan
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title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
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rating = 2656
(No. 66 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2656 (July 2008)

Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( _he. בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; _ru. Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978, Karaganda, Kazakhstan, former Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.

He played for Israel five times in Chess Olympiads. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/o22kk28d.html Avrukh, Boris] team chess record at olimpbase.org]
* In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Olympiad in Elista (+7 –1 =2);
* In 2000, at third board at the 34th Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 –2 =4);
* In 2002, at first reserve board at the 35th Olympiad in Bled (+3 –3 =3);
* In 2004, at fourth board at the 36th Olympiad in Calvia (+5 –0 =5);
* In 2006, at fourth board at the 37th Olympiad in Turin (+6 –1 =3).He won individual gold medal at Elista 1998 and bronze medal at Turin 2006.

In 1999, he tied for 5-6th with Alexander Huzman in Tel Aviv (Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin, and Lev Psakhis won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa (Wydra Tournament; Viswanathan Anand won). In 2001, he won in Biel. In 2004, he tied for 8-9th in Beer Sheva Rapid (Viktor Korchnoi won). As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2644, making him the # 4 player in Israel and the 65th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2652 in 2005.

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*chessgames player|id=18270
* [http://www.sbsa.nl/mx/deelnemers/avrukh.htm bio]