Alexander Beliavsky

(uk:Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський) Ukrainian Chess player. At the age of 20 became world champion among juniors, in 21 - international grandmaster. Champion of the USSR in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990. In 1983 he lost in the Candidates Matches for the Checker's Crown to the World Champion Garry Kasparov. Three times he won the gold medals of the World Championships, as well as the European and World Championships with the USSR national team, and was the silver medalist of the European Championships with the Ukrainian team in 1992. In 1994 he started to play for Slovenia, but, as before, he lives in Vinniki near Lviv.