Lev Alburt
Alburt in 1980 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lev Osipovich Alburt (Лев Альбурт) |
| Born | August 21, 1945 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1979) United States (since 1979) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1977) |
| FIDE rating | 2539 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2580 (July 1981) |
| Peak ranking | No. 22 (January 1981) |
Lev Osipovich Alburt (born August 21, 1945) is an American chess Grandmaster, writer and coach. He was born in Orenburg, Russia, and became three-time Ukrainian Champion. After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became three-time U.S. Champion.