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Alexander Onischuk (born September 3 1975) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Originally from Ukraine he immigrated to the United States in 2001. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion. He is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster behind Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky.Onischuk participated in International Chess Festival Biel 2007 where he placed second after Magnus Carlsen.
