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Goldin, Alexander

Goldin, Alexander

GM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2019540· Male· United States of America· Born in 1964

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Alexander Goldin, a 62-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2537 and ranked 28th among American players, and 369th worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 33 months (2012–2015), 37 months (2016–2019) and 68 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 2025 US Senior Championship. His peak of 2630 was reached at age 38 (Jan 2002, World #57 at the time); he spent 14 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 37).

Current rating

2537

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2630

−93 pts below
Jan 2002 · age 38

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#28

#28 · American players · of 5,026
14 months in World top 100 (2001–2005)

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
4th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 62 · rated 2537
May 2026
2020
8th 55-60 player worldwide
at age 56 · rated 2542
Feb 2020
2019
Inactive for 68 months
paused at 2542 → returned at 2541
Aug 2019
2016
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 2555 → returned at 2540
Apr 2016
2015
14th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 51 · rated 2553
Oct 2015
2012
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2549 → returned at 2553
Dec 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Vladimir AkopianGM 2,586
2025 US Senior Championship · Jul 2025 · +0.7 Elo
Evolution
-4
2541 → 2537
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
2W6D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMaxim DlugyGM2,514·2025 US Senior Championship·R8·+4.7
2.[W]vsTimothy TaylorIM2,147·2025 US Senior Championship·R1·+1.0
3.[D]vsVladimir AkopianGM2,586·2025 US Senior Championship·R6·+0.7
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsAlexander ShabalovGM2,478·2025 US Senior Championship·R9·-5.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 US Senior Championship
Round-Robin
Jul 20255/9#52498-4.0

Rankings

/
United States of America
#28
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#48
in continent
World
#369
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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3
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4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
28🇺🇸Goldin, Alexander2,537
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
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2,653
...
48🇺🇸Goldin, Alexander2,537
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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369🇺🇸Goldin, Alexander2,537