Aaron Grabinsky
{{Short description|American chess player (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|6|20}}
| birth_place = Coquille, Oregon
| title = International Master (2020)
| peakrating = 2461 (April 2020)
| FideID = 2087090
}}
Aaron Grabinsky is an American chess player.
Career
In April 2014, he played in the USCF K-12 National Championship, where he became a National Master and the only scholastic master from Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/education/aaron-grabinsky-is-national-chess-master/article_8c17ad32-c4c8-11e3-8d24-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Aaron Grabinsky is National Chess Master|date=April 15, 2014}}
In December 2015, he tied for first place with Justus Williams in the K-12 National Championship, ultimately losing the title to Williams on tiebreaks.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/results-are-in-at-the-k-12|title=Results are in at the K-12|date=December 7, 2015}}
In March 2016, he played in the Reno Open, finishing 6th out of 55 players.{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/the-grabinsky-brothers-making-waves-in-the-world-of-chess/|title=The Grabinsky brothers making waves in the world of chess|date=July 12, 2016|first=Susan|last=Polgar}}
In July 2017, he won the Chicago Class championship alongside Sam Schmakel.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/youth-triumphs-chicago-class|title=Youth Triumphs at Chicago Class|date=July 19, 2017|first=David|last=Hater}}
In January 2019, he played for the Webster Windmills in the PRO Chess League, where he scored 6/7, the best score for his board.{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/gentleman-dominate-as-battle-royales-shake-up-pro-chess|title=Gentlemen Dominate As Battle Royales Shake Up PRO Chess|first=Sam|last=Copeland|date=February 6, 2019}}
In January 2020, he tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with grandmasters Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Andrew Tang, Ulvi Bajarani, and Akshat Chandra.{{Cite web |url=http://chessstream.com/Charlotte-Open/table.aspx#254/Championship/Championship-standing-after-round9.html |title=Charlotte Open - Chess Tournament}}
In January 2022, he won the Open section of the tournament hosted by the Texas Chess Center.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/texas-chess-center-grand-opening|title=Texas Chess Center Grand Opening|date=January 26, 2022|first=Alexey|last=Root}}
Personal life
His younger brother Joshua is also a chess player, and was the U12 North American Youth Blitz Champion in May 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2015/05/11-year-old_from_coquille_wins.html|title=11-year-old from Coquille wins at international chess tournament|first=Laura|last=Gunderson|date=June 1, 2015}}
He attended Webster University on a chess scholarship, studying under Susan Polgar.{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/grabinsky-heads-to-college-with-chess-scholarship/|title=Grabinsky heads to college with chess scholarship|date=August 28, 2016}} He then studied mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, also playing on their chess team.{{cite web|url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coquille-chess-club-alumni-international-master-aaron-grabinsky-continues-his-amazing-adventures-in-chess/article_8282d778-5ec1-11ed-b5d2-eb9aed865499.html|title=Coquille Chess Club alumni, International Master Aaron Grabinsky, continues his amazing adventures in chess|date=November 7, 2022}}
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