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Cherniack, Alex

Standard: 2082 Rapid: 2249 Blitz: 0 (last updated 2026-10-02)
FIDE ID: 2007606 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: USA Sex: M Birth Year: 1964 Age: 62
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 37 Wins: 9 (24%) Draws: 9 (24%) Losses: 19 (51%)
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Dossier

32 of 37 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 86.5%
Opened d4: 5/8Opened e4: 3/8
Castled kingside: 12Same-side castling: 11Did not castle: 2Opposite-side castling: 2Castled queenside: 1
Fianchettoed queenside: 6Fianchettoed kingside: 6Played on the queenside: 5Played on the kingside: 5Played in the center: 4
Space advantage: 12Isolated pawn: 11Backward pawn: 10Kept the bishop pair: 10Active pieces: 9Initiated exchanges: 9Sacrificed material: 8Missed tactics: 4Avoided exchanges: 2Played gambits: 2
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As White 11 games 3W 5D 3L
Sicilian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Kan Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Polugaevsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Normal Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bernstein Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Ruy Lopez 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Morphy Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Charousek Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Marshall Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Closed Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Mieses Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 8 games 3W 1D 4L
Grünfeld Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Russian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hungarian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Ruy Lopez 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Morphy Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Benoni Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Pawn Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with Bg5 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Grünfeld 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Alekhine Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 135

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.07.13 · 29... Qb5 (−77.5% win chance) 1-0
Cherniack, Alex
Apaar Saxena
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2023.10.22 · 37. Qc3 (−46% win chance) 0-1
Castellanos Rodriguez, Reiner
Cherniack, Alex
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2023.10.22 · 66. Bf5 (−42.1% win chance) 0-1
Castellanos Rodriguez, Reiner
Cherniack, Alex
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2025.07.10 · 47. Bxf4 (−37.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Bednarek, Jan
Cherniack, Alex
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Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves