| Interview with GM Boris Alterman - by Harvey Mandell | ||
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HM: Boris: Thanks for taking the time for these interviews. Tell us about your early life. BA: I was born in 1970 in Kharkov, a large city in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. From 1988-1989, I served in the Soviet Army. I emigrated to Israel in 1991. HM: What about your chess career? BA: I learned how to play when I was 5, but it was not until 5 years later that I studied seriously at one of the big clubs in Lugansk, Ukraine. At age 16, I was thought to be a strong player and was invited to attend the famous Botvinik/Kasparov Chess School. Spending the next two years studying there was very exciting and a great experience to have shared time with those two world champions. I still have some books with Botvinik's signature and "All the best, Boris" and from Garry "Best wishes in your first adult steps". The Soviets provided a generous budget for chess clubs, tournaments, festivals and coaches for us. HM: When and where did you get your GM norms? BA: The first was in the biblical city of Beersheba (ber sheva in Hebrew) shortly after I arrived in Israel. The next two norms followed relatively quickly, in Berlin and Munich.
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