Aleksandar Wohl - Chess Career

Chess Career

He won the Australian Championship in 1992. In 1989 he won the Australian Open Chess Championship and in 2009 tied for 1st with George Xie. Played for Australia in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. and has been selected to play in 2012.

In 2000 he won the Oceania Zonal and qualified for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, but was knocked out in the first round by Alexander Galkin.

Other successful performances include 1st in the 38th Doeberl Cup Canberra 2000, =1st with Ian Rogers in the 43rd Doeberl Cup Canberra 2005, 3rd in the Master Open Cutro 2006, =1st with Eduard Fomichenko in the 11th Vins du Medoc International Open 2008, 1st in the Schlosspark Open 2009 and 1st at Muenchen 2010.

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