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Alexander Beliavsky (born December 17, 1953) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. Beliavsky was born in Lviv. He currently lives in Slovenia and he plays for the Olympic team there. He is noted for his uncompromising style of play and for his classical opening repertoire, including openings such as the Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez and French Defence, for example. Beliavsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship in 1974 and 1990. Touted in the early 1980s as a potential future World Champion, Belyavsky qualified for the Candidates matches only once, losing in the quarterfinals to Gary Kasparov in 1983. In the April 2005 FIDE list, Beliavsky had an Elo rating of 2630, making him the world's
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