Born on May 8, 1968, Alexander Fishbein is an International Grandmaster of chess. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Fishbein learned chess from his father, Gregory, at the age of four. In 1985, he was the winner of the first Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Arnold Sheldon Denker ( February 20 1914 – January 2 2005) was an American Chess player a Grandmaster The Denker Tournament of High School Champions is a Chess tournament that occurs annually in the United States alongside the US Open and Polgar Tournament of Champions for Girls Fishbein was very active on the national and international chess circuit in the early 1990s, winning tournaments in Chicago, as well as Stavanger, Norway, and Herning, Denmark, among others. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Herning is a municipality ( Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. He became a grandmaster in 1992.
Since 1993, Fishbein has worked in the securities industry. He traded collateralized mortgage obligations at Morgan Stanley from 2005 to 2007 and is now a Portfolio Manager at Citigroup Alternative Investments. A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO is a financial debt vehicle that was first created in June 1983 by investment banks Salomon Brothers and First Boston for Morgan Stanley ( is a global Financial services provider headquartered in New York City New York United States
Fishbein and his wife, Lana, have three children: Ellen, Samuel, and Mitch. Fishbein still finds time away from his work and family to compete in chess tournaments, including four times this decade in the U.S. Chess Championship (best result: 8th place in 2006). The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national Chess champion
Books
- Fishbein, Alex (1993), King and Pawn Endings, American Chess Promotions, ISBN 0-939298-39-2
External links
- FIDE rating card for Alex Fishbein
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