Gregory Serper

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Gregory Serper (Russian: Григорий Юрьевич Серпер) (born September 14, 1969) is an International Grandmaster of chess. He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He learned to play when he was six years old from his grandfather. In 1985, at age 16, Gregory started studies at Moscow's famous Botvinnik-Kasparov Chess School. In 1992, as a member of Uzbekistan Chess Delegation, Gregory won silver medal in the Chess Olympiad. In January 1996 Gregory moved with his family to the United States. In 1999, Gregory won the World Open Chess Championship, and in the same year advanced to the finals of the U.S. Chess Championship by defeating Alex Yermolinsky in semifinals, but losing in finals to the champion Boris Gulko.