Ilya Gurevich (born February 8, 1972 in Kiev) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.
He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months.[1] He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1983, he won the U.S. National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Championship[2]; the following year, at twelve, he won the world under-14 championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.
As an 18-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, he won the 1990 World Junior Championship held in Varones, Chile, defeating Alexei Shirov on the way. A Soviet emigre, he tied for first place and was awarded the title because of superior tiebreak points.
With a pre-tournament ranking of 11th in the field of the world's top players under 20 years of age, Gurevich was not one of the favorites, but was the only player who was undefeated. The victory automatically earned him the International Master title.
He later became a stock exchange options trader.[3]