Gershon Alik (03.06.1980)
Israeli Grandmaster (2000) and coach born in Ukraine, he emigrated to Israel in 1990.
World Champion U14 in 1994 and U16 in 1996. Co-Champion of Israel 2001.
Best results: winner or shared first at Tel Aviv International 2000 and Winterthur Open 2002. Also World U14 in 1993, 4th; Baden Open 2000, Baden Open 2000, 2nd; Biel MTO 2000, 2nd; Acropolis 2003, 2nd.
He doesn’t play international event since 2005.
He is the co-author of St Luis 2005.
On October 22, 2010, Alik Gershon took the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games after a marathon 19-hour match against 523 players. He won 86 percent of the games he played against amateurs in Tel Aviv. He won 454, lost 11 and drew the other 58.
Peak rating: 2571 in 2003.
