| Boris Avrukh | |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Karaganda, Soviet Union |
| Grandmaster (1997) | |
| Peakrating: | 2668 (September 2009) |
| Peakranking: | No. 50 (July 2005) |
| Fideid: | 2803895 |
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (he|בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; ru|Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.
Boris Avrukh has played for Israel six times in Chess Olympiads.[1]
He won individual gold medal at Elista 1998 and bronze medal at Turin 2006. He won a team silver medal at Dresden 2008.
In 1999, he tied for 5-6th with Alexander Huzman in Tel Aviv (Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin, and Lev Psakhis won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa (Wydra Tournament; Viswanathan Anand won). In 2001, he won in Biel. In 2004, he tied for 8-9th in Beer Sheva Rapid (Viktor Korchnoi won). In 2009 he tied for first with Alexander Areshchenko in the Zurich Jubilee Open tournament.[2]
Avrukh has twice won the Israeli Chess Championship; in 2000 (tied with Alik Gershon) and 2008. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Bartłomiej Macieja.[3]
Avrukh has published several books, including The Classical Slav.
He cites Garry Kasparov as his favourite player of all time "for his powerful style and killer instinct."[4]