, Home Chess Jigsaw Puzzles Board Games Search : for Alex Yermolinsky , 48th Member of the Hall of Fame October 24 by brody No Comments Tags : chess chess news wholesale chess The 2012 class for the U.S . Chess Hall of Fame in St . Louis is small but select: Alex Yermolinsky the St . Petersburg-born grandmaster now living in South Dakota , will become the 48th member of the Hall of Fame  in a ceremony Tuesday , joining champions of the American game including Paul Morphy  Bobby Fischer  and Benjamin . Franklin The 54-year-old Yermolinsky  is no stranger to the Washington chess scene or to this column , having won multiple Eastern Opens and nearly capturing the 1997 U.S . Open  played in Alexandria . For a time in the mid- to late-1990s , âThe Yerminatorâ seemed to be