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List Of Israeli Chess Players
This is a list of Israeli chess title-holders (active players only), as of April 2016. Grandmasters *Boris Alterman *Boris Avrukh * Tal Baron *Sergey Erenburg * Alexander Finkel *Boris Gelfand *Alik Gershon *Vitali Golod *Alon Greenfeld *Yehuda Gruenfeld *Lev Gutman * Alexander Huzman * Boris Kantsler * Artur Kogan *Yona Kosashvili *Yair Kraidman * Ronen Lev * Eran Liss * Ilan Manor *Victor Mikhalevski *Vadim Milov * Jacob Murey *Tamir Nabaty * Michael Oratovsky *Evgeny Postny *Lev Psakhis *Gad Rechlis *Maxim Rodshtein * Michael Roiz *Ilya Smirin *Ram Soffer *Emil Sutovsky *Mark Tseitlin * Dov Zifroni * Yaacov Zilberman * Dan Zoler Woman Grandmasters *Bella Igla * Ela Pitam *Tatiana Zatulovskaya *Dina Belenkaya International Masters * Yochanan Afek * Vladimir Alterman * Roman Bar *Mark Berkovich * Nathan Birnboim * Igor Bitansky * Inon Boim * Angela Borsuk (also WGM) * Ilia Botvinnik * Ofer Bruk * Leonid Gerzhoy * Asaf Givon *Shimon Kagan *Alexander Kaspi * Ilya Khmelniker * Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Alterman
Boris Alterman ( he, בוריס אלתרמן, russian: Борис Альтерман; born May 4, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program. He started playing chess at the age of 7. His career highlights include earning the IM title in 1991, and the GM title in 1992. He is the winner of the following Open and GM tournaments: Haifa 1993, Bad Homburg 1996, Rishon LeZion 1996, Beijing 1995 and 1997, and Munich 1992. He plays for Rishon LeZion chess club. He does video lectures on the Internet Chess Club Website, and has a series called "Gambit Guide" which covers openings like the Danish Gambit, Cochrane Gambit, Evans Gambit, Budapest Gambit, and the Fried Liver Attack. On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2572. See also * List of Jewish chess players Jews, Jewish players and Chess theory, theoreticians have long been involved in the game of chess and have significantly contributed to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eran Liss
Eran is an ancient town and archaeological site in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It was one of the ancient mints for Indian dynasties as evidenced by the diverse coins excavated here. The site has 5th and 6th-century Gupta era temples and monuments, particularly the colossal stone boar with sages and scholars depicted on the body of the sculpture. The inscription stones found at Eran are important to reconstructing the chronology of Gupta Empire history. Eran or Erakina was the capital of ''Erakina (Airikina) Pradesha'' or ''Airkina Vishaya'', an administrative division of the Gupta empire. Etymology The ancient name of Eran ( sa, ऐरण), ''Erakaina'', ''Erakanya'' or ''Erakina'' (as mentioned in the inscriptions); ''Airikina'' ( sa, ऐरिकिण, as mentioned in the inscription of Samudragupta) or ''Erikina'' (as mentioned in the inscription of Toramana) is derived from ''Eraka''. The word ''erakā'' probably refers to a tall grass commonly called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Soffer
Ram Soffer (born 6 September 1965) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Ram Soffer is also a grandmaster in chess problem A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to ... solving since 1998. He played on team Israel which won the 2016 European Senior Team Chess Championships in the 50+ division. Soffer also played for Israel in the 2017 World Senior Team Chess Championship, where his team finished fourth in the 50+ category. ''chess-results.com''. Notes Ext ...
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Ilya Smirin
Ilya (or Ilia) Smirin ( he, איליה יוליביץ' סמירין; russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин, Ilya Yulievich Smirin; born January 21, 1968) is a Byelorussian SSR-born and an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Chess career Born in Vitebsk, Smirin's chess career began in the Soviet Union. He was certified as a chess teacher by the Belorussian State Institute of Physical Culture in Minsk. In 1987, Smirin won the championship of the Byelorussian SSR. In 1992, he immigrated to Israel and has since been one of the leading Israeli players. Smirin competed in four FIDE World Championships (1999, 2000, 2002, and 2004) and in three FIDE World Cups (2005, 2009, and 2015). Smirin's tournament successes include equal first places at Sverdlovsk 1987, New York 1994, and the 2002 Israeli Championship. He has also won the first league of the USSR Championship (1987, 1989), the Israel Championship (1992, 1994, 1999), and the qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Roiz
Michael Roiz (russian: Михаил Владимирович Ройз, translit=Mikhail Vladimirovich Royz, born 12 October 1983 in Russia) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under-10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at 16 and a GM in 2003. He was a former top 40 grandmaster. His best tournament achievements since have been: 1–3 in Ashdod op 2004; 1–6 in Zürich op 2004; 2–4 with Mikhail Gurevich and Vitali Golod with 7/9 at the Saint Vincent op 2004; 3-5 with 8/10 at the Benasque op 2005; 1–2 with Suat Atalık at the Gorenje Valjevo Tournament 2007; 2–3 with Radosław Wojtaszek at Lublin op 2009. He has won several blitz and rapid tournaments, such as Biel 2006, Biel Blitz 2010 and 2014 or the Oberwart Blitz 2005. At the Gibraltar Masters in 2007, he shared 5th place in a very strong field, behind GMs Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Areshchenko, Hikaru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Rodshtein
Maxim Rodshtein ( he, מקסים רודשטיין, russian: Максим Эдуардович Родштейн, translit=Maksim Eduardovich Rodshtein; born 19 January 1989) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017. Career Rodshtein was twice silver medallist in the European Youth Chess Championships: in the Under 10 section in 1999 and the Under 14 in 2002. He won the Under 16 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in Heraklio, Greece in 2004. In 2006 he won the Israeli Chess Championship. He won the 25th Andorra International Open (30 June – 8 July 2007) in a three-way tie for first in a field of 101 players. In 2008, Rodshtein was a member of the Israeli team in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden; he scored 7 points from 9 games, contributing to the team silver medal. In particular, he was responsible for Israel's win against the Olympic champion, Armenia. A few months later he was offered by Armenia's No. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gad Rechlis
Gad Rechlis (born 5 February 1967) is a Moldova born Israeli chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1992). Biography At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Gad Rechlis was one of the leading Israeli chess players. In 1988, he won the Israeli Chess Championship. In 1990 in Manila he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament where ranked in 22nd place. Gad Rechlis is winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing first place in Berlin (''Berliner Sommer'', 1987 and 1995), Bern (Zonal tournament, 1990), Ostrava (1991), Vienna (1996). Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+7, =3, -3), * In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+1, =3, -3). Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championship: * In 1989, at fifth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+3, =3, -2). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Psakhis
Lev Borisovich Psakhis ( he, לב בוריסוביץ' פסחיס; ; born 29 November 1958 in Tver (then Kalinin), Russia) is a naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster, trainer and author. Born in Siberia, he is also a two-time former champion of the Soviet Union. Biography He gained the International Master and International Grandmaster titles in 1980 and 1982 respectively, either side of two momentous Soviet Championship victories in 1980 (Vilnius—shared with Alexander Beliavsky) and 1981 ( Frunze—shared with Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in round 2). In international tournaments, he has had many fine results, including outright or shared first place at Nałęczów 1980, Sarajevo 1981, Cienfuegos 1983, Troon 1984, Sverdlovsk 1984, Szirak 1986, Sarajevo 1986, Sevastopol 1986, Lugano Open 1988, Tel Aviv 1990 (and again in 1999), London MSO 1999 and Andorra 2002. There were creditable second-place finishes at Tallinn 1983, Sochi 1985, Trnava 1988, Calcutta 1988, Erevan 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Postny
Evgeny Postny (born 3 July 1981) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. Postny was a member of the Israeli team which took the silver medal in the Chess Olympiad of 2008. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Early career Born in Novosibirsk, Postny was taught chess by his father at age 5. Entering tournaments from age 8, he immediately saw success. As a junior player, he won the Russian under 14 championship and in international competitions such as the world and the European youth championships he took three medals; *Litochoro 1999, European Youth Chess Championship (under 18) - Silver *Oropesa del Mar 1999, World Youth Chess Championship (under 18) - Bronze *Rio 2001, European Junior Chess Championship (under 20) - Bronze In the space of two weeks, the 18-year-old Postny won the 2001 junior (under 20) championship of Israel, won the National Open Championship, got his first grandmaster norm and received prize money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Oratovsky
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Tamir Nabaty
Tamir Nabaty ( he, תמיר נבאתי, born 4 May 1991) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and a two-time national chess champion (2013, 2016). Chess achievements Israeli and world championships Tamir won the Israeli Chess Championship for the first time in Acre, Israel in 2013. Tamir qualified for the Chess World Cup 2015, but lost on tiebreak in the first round to David Navara. Tamir made a great result of 8.5/10 in the 3rd board of Israel in the 42nd Chess Olympiad Baku 2016. Tamir won the Israeli Chess Championship for the second time in Tiberias in 2016. Other tournaments * First place in Albena 2010 * Second place in Chennai 2011 * First place in "Belgrade Trophy" 2012 * First place in the Czech Open Chess Festival in Pardubice 2012 * First place in Kavala 2013 * First place in Staufer 2014 * First Place in Forni di Sopra 2016 *First place in the 2018 Shachar Arad Memorial with a score of 4.5/5 *First place in the 2019 Israeli Open Championship with a score of 7.5/9 *First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Murey
Jacob Isaacovich Murey (russian: Яков Исаакович Мурей, also transliterated Yakov Isaakovich Murei, born 2 August 1941 in Moscow) is a Russian-born Israeli chess player who holds the chess titles of Grandmaster (1987) and Correspondence Chess International Master (1970). , his Elo rating was 2433, making him the No. 39 player in Israel and the 1449th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2560 in 1989. Biography Murey immigrated to Israel in 1977. He later settled in France. Chess career In 1961, Murey tied for 6–7th in Moscow (USSR-ch students). In 1963, he took 12th in Moscow-ch. In 1965, he tied for 7–8th in Moscow (Central Chess Club-ch; Vladimir Liberzon won). In 1966, he tied for 1st with Nikitin in Moscow. In 1967, he tied for 4–7th in Moscow-ch. In 1967, he tied for 41–57th in Kharkov (35th USSR Championship; Lev Polugaevsky and Mikhail Tal won). In 1969, he took 10th in Moscow-ch ( Igor Zaitsev won). In 1969, he took 15th in Vor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
