Gad Rechlis (born 5 February 1967) is a

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born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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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

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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

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(''Berliner Sommer'', 1987 and 1995), Bern (Zonal tournament, 1990),

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(1991),

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(1996). Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the

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s: * In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in

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(+7, =3, -3), * In 1990, at third board in the

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(+1, =3, -3). Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the

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: * In 1989, at fifth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+3, =3, -2). In 2019, he won 2nd- 4th place in the Israeli Open Championships along with

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and

Victor Mikhalevski Victor (Viktor) Mikhalevski ( he, ויקטור מיכלבסקי; born 8 July 1972) is an Israeli chess grandmaster who lives in Beersheba. his Elo rating was 2611, making him the #7 player in Israel and the 171st-highest rated player in the ...

with 7/9 points. First place in the 2019 Natan Blumkin Memorial tied with Tamir Nabaty and Johnatan Bakalchuk with a score of 8/10. In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title four years later.

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chess games at 365chess.com 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău Israeli chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess grandmasters {{Israel-bio-stub