Jacob Isaacovich Murey (russian: Яков Исаакович Мурей, also
transliterated
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Yakov Isaakovich Murei, born 2 August 1941 in
Moscow
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)
is a
Russia
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n-born
Israel
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i chess player who holds the
chess titles
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of
Grandmaster (1987) and
Correspondence Chess International Master
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(1970). , his
Elo rating
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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
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to Israel in 1977. He later settled in
France
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.
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
Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky ( rus, Лев Абрамович Полугаевский, p=pəlʊɡɐˈjefskʲɪj; 20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE i ...
and
Mikhail Tal
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won). In 1969, he took 10th in Moscow-ch (
Igor Zaitsev won). In 1969, he took 15th in Voronezh (URS-ch sf). In 1970, he tied for 15–16th in Moscow-ch. In 1972, he tied for 6–8th in Sukhumi. In 1974, he tied for 5–7th in Tula. In 1975, he tied for 4–7th in Yalta. In 1978, he was one of
Viktor Korchnoi's seconds in Baguio during a match for the
World Chess Championship
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The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess ...
against
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Ches ...
. In 1979, he tied for 1st–2nd with Balshan in
Ramat Hasharon
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. In 1980, he took 2nd in
Beer Sheva. In 1980, he took 2nd in Ramat Hasharon. In 1982, he won in Randers (zonal, group B). In 1982, he took 7th in Moscow (interzonal;
Garry Kasparov
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won).
Murey played for Israel in three
Chess Olympiad
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s:
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team chess record at olimpbase.org
* In 1980, at fourth board in 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+6−4=1);
* In 1982, at second board in 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+6−4=3);
* In 1984, at first reserve board in 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2−2=3).
In 1982/83, he tied for 3rd–4th in Hastings (Rafael Vaganian won). In 1983, he tied for 3rd–4th in Netanya (Miguel Quinteros won). In 1987, he tied for 2nd in Marseille. In 1987, he won in Seville. In 1988, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Zsuzsa Polgar, behind Korchnoi, in Royan. In 1997, he tied for 3–8th in Winnipeg (Julian Hodgson won).
Murey won 1st European Senior Chess Championship, European Senior Championship at Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley, Saint Vincent 2001. He tied for 2nd–4th in 3rd Senior EU-ch 2003 (Sinisa Joksic won), and for 2nd–6th in 5th Senior EU-ch 2005 (Mark Tseitlin won). He also played for Israel in 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship, World Senior Team Championship at Isle of Man 2004. He won gold team medal
1st World Senior Team Chess Championship
www.saund.co.uk and was equal 1st with Wolfgang Uhlmann on first board there.
Murey was awarded the International Master of Correspondence Chess title in 1970,
See also
*Sport in Israel
*Israeli Chess Championship
References
External links
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1941 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
Israeli chess players
Soviet chess players
Jewish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Russian Jews