Yosef (Joseph) Dobkin (13 August 1909 – 9 April 1977) was an Israeli
chess master.
Dobkin was born in the Russian Empire. He immigrated to
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
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(British Mandate) in 1924 and studied chemistry at the
Hebrew University. He did his Ph.D. thesis and joined the Department of Physiology. He was an accomplished chess player and received an international master's degree.
In April 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Tel Aviv (the 2nd
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...
,
Abram Blass
Moshe Aba Blass (born 1896, Łomża, Poland - 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli chess master.
Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the US, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw. In 1924/2 ...
won). He played for the Palestine/Israeli team in two
Chess Olympiads
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...
; at third board (+2 –7 =6) in the
6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at first reserve board (+2 –5 =2) in the
12th Olympiad at Moscow 1956.
In 1974, he took 16th in the
Israeli Chess Championship
The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.
History
From 1951 to 1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event. The 1998 Championship was held 8–24 Novemb ...
(
Vladimir Liberzon
Vladimir Mikhailovich Liberzon ( he, ולדימיר מיכאילוביץ' ליברזון; russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Либерзо́н; 23 March 1937, in Moscow – 4 August 1996) was a Russian-born Israeli chess grandma ...
and
Moshe Czerniak won).
ISR-ch 7374 18th 1974 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
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References
External links
Yosef Dobkin at 365chess.com
1909 births
1977 deaths
Russian Jews
Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Jewish chess players
Israeli chess players
20th-century Israeli Jews
20th-century chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
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