Boris Gelfand

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Boris Gelfand is an Israeli chess grandmaster and former World Championship challenger known for his deep opening preparation and classical positional style.

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Boris Gelfand canonical 6

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instanceOf chess author
chess player
human
authorOf Decision Making in Major Piece Endings
Dynamic Decision Making in Chess
Positional Decision Making in Chess
Technical Decision Making in Chess
citizenship Israel
Soviet Union
coAuthorWith Jacob Aagaard
competedIn World Chess Championship 2012
countryOfBirth Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
countryRepresented Israel
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1968-06-24
emigratedTo Israel
emigrationYear 1998
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
eventWon FIDE World Cup 2009
linked to: FIDE World Cup

Interzonal Tournament Biel 1993
Interzonal Tournament Manila 1990
familyName Gelfand
FIDEid 2800041
FIDEtitle Grandmaster
givenName Boris
knownFor classical positional style
deep opening preparation
strong endgame technique
name Boris Gelfand
notableFor classical positional style
deep opening preparation
occupation chess player
OlympiadAppearances multiple
participatedIn Candidates Tournament 1991
Candidates Tournament 1994
Candidates Tournament 2011
peakRating 2773
peakRatingDate 2013-01
peakWorldRanking 3
placeOfBirth Minsk
religion Judaism
representedAtChessOlympiad Israel
resultOfWorldChampionshipMatch lost in rapid tiebreaks
series Decision Making in Chess
title Grandmaster
won 2011 Candidates Tournament
worldChampionshipChallenger Viswanathan Anand
yearAwardedTitle 1989
yearOfWorldChampionshipMatch 2012

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