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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instanceOf chess author
chess player
human
authorOf Decision Making in Major Piece Endings NERFINISHED
Dynamic Decision Making in Chess NERFINISHED
Positional Decision Making in Chess NERFINISHED
Technical Decision Making in Chess NERFINISHED
citizenship Israel
Soviet Union
coAuthorWith Jacob Aagaard NERFINISHED
competedIn World Chess Championship 2012 NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
countryRepresented Israel NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1968-06-24
emigratedTo Israel NERFINISHED
emigrationYear 1998
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
eventWon FIDE World Cup 2009 NERFINISHED
Interzonal Tournament Biel 1993 NERFINISHED
Interzonal Tournament Manila 1990 NERFINISHED
familyName Gelfand NERFINISHED
FIDEid 2800041
FIDEtitle Grandmaster
givenName Boris NERFINISHED
knownFor classical positional style
deep opening preparation
strong endgame technique
name Boris Gelfand NERFINISHED
notableFor classical positional style
deep opening preparation
occupation chess player
OlympiadAppearances multiple
participatedIn Candidates Tournament 1991 NERFINISHED
Candidates Tournament 1994 NERFINISHED
Candidates Tournament 2011 NERFINISHED
peakRating 2773
peakRatingDate 2013-01
peakWorldRanking 3
placeOfBirth Minsk NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
representedAtChessOlympiad Israel NERFINISHED
resultOfWorldChampionshipMatch lost in rapid tiebreaks
series Decision Making in Chess NERFINISHED
title Grandmaster
won 2011 Candidates Tournament NERFINISHED
worldChampionshipChallenger Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED
yearAwardedTitle 1989
yearOfWorldChampionshipMatch 2012

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