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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boris Gelfand canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9743853 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boris Gelfand Context triple: [Viswanathan Anand, wonWorldChampionshipMatchAgainst, Boris Gelfand]
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A.
Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz is an Israeli politician and member of the Likud party who has held several senior government positions, including serving as Israel’s Minister of Finance.
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B.
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion renowned for defeating Garry Kasparov in 2000 and for his deep strategic style.
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C.
Michael Adams
Michael Adams is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, politics, academia, and the arts.
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D.
Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal was a Latvian-Soviet chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion renowned for his wildly imaginative, sacrificial attacking style and status as one of the greatest tacticians in chess history.
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E.
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players in history and a prominent political activist and author.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boris Gelfand Target entity description: 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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A.
Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz is an Israeli politician and member of the Likud party who has held several senior government positions, including serving as Israel’s Minister of Finance.
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B.
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion renowned for defeating Garry Kasparov in 2000 and for his deep strategic style.
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C.
Michael Adams
Michael Adams is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, politics, academia, and the arts.
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D.
Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal was a Latvian-Soviet chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion renowned for his wildly imaginative, sacrificial attacking style and status as one of the greatest tacticians in chess history.
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E.
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players in history and a prominent political activist and author.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chess author
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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
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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
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surface form:
Jewish people
|
| eventWon |
FIDE World Cup 2009
NERFINISHED
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Interzonal Tournament Biel 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interzonal Tournament Manila 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gelfand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIDEid | 2800041 ⓘ |
| FIDEtitle | Grandmaster ⓘ |
| givenName | Boris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classical positional style
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deep opening preparation ⓘ strong endgame technique ⓘ |
| name | Boris Gelfand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classical positional style
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deep opening preparation ⓘ |
| occupation | chess player ⓘ |
| OlympiadAppearances | multiple ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Candidates Tournament 1991
NERFINISHED
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boris Gelfand Description of subject: Boris Gelfand is an Israeli chess grandmaster and former World Championship challenger known for his deep opening preparation and classical positional style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.