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Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968 ) is a chess grandmaster .1Born in Belarus , he currently lives in Israel . In 1988 he tied for first in the World Junior Championship. The next year he earned the GM title. v t e v t e2
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Boris Abramovich Gelfand ( ; ; born 24 June 1968) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster .Although the match with defending champion Viswanathan Anand finished level at 6–6, Gelfand lost the deciding rapid tie break 3-1.Gelfand has won major tournaments at Wijk aan Zee, Tilburg, Moscow , Linares and Dos Hermanas.He has competed in eleven Chess Olympiads and has held a place within the top 25 players ranked by FIDE rating since January 1990.
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Boris Abramovich Gelfand ( ; Russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд , romanized : Boris Abramovich Gel'fand ; ; born 24 June 1968) is a USSR , Belarusia -born formerly Soviet and then Israeli chess player.He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1989. Although the match with defending champion Viswanathan Anand finished level at 6–6, Gelfand lost the deciding rapid tie break 2½–1½. Gelfand has won major tournaments at Wijk aan Zee, Tilburg, Moscow , Linares and Dos Hermanas. He has competed in eleven Chess Olympiads and held a place within the top 30 players ranked by FIDE from January 1990 to October 2017.
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Israeli chess player For other people named Gelfand, see Gelfand .Boris Gelfand ( ; ; Russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд , romanized : Boris Abramovich Gel'fand ; born 24 June 1968) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player.A six-time World Championship candidate (1991, 1994–95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), he won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament , making him challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012 .Although the match with defending champion Viswanathan Anand finished level at 6–6, Gelfand lost the deciding rapidplay tiebreak by 2½–1½. Gelfand has won major tournaments at Wijk aan Zee , Tilburg, Moscow , Linares and Dos Hermanas. He has competed in eleven Chess Olympiads and held a place within the top 30 players ranked by FIDE from January 1990 to October 2017.
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Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1968) For other people named Gelfand, see Gelfand .Boris Abramovich Gelfand ( Hebrew : בוריס אברמוביץ גלפנד ; born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian - Israeli chess player. A six-time World Championship candidate (1991, 1994–95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), he won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament , making him challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012 . Although the match with defending champion Viswanathan Anand finished level at 6–6, Gelfand lost the deciding rapidplay tiebreak by 2½–1½. Gelfand has won major tournaments at Wijk aan Zee , Tilburg, Moscow , Linares and Dos Hermanas. He has competed in eleven Chess Olympiads and held a place within the top 30 players ranked by FIDE from January 1990 to October 2017. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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chess grandmaster
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belarusian - israeli chess player
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