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Vitali Golod
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “soviet – israeli chess grandmaster”. Today it says “soviet-born israeli chess player”.
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Vitali Golod (born 23 June, 1971) is a Soviet – Israeli chess grandmaster .1 As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2597, making him the # 7 player in Israel and the 152nd-highest rated player in the world. It is his peak rating so far.2
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soviet – israeli chess grandmaster
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soviet-born israeli chess player
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