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Boris Abramovich Gelfand [a] (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 .
Boris Gelfand: 2777 2013-11 1968 Highest-ranked Israeli player (since 1999), formerly highest-ranked Belarusian player (1993–1998) 27 Hungary Romania: Richárd Rapport: 2776 2022-04 1996 Highest-ranked Hungarian player (2021–2022, since 2024), formerly highest-ranked Romanian player (2022-2024)
The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. [1]
Garry Kasparov, Alexei Shirov, Artur Yusupov, Viktor Korchnoi, Joël Lautier, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko and Tony Miles were among those who favoured the rival event. Additionally, some Russian players were staying at home to prepare for their national championship, a precursor to selection for the Olympiad team.
Jews and the Sporting Life, Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009, ISBN 0-19-538291-9; The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-927-7
Boris Alterman; Boris Avrukh; Tal Baron; Sergey Erenburg; Alexander Finkel; Boris Gelfand; Alik Gershon; Vitali Golod; Alon Greenfeld; Yehuda Gruenfeld; Lev Gutman
It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1992 and was jointly won by Valery Salov and Boris Gelfand. [ 1 ] 54th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 9–26 January 1992, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands, Category XIV (2593) [ 2 ]
GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) is part of a six-way tie for second at 5. [31] June 13 – 2007 Candidates final games of round 2 played. Levon Aronian (Armenia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), and Boris Gelfand (Israel) advance, qualifying for the 2007 World Championship tournament in Mexico City in September. [36]