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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)
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 .
Gelfand's seconds for the match included Alexander Huzman, Pavel Eljanov, and Maxim Rodshtein. [36] In a post-game press conference, Gelfand confirmed the media speculation that he had additional seconds, who were not revealed. [37] [38] After the match Gelfand revealed that the other seconds were Evgeny Tomashevsky and Michael Roiz. [39]
He defeated Mikhail Gurevich in the last round of the Manila Interzonal and finished equal third with Viswanathan Anand, behind Vassily Ivanchuk and Boris Gelfand, qualifying him as a Candidate for the third successive time. Meeting Speelman again in the 8/Final, in London, he tied a close match (+2-2=4) before edging his older opponent 1.5-0.5 ...
The Chess World Cup 2009 was a 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 20 November and 14 December 2009, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. [1] The Cup winner qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012.
The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion.It was held from 7 to 25 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation).
He became the undisputed world champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. [11] In 2013 , he lost the title to challenger Magnus Carlsen , and he lost a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament .
Boris Gelfand, Emil Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin – chess Grandmasters (~2700 peak Elo rating) Bar Greenzaid – indoor skydiving athlete, singer and model; Baruch Hagai – wheelchair athlete (multiple paralympic golds) Michael Kolganov – sprint canoer/kayak paddler, world champion, Olympic bronze 2000 (K-1 500-meter)