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Israeli chess grandmaster (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yair Parkhov is an Israeli chess grandmaster.
Yair Parkhov | |
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![]() Parkhov in 2019 | |
Country | Israel |
Born | November 24, 2002 |
Title | Grandmaster (2024)[1] |
FIDE rating | 2528 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2531 (June 2024) |
In June 2019, he won the Israel Junior Chess Championship.[2]
In December 2021, he tied for second place with Evgeny Postny and Marsel Efroimski in the Israeli Chess Championship, but was ultimately ranked in 4th place after tiebreaks.[3][4]
In April 2024, he was officially awarded the GM title after becoming the tournament leader in round 5 of the Sardinia World Chess Festival.[5] He kept his lead after the next round,[6] but ultimately finished in 7th place after losing his game in the final round.[7]
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