Bella Gesser

Bella Gesser, 2008
Association	Russia (until 2001) Israel (since 2001)
Born	June 2, 1985 Tambov , Soviet Union
title	Grandmaster of Women (2004)
Current  Elo rating	2284 (November 2019)
Best Elo rating	2299 (July 2005 and November 2010 to May 2011)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Bella Gesser (born Bella Igla ; Hebrew בלה איגלה, Russian Белла Игла ; * June 2, 1985 in Tambov , Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess player . Until 2001 she played for the Russian Chess Federation.

She took part in the Russian U12 and U16 championships and moved to Israel in 1998. Since 2003 she has been trained by Mark B. Ruderfer. She won the 25th Israeli women's championship in Ramat Aviv in 2004 by 1.5 points. With the Israeli women's national team, she took part on the third board of the 2004 , 2006 and 2008 Chess Olympiads and on the second board of the 2010 Chess Olympiad with a total of 30 points from 43 games (+24 = 12 −7). At team European Championships of women took to the Israeli national team in 2005, 2007 and 2009, in part with a total score of 13 points from 24 games (+9 = 8 -7). She plays club chess in Israel for Hapoel Petach Tikwa . With the MadaTech Haifa Chess Club she took part in the European Club Cup for women in 2008.

Since the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià, she has held the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM).

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Bella Gesser on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Israeli Championship 2004 ( Memento from October 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Bella Gesser's results at the women's chess Olympiad on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Bella Gesser's results at the European Women's Team Championships olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Bella Gesser's results at the European Women's Club Cups olimpbase.org (English)