Jacob Murey

Jacob (Yaacov) Murey ( Hebrew יעקב מוריי; * August 2, 1941 ) is an Israeli chess player .

Jacob Murey was born in the Soviet Union and legally emigrated to Israel in 1976. His tournament successes include his third and second place in Hastings in 1982 and Marseille in 1987 as well as his victory at the Seville Open in 1987. In the same year he was awarded the title of Grand Master by the World Chess Federation FIDE . From 1987 to 1994 he played for the French Chess Federation and then returned to the Israeli Chess Federation.

Murey was a second Viktor Korchnois in 1978 in his world championship fight against Anatoly Karpov .

Jacob Murey took part in the 1980 , 1982 and 1984 Chess Olympiads with the Israeli team . He won the European Senior Championship in 2001 and was third in Hockenheim in 2007 .

His Elo rating is 2399 (as of July 2016), his highest rating of 2560 he reached in January 1989.

Murey was also active in correspondence chess and has held the title of International Correspondence Chess Master since 1970.

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Jacob Murey on chessgames.com (English)
• Jacob Murey at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Jacob Murey at the World Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the FIDE regulations, only two seconds per player were allowed in championships. In 1978, FIDE allowed both teams to have a third second each, Michail Tal on Karpov's side, Murey at Korchnoi. Murey's support was seen above all as "spiritual and moral", in view of his migration background, which connected him to Korchnoi. (From: Vlastimil Hort, Manfred Mädler: World Chess Championship 1981, Karpow - Kortschnoi, Meran . Mädler, Düsseldorf 1981).
2. ↑ Jacob Murey's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)