Yair Kraidman

Yair Kraidman, Grieskirchen 1998
Association	Israel
Born	November 1, 1932 Haifa , League of Nations mandate for Palestine
title	International Master (1965) Grand Master (1976)
Current  Elo rating	2254 (August 2019)
Best Elo rating	2475 (January 1977)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Yair Kraidman ( Hebrew יאיר קריידמן; * November 1, 1932 in Haifa ) is an Israeli chess grandmaster and played ten times at Chess Olympiads (1958 to 1976).

Life

Yair Kraidman said in an interview with Harald Grafenhofer at the Senior World Championships 1998 in Grieskirchen : " I was born in Israel and live near Tel Aviv . I have been retired for a year and can concentrate more on chess I am married, have a daughter and a son and already have three grandchildren. "

He worked as a supervisor in the Israel Ministry of Finance. In 1998 he played his first tournament in Austria , but has visited Vienna three times . He loves classical music and is an operetta fan. In Germany he took part in three Olympiads: Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960 and Siegen 1970. Answer Can you recommend a professional career to young players? Kraidman replied: " No, especially in Israel there is fierce competition due to the immigration of Russian chess players and it is very difficult to make a living from chess alone. Another profession is certainly recommended to secure one's existence. "

chess

He played for Israel at the following Chess Olympiads:

• 1958 in Munich as reserve at the 13th Chess Olympiad (+1 = 5 −3)
• 1960 in Leipzig as reserve at the 14th Chess Olympiad (+4 = 5 −2)
• 1962 in Varna on the 4th board at the 15th Chess Olympiad (+5 = 1 −4)
• 1964 in Tel Aviv on the 2nd board at the 16th Chess Olympiad (+7 = 6 −3)
• 1966 in Havana on the 2nd board at the 17th Chess Olympiad (+6 = 6 −3)
• 1968 in Lugano on the 3rd board at the 18th Chess Olympiad (+9 = 4 −1)
• 1970 in Siegen on the 2nd board at the 19th Chess Olympiad (+6 = 10 −0)
• 1972 in Skopje on the 2nd board at the 20th Chess Olympiad (+7 = 9 −2)
• 1974 in Nice on the 2nd board at the 21st Chess Olympiad (+5 = 4 −5)
• 1976 in Haifa on the 2nd board at the 22nd Chess Olympiad (+2 = 5 −2)

On the third board in Lugano in 1968 he won the silver medal.

In addition, Kraidman took part with the Israeli team at the European team championship in 1980 in Skara and together with Raymond Keene achieved the best individual result on the fifth board. In 1965 he received the IM title because of his success . In 1976 FIDE awarded him the title of Grand Master . With the team from Tel Aviv University he took part twice in the European Club Cup .

His other successes are second in the Israeli championship in 1959 and in the following tournaments: Netanya 1961 (fourth), Tel Aviv 1966 (second behind Svetozar Gligorić ), Netanya 1968 (shared 7th to 10th place, Bobby Fischer won), Netanya 1969 ( 8th place, Samuel Reshevsky won), Netanya 1971 (6th place), Netanya 1974 (first), Netanja 1975 (second), Beer-Sheva 1976 (first), Hastings 1976/77 (13th place, Oleg Romanishin won) , Raman Ha-Sharon 1979 (third) and Saint Vincent 2001 ( European Senior Championship , 9th place), where Jacob Murey was first.

He also participated several times in the senior world championships in chess (1996 in Bad Liebenzell, 1998 in Grieskirchen, 1999 in Gladenbach, 2002 in Naumburg, 2003 in Bad Zwischenahn, 2004 in Halle, 2009 in Condino). In 2004 he played for Israel on the third board at the first senior team championship in Port Erin ( Isle of Man ) and won the gold medal with his team. At the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden he was first in the senior tournament.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview by Harald Grafenhofer with Yair Kraidman 1998 in Grieskirchen
2. ↑ Yair Kraidman's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Yair Kraidman's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002, Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 76
5. ↑ Yair Kraidman's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ^ Klaus Lindörfer: Large chess dictionary . Mosaik Verlag, 1984, p. 146, ISBN 84-499-8080-1
7. ↑ Senior World Team Championship 2004, October 4th to 13th, 2004 on the Isle of Man
8. ↑ 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship (2004) on The Week in Chess # 519 from October 17, 2004 (English)
9. ^ German Chess Federation: Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 . JugendSchachVerlag 2009, p. 192, ISBN 978-3-00-024594-7

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Yair Kraidman on chessgames.com (English)
• The senior chess champions and reports on this from Gerhard Hund