Yehuda Grünfeld

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Yehuda Grünfeld ( Hebrew יהודה גרינפלד; * February 28, 1956 in Dzierżoniów ) is a deaf Israeli chess player .

life and career

Grünfeld started playing chess at the age of five. He was the dominant player in his country from the late 1970s to the 1990s and, like many other deaf players, competes in both regular tournaments and special competitions for people with disabilities.

He began his international career in 1974 when he traveled to the European Junior Championships in Groningen . In the course of his career, Grünfeld has participated in nine Chess Olympiads so far . He started six times for Israel and since 2010 for the Association of the Deaf ( ICCD ): 1978 in Buenos Aires (+2 = 7 −0), 1980 in Valletta (+6 = 2 −3), 1982 in Lucerne (+2 = 7 −2), 1984 as team captain in Thessaloniki (+3 = 4 −4), 1990 in Novi Sad (+0 = 5 −3), 1992 in Manila (+4 = 4 −1), 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk ( +5 = 1 −1), 2012 in Istanbul (+3 = 5 −2) and 2014 in Tromsø (+3 = 3 −3). He secured a total of 47 points from 88 games.

He also played in the qualifying cycle for the World Chess Championship , reaching the interzonal tournament in Riga in 1979 and in Zagreb in 1987 . In 1980 and 1989 Grünfeld took part in the European Team Championships . He celebrated one of his greatest successes in 1984 when he won the Dortmund Chess Days , when he won with 7½ points from eleven games ahead of András Adorján and Alonso Zapata . Two years later he achieved his best position in the FIDE world rankings in 1986 with rank 42 . Grünfeld won the Israeli championship in 1982 and 1990 .

In June 2010 he and the Israeli team took part in the 16th ICSC Chess Olympiad for the Deaf in Estoril , Portugal , which he finished in eighth of 17 places with +5 = 0 −4. Almost a year later, Grünfeld led the team from the Deaf Club OASIS from Bat Jam to the 20th European Team Championships for the Deaf in Liverpool in June 2011 , where the team came in seventh out of ten places with +2 = 2-3. In May 2010, Grünfeld was included in the ICSC world rankings for the first time and immediately occupied first position. He replaced the long-time leading Italian Duilio Collutiis , with whom he has alternated at the top since then. Most recently, Grünfeld was the world leader in the calculation for January 2012. His Elo number is 2419 (as of February 2020), the highest Elo number of 2550 he reached in July 1986, January 1988 and July 1994.

Successes (selection)

National

  • 1974: Israel Junior Championship
  • 1982: Israel Championship
  • 1990: Israel Championship

International

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yehuda Grünfeld's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Interzonal Riga 1979 final score and all games on 365Chess (English)
  3. ↑ Interzonal Zagreb 1987 final score and all games on 365Chess (English)
  4. ↑ Yehuda Grünfeld's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1984 on TeleSchach
  6. ↑ Chess Press - Werner Seiler: Grünfeld wins the Biel Grand Master Tournament . Schach-Echo 1980, issue 16, title page (with photo).

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personal data
SURNAME Grünfeld, Yehuda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruenfeld, Yehuda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli chess player
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Dzierżoniów