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Yair Parkhov

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Yair Parkhov
Parkhov in 2019
CountryIsrael
Born (2002-11-24) November 24, 2002 (age 21)
TitleGrandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating2525 (October 2024)
Peak rating2531 (June 2024)

Yair Parkhov is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Israel Junior Championship Final 2019 June 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. ^ "TAMIR NABATY WINS THE ISRAEL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2021". December 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Israeli National Open Championship 2021".
  5. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (April 30, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R4-5: Yair Parkhov emerges sole leader".
  6. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (May 1, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R6: Yair Parkhov still in sole lead, 12-year-old Henry Tudor stuns Victor Mikhalevski".
  7. ^ Colodro, Carlos (May 5, 2024). "Daniel Dardha wins Sardinia Open".