Gad Rechlis Explained

Gad Rechlis
Country:Israel
Birth Date:5 February 1967
Birth Place:Chișinău, Moldova
Grandmaster (1992)
Peakrating:2535 (July 1996)
Fideid:2800047

Gad Rechlis (born 5 February 1967) is a Moldova born Israeli chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1992).

Biography

At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Gad Rechlis was one of the leading Israeli chess players. In 1988, he won the Israeli Chess Championship. In 1990 in Manila he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament where ranked in 22nd place.[1]

Gad Rechlis is winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing first place in Berlin (Berliner Sommer, 1987 and 1995), Bern (Zonal tournament, 1990), Ostrava (1991), Vienna (1996).

Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championship:[3]

In 2019, he won 2nd- 4th place in the Israeli Open Championships along with Michal Lahav and Victor Mikhalevski with 7/9 points.[4]

First place in the 2019 Natan Blumkin Memorial tied with Tamir Nabaty and Johnatan Bakalchuk with a score of 8/10.[5]

In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title four years later.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1990 Manila Interzonal Tournament : 1990-1993 cycle : World Chess Championship. www.mark-weeks.com.
  2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Gad Rechlis. www.olimpbase.org.
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Gad Rechlis. www.olimpbase.org.
  4. Web site: Israeli National Open Championship - 2019 January 2020 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report. 2020-06-16. ratings.fide.com.
  5. Web site: Natan Blumkin Memorial 19.1.2019 February 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report. 2020-06-16. ratings.fide.com.