Yair Parkhov Explained

Country:	Israel
Grandmaster (2024)^[1]
Peakrating:	2531 (June 2024)
Fideid:	2813408

Yair Parkhov is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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]

Notes and References

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