- Victor Mikhalevski
Victor (Viktor) Mikhalevski ( _he. וויקטור מיכלבסקי; born
8 July 1972 ,Gomel ,Belarus ) is anIsrael i chess grandmaster who lives inBeer Sheva .As of April 2007 hisElo rating was 2590, making him the #9 player in Israel and the 169th-highest rated player in the world. It is his peak rating so far.He played for Israel at second reserve board (+4 –1 =2) in the 37th
Chess Olympiad atTurin 2006.He won at
Montreal in 2005. He also tied for first at the 2008Canadian Open Chess Championship inMontreal , with 6/9.In major tournaments, he in 1991 and 1992 was Israel champion U-20, and in 1992 won the
Tel Aviv Open, and in 1993 he won theNetanya Open. He also won the 1994 International Festival in Tel Aviv, the 1995 Open tournament inParis and the Tel Aviv Open, the 1997 Rishon-Lezion Open and Rapid Championship of Israel, the 1998 14th International Festival in Tel Aviv, the 2000 Open Championship of Rishon Lezion, the 2002 International Festival inBiel , Switzerland, 6th Itau Cup inSão Paulo ,Brazil , and 1st International tournament inSan Salvador ,El Salvador . He won theCalvia Open inMajorca ,Spain in October 2007, winning in each of the first seven rounds to finish with a powerful score of 8/9. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4202 Viktor Mikhalevski wins Calvia International Open] ,Chessbase.com News, 25 October 2007]Kevin Spraggett was second at 7/9.Mikhalevski was awarded the GM title in 1996.
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* [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ffn59t1j.html OlimpBase]
* [http://www.cxrchess.com/PlayerProfile.php?PlayerID=53 CXR Chess]
* [http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/sitePros/victormikhalevski.php World Chess Network]
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