Maxim Rodshtein

Maxim Rodshtein
Full name	Максим Родштейн
Country	Israel
Born	January 19, 1989 (1989-01-19) (age 22) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2627 (No. 108 on the April 2009 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2650 (January 2009)

Maxim Rodshtein (born 19 January 1989 in Leningrad) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster (since 2007). As of January 2009, his Elo rating is 2650, making him the #4 player in Israel and the #76 best player in the world. It was his peak rating so far. He won the World U-16 championship in Greece in 2004.^[1]

Rodshtein won the 2006 Israeli Chess Championship. He won the 25th Andorra International Open (30 June – 8 July 2007) in a three-way tie for first in a field of 101 players.^[2] Rodshtein has twice won 2nd place in the European Youth Championship.^[3][4]

Rodshtein was a member (Board 5) of the Israeli Chess Olympic team in November 2008 scoring 7 out of 9 and contributing to the silver medal. In particular he was responsible for Israel’s win against the Olympic champion, Armenia. A few months later he was offered by Armenia’s No. 1 Levon Aronian to work with him as a second. Rodshtein shared 1st in the 2008 Israeli championship, but didn’t retain the title due to inferior tie-break.^[5]

He is currently an Israeli Air Force soldier.^[6]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ XXV Open Internacional d'Andorra
3. ^ The Week in Chess 253
4. ^ The Week in Chess 414
5. ^ http://avrukhboris.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/presentation-of-the-players-and-additional-information-for-the-18th-maccabiah/
6. ^ http://mchess.co.il/News/NewsView.aspx?NewsID=122

External links

• Maxim Rodshtein player profile at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Maxim Rodshtein
• 2008 Olympics

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Name	Rodshtein, Maxim
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Date of birth	19 January 1989
Place of birth	Russia
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