Yoav Dothan

Yoav Dothan is a chess International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess, the Israeli champion of Correspondence Chess for the 1997 championship and the winner of the Finland Jubillee 40 [http://tables.iccf.com/invi/Finjub40p.html] . Lives in Ramat Hasharon.

Dothan's ICCF rating is 2634 (updated 9.2008) and he holds the first place in Israel.

ICCF tournaments

Major tournaments that Dothan played in the past.

ICCF matches

Dothan represented Israel in international matches:

In 1995, playing on the 10th board against Rick Melton, draw 1-1 in the Israel-U.S.A match
In 1995, playing on the 5th board against GM David Beaumont Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-Argentine/CAPA match
In 1996, playing on the 7th board against Robert Trevis Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-New Zealand match
In 1996, playing on the 12th board against Ian Sneddon Dothan won 1.5-0.5 in the Israel-Scotland match
In 1996, playing on the 2th board against Hirashima Takateru Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-Japan match
In 1998, playing on the 3th board against Jaroslav Postolka Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-Japan match
In 1998, playing on the 2th board against Walt de Cort Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-England (NCCC) match
In 2000, playing on the 1th board against SIM Heikki Arppi Dothan won 2-0 in the Israel-Finland match
In 2004, playing on the 7th board against GM Vasily Borisovich Malinin Dothan won 2-0 in the Russia - Rest of the World match [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=5577]
Dothan plays currently in two matches: Denmark - Israel on board 1 against GM Arne Bjørn Jørgensen [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=13941] and Sweden - Rest of the World on board 1 against GM Conny Persson. [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=14021]

Mixed Doubles chess match

Roland Stratmann was asked by the Museum of Modern Art Liechtenstein to develop a contribution to the exhibition “Faites vos jeux ! Kunst und Spiel seit DADA”. The issue for the exhibition was to show the conjunction between Art and Game during the last hundred years. And the chess game was one of the leitmotifs of the exhibition. As Marcel Duchamp – who was an important artist and chess player as well – once said: “Not all artists are chess players, but all chess players are artists”. Stratmann kept this sentence in the back of his mind when he started to develop an idea for the exhibition. The result of his thoughts was a 7 by 7 meter big, from the museum ceiling upside down hanging chessboard – attached with 32 banners printed with chess characters. During the exhibition chess masters from four countries played a chess game via the Internet. The flags were then reassigned according to the result of the moves. Thus the space changes every day as well. Two teams were competing in the alternating correspondence chess game: Team A consisted of a player from Cuba and one from the United States of America; Team B consisted of a player from Israel and one from Morocco and in the fourth game a player from Ghana. This unusual line-up crosses political and religious boundaries and turns this strategic game into a communicative event.

Meanwhile “Mixed Doubles” has also been shown and played at the Museum of Modern Art Siegen, the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam and in the Museum Zwickau.Stratmann said: "I am very happy that this game for peace and friendship is still going on successfully. But all this would not have happened without the capital support from the ICCF. For this purpose I would like to thank Med Samraoui and Fritz Baumbach who helped me from the very first. Great thanks to Corky Schakel, Pablo Salcedo Mederos, Yoav Dothan, Khalid Chorfi and Dr. Ole Jacobsen who created such exciting chess games. And I am grateful to all members of the ICCF and the Museums who have been involved in this project during the last two years." To take the thoughts up on Duchamp again: may this Museum Match originate many friends of chess and art as well to spread the spirit of piece and friendship beyond boundaries restricting human rights.

The games:

* [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=131369 Zwickau Match] ,iccf-webchess.com
* [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=9437 Liechtenstein Museum Match] ,iccf-webchess.com
* [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=22150 Siegen Museum Match] ,iccf-webchess.com
* [http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=78062 Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam Museum Match] ,iccf-webchess.com
* Corky Schakel , [http://amici.iccf.com/issues/Issue_07/issue_07_the_liechtenstein_muesum_match.html An article on one of the games]

Articles written by Dothan

* [http://www.chessville.com/Dothan/index.htm, Articles in Chessville] , chessville.com
* [http://www.iccf-europa.com/games/dot/dotindex.htm, Articles about Correspondence Chess] ,iccf-europa.com

External links

* [http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=43 ICCF rating list ]
* [http://www.iccf.com/downloads/titles/2007_GMplus_Norms.pdf Details of Grandmasters, the number of GM Norms and related Events. Dothan is 12th.]