Jacob Murey
| Jacob Murey | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Born | August 2, 1941 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1987) |
| Peak rating | 2560 (January 1989) |
Jacob Isaacovich Murey (
Biography
Murey immigrated to Israel in 1977. He later settled in France. However, he has recently returned to Israel.
Chess career
In 1961, Murey tied for 6–7th in Moscow (USSR-ch students). In 1963, he took 12th in Moscow-ch. In 1965, he tied for 7–8th in Moscow (Central Chess Club-ch;
Murey played for Israel in three Chess Olympiads:[2]
- In 1980, at fourth board in 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+6−4=1);
- In 1982, at second board in 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+6−4=3);
- In 1984, at first reserve board in 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2−2=3).
In 1982/83, he tied for 3rd–4th in Hastings (
Murey won 1st European Senior Championship at Saint Vincent 2001. He tied for 2nd–4th in 3rd Senior EU-ch 2003 (Sinisa Joksic won), and for 2nd–6th in 5th Senior EU-ch 2005 (Mark Tseitlin won). He also played for Israel in 1st World Senior Team Championship at Isle of Man 2004. He won gold team medal[3] and was equal 1st with Wolfgang Uhlmann on first board there.
Murey was awarded the International Master of Correspondence Chess title in 1970,
In a 1993 game against
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Murey, Yaacov Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ^ 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship, www.saund.co.uk
- ^ "Jan Timman vs Jacob Murey (1993) Murey, Murey, quite contrary".
External links
- Jacob Murey rating card at FIDE
- Jacob Murey player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Yaacov J. Murey player details at ICCF
