Josif Dorfman

Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952,

Dorfman played in several USSR championships. In 1975, he took thirteenth in

In 1998, Dorfman won the French Chess Championship in Méribel (73rd FRA-ch).^[7] Two years later, he was runner-up to his former student, Bacrot.

He played for France in three

• In 1998, at 2nd board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+3 –0 =6);
• In 2002, at 2nd board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+1 –1 =8);
• In 2004, at 3rd board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+2 –0 =8).

Dorfman was awarded the

Coach

He acted as one of Garry Kasparov's seconds in his first four World Championship matches against Anatoly Karpov. Later Dorfman moved to France. He coached the French player Étienne Bacrot from age nine to Grandmaster level, when he became France's and the world's youngest ever.

In 2004 Dorfman was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Commentator

In April 2019, Dorfman joined

• ISBN 978-2957289028
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• ISBN 978-2847350029
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• Petar Velikov vs Josif D Dorfman, Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 1989, Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04), 0-1
• Josif D Dorfman vs Yuri Razuvaev, Elenite 1992, English Opening: King's English Variation, General (A20), 1-0

References

• ISBN 0-19-217540-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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• Cafferty, Bernard and
  ISBN 1-85744-201-6
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• Josif D Dorfman rating card at FIDE
• Josif Dorfman player profile and games at Chessgames.com