Yair Parkhov | |
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Parkhov in 2019 | |
Country | Israel |
Born | (2002-11-24) November 24, 2002 (age 22) |
Title | Grandmaster (2024) |
FIDE rating | 2508 (January 2025) |
Peak rating | 2531 (June 2024) |
Yair Parkhov is an Israeli chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In June 2019, he won the Israel Junior Chess Championship.
In December 2021, he tied for second place with Evgeny Postny and Marsel Efroimski in the Israeli Chess Championship, but was ultimately ranked in 4th place after tiebreaks.
In April 2024, he was officially awarded the GM title after becoming the tournament leader in round 5 of the Sardinia World Chess Festival. He kept his lead after the next round, but ultimately finished in 7th place after losing his game in the final round.
References
- "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- "Israel Junior Championship Final 2019 June 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- "TAMIR NABATY WINS THE ISRAEL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2021". December 27, 2021.
- "Israeli National Open Championship 2021".
- Ahmed, Shahid (April 30, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R4-5: Yair Parkhov emerges sole leader".
- Ahmed, Shahid (May 1, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R6: Yair Parkhov still in sole lead, 12-year-old Henry Tudor stuns Victor Mikhalevski".
- Colodro, Carlos (May 5, 2024). "Daniel Dardha wins Sardinia Open".