Boris Gelfand

Tags: Chess Player.

Boris Abramovich Gelfand (Belarusian: Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд; Hebrew: בוריס אברמוביץ’ גלפנד‎; born 24 June 1968) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and faced World Champion Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012. Although the match was level at 6–6 Gelfand lost in the rapid tie break games.

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birth date

1968-06-24

birth name

Boris Abramovich Gelfand

birth place

Soviet Union, Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

country

Soviet Union, Israel

title

Grandmaster (1989)