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Ella Pitam

Ella Pitam is an Israeli chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and won the Israeli Women's Chess Championship in 2000.

born 1977Woman Grandmaster title2000 Israeli Women's Chess ChampionshipPlaying for Israel at Chess Olympiads

Born: 10 February 1977, Riga
Occupation: chess player
Education: University of Haifa

Ella Pitam was born in 1977 in Riga

Ella Pitam was born on 10 February 1977 in Riga. She began to study chess in Latvia. In 1991 she left the Soviet Union and moved to Israel.

She graduated from the University of Haifa with a bachelor's degree in insurance and economics.

In 1990 she played in the Open Chess Championship of Latvia. From 1992 to 1997 she took part in European and World youth championships. In 1994 she took 3rd place in the European Girls' Chess Championship U18 in Chania.

She became a Woman FIDE Master in 1995 and a Woman Grandmaster in 1997. In 1998 she shared first place in a zonal tournament in Dresden. In 2000 she won the Israeli Women's Chess Championship and played in the Women's World Chess Championship in New Delhi, losing in the 1st round.

She played for Israel in 4 Women's Chess Olympiads between 1996 and 2010. At the 1996 Olympiad in Yerevan she won an individual silver medal. She also played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championships in 1997, 1999 and 2009.