Eran Liss

Eran Liss was born in 1975 in Rishon LeZion

Eran Liss was born on July 2, 1975, in Rishon LeZion. Among his past coaches was grandmaster Valery Beim.

In 1988 he won gold at the World Under-14 Championship in Timișoara, Romania. He won the Israeli Under-20 Championship in 1989 and again in 1993, and took bronze at the World Cadet Championship in 1990 and the European Under-20 Championship in Holon in 1995. He became a grandmaster in 1995 and won the Israeli Chess Championship in 1998.

He earned a law degree from Tel Aviv University in 2000 and a master's in law from Bar-Ilan University in 2003. He co-founded the law firm Adin-Liss, where he works in intellectual property, computer and IT law, privacy law and litigation. With his partner Dan Adin he wrote a book on intellectual property law published by Oxford University Press.

He also writes about chess for Globes. He is married to Einat, has 3 daughters and lives in Rehovot.