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Gad Rechlis

Gad Rechlis is an Israeli chess player and Grandmaster who won the Israeli Chess Championship in 1988.

born 19671988 Israeli Chess ChampionChess Grandmaster titleRepresenting Israel at Chess Olympiads

Born: 5 February 1967, Chișinău
Occupation: chess player

Gad Rechlis was born in 1967 in Chișinău

Gad Rechlis was born on 5 February 1967 in Chișinău, Moldova. In 1977 he immigrated to Israel with his family and lived in Beersheba.

He trained with Eliyahu Levant and graduated from Makif Vav high school. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and a master's degree in mathematics from Tel Aviv University.

He received the International Master title in 1986 and became a Grandmaster around 1990. He won the Israeli Chess Championship in 1988 and played in the 1990 Interzonal Tournament in Manila, where he placed 22nd. He played for Israel at the Chess Olympiads of 1988 and 1990 and at the 1989 European Team Chess Championship in Haifa.

He won or shared first place in tournaments in Berlin, Bern, Ostrava and Vienna. In 2019 he shared first place in the Natan Blumkin Memorial. He lives in Tel Aviv.