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Giora Peli

Giora Peli was an Israeli chess player who represented Israel at the Chess Olympiad and later became a correspondence chess master.

1936 to 20201954 Israeli Junior Chess ChampionshipPlaying for Israel at the 1958 OlympiadCorrespondence chess master titles

Born
21 August 1936
Occupation
chess player, correspondence chess player

Giora Peli was born in 1936

Giora Peli was born on 21 August 1936. He was also known by the name Gyora Pilshchik.

In 1954 he won the Israeli Junior Chess Championship. He first played in the Israeli Chess Championship in 1957 and finished 6th. He placed 5th in 1965 and 12th in 1974.

He played for Israel at the 1958 Chess Olympiad in Munich. He also played for Israel at the World Student Team Chess Championships in Budapest in 1959 and in Mariánské Lázně in 1962.

From the 1980s he played correspondence chess. The ICCF gave him the title of International Correspondence Chess Master in 2001 and Senior International Correspondence Chess Master in 2002. He died in July 2020.

Milestones in Giora Peli's life

  1. 1936

    Born on 21 August.

  2. 1954

    Won the Israeli Junior Chess Championship.

  3. 1957

    Finished 6th in his first Israeli Chess Championship.

  4. 1958

    Played for Israel at the Chess Olympiad in Munich.

  5. 1959

    Played at the World Student Team Chess Championship in Budapest.

  6. 1962

    Played at the World Student Team Chess Championship in Mariánské Lázně.

  7. 2001

    Became an International Correspondence Chess Master.

  8. 2002

    Became a Senior International Correspondence Chess Master.

  9. 2020

    Died in July.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Giora Peli and Hebrew Wikipedia, גיורא פלאי, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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