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Michael Roiz

Michael Roiz is an Israeli chess grandmaster who has played for the Israeli national team.

born 1983Israeli chess grandmasterPlaying for Israel's national teamSecond to Boris Gelfand

Born: 12 October 1983, Saratov
Occupation: chess player

Michael Roiz was born in 1983 in Saratov

Michael Roiz was born on 12 October 1983 in Saratov, Russia. He learned chess at age 7. At 9 he placed second in the national under-10 championship.

He moved to Israel in 1995. He became an International Master in 1999 and a grandmaster in 2003. He won the IDF chess championship in 2002 and 2003.

He shared first place at open tournaments in Ashdod and Zurich in 2004. In 2007 he shared first place at the Isle of Man International tournament. He also won blitz and rapid events, including Biel in 2006.

He played for Israel in Plovdiv in 2003, where the team won silver, and at the World Team Chess Championship in Beer-Sheva in 2005. He played on Israel's fourth board at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku. In 2005 he reached the World Cup and lost to Alexander Motylev.

In 2012 he served as a second to Boris Gelfand in the World Championship. He also coaches chess, and his students include Ariel Erenberg.