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Ori Kobo

Ori Kobo is an Israeli chess grandmaster from Jerusalem and a chess coach.

born 1997First grandmaster from JerusalemIsraeli youth chess championshipsCoaching Israeli women's team players

Born: 24 April 1997, Jerusalem
Occupation: chess player

Ori Kobo was born in 1997 in Jerusalem

Ori Kobo was born on April 24, 1997, in Jerusalem. He is the son of Gil and Liora Kobo and has 2 brothers. He graduated from the Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem.

As a youth he won the Israeli under-16 championship in 2012 and 2013 and the under-18 championship in 2014. He placed 4th at the 2013 European under-16 championship in Montenegro. He became a FIDE Master in 2013, an International Master in 2015 and a grandmaster in 2017, the first player from Jerusalem to reach that title.

In 2018 he shared first place at the Stockholm Challenge. He played for Israel at the World Team Championship in November 2022 and finished 6th in the Israeli Championship in December 2022. At the 2023 Chess World Cup he lost in the first round to Valentin Dragnev.

He plays in the national league for Hapoel Beer Sheva. He also coaches Noga Orin and Dana Kochavi, members of Israel's women's team.