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Tal Baron

Tal Baron is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and chess YouTuber, who became the youngest Grandmaster in Israeli history at the time of his title in 2011.

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Born: 7 August 1992, Tel Aviv
Occupation: chess player
Education: Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium

Tal Baron was born in 1992 in Tel Aviv

Tal Baron was born on August 7, 1992, in Tel Aviv. He went to the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. He learned chess at the Sol and Sisi Mark chess center in Ramat Aviv.

From 2006 to 2012 he represented Israel at world and European youth championships. He became an International Master in 2010 and a Grandmaster on June 2, 2011, after meeting the requirements at the 26th Czerniak Memorial Tournament. He was then the youngest Grandmaster in Israeli history.

He played in the national league for Petah Tikva in 2008 and for Rishon LeZion from 2009, and in the Greek league in 2018. He played for Israel at the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw and at the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku. He won the second GM group at the 2017 Maccabiah Games and helped his team win the State Cup in 2017 and 2018.

Baron is married to Anna, an American Jew, and lives in Tel Aviv and Washington.