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Victor Mikhalevski

Victor Mikhalevski is an Israeli chess grandmaster who won the Israeli championship in 2014 and 2021.

born 1972Israeli chess championships2010 Olympiad bronze medal2025 World Senior title

Born: 8 July 1972, Gomel
Occupation: chess player

Victor Mikhalevski was born in 1972 in Gomel

Mikhalevski was born on 8 July 1972 in Gomel, in the Soviet Union, now Belarus. He moved to Israel with his family in 1991. His older brother, the chess master Alexander Mikhalevski, coached him when he was young.

He won the Israeli under-20 championship in 1991 and 1992. He became an International Master in 1993 and a grandmaster in 1996. In 1998 he was runner-up in the Israeli championship.

He won many open tournaments in Europe and the Americas. At the 2007 Calvià Open in Spain he scored 8 out of 9 with a performance of 2876. He played for Israel at the 2006 Chess Olympiad and was part of the team that won bronze at the 2010 Olympiad.

He won the Israeli championship in 2014 and again in 2021. In 2025 he won the 50+ section of the World Senior Chess Championship. He is married with 3 children and lives in Beersheba, where he plays for the local chess club.