Yaacov Bleiman
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Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman (8 September 1947, Vilnius[1] - June 2004[citation needed]) was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess master.
In 1965, Bleiman played in World Junior Championship in Barcelona (Bojan Kurajica won). In 1971, he tied for 7-8th in Netanya (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).[2] In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).[3]
Bleiman spent a decade designing a smart bomb that in 2003 was procured by the Israeli Air Force for its F-16 fighter jets.[4]
He played for Israel in three Chess Olympiads.[5]
- In 1970, at second reserve board in 19th Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –0 =5);
- In 1974, at first reserve board in 21st Olympiad in Nice (+6 –1 =8);
- In 1978, at fourth board in 23rd Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3 –1 =3).
He also represented Israel in 7th European Team Chess Championship at Skara 1980.[5]
Bleiman was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1971.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 42, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Netanya 1971
- ^ Netanya 1976
- ^ New In Chess Magazine, 2005/2
- ^ a b Bleiman, Yaacov team chess record at olimpbase.org
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