Vitali Golod

Vitali Golod (Russian: Виталий Голод; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996.

Vitali Golod
CountrySoviet Union → Ukraine
Israel
Born (1971-06-23) June 23, 1971
TitleGrandmaster (1996)
FIDE rating2499 (August 2020)
Peak rating2606 (April 2008)

Chess career

Golod was Ukrainian champion in 1991. He then moved to Israel.

In 2004, he tied for 1st-2nd places with Sergey Erenburg in the Israeli championship in Ramat Aviv. He also won in Santa Monica.

In 2006, he won the Spring North American FIDE Invitational tournament (GM-B section) in Schaumburg, Illinois, US,[1] and shared third place at the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament (behind Alexander Areshchenko and Segey Volkov).[2] The next year Golod tied for 1st-6th with Mateusz Bartel, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia at Isle of Man, finishing second on tiebreak score.[3]

In March 2010, he tied for 1st-4th places with grandmasters Maxim Turov, Sergei Zhigalko and Rinat Jumabayev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial tournament.[4] Four months later, Golod tied for 1st-7th with grandmasters Alexander Riazantsev, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Christian Bauer and Sébastien Mazé in the Master open tournament at the 43rd Biel Chess Festival.[5] In November, he won the Israeli championship.[6]

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References
  1. The Week in Chess 598: Spring North American FIDE Invitational
  2. The Week in Chess 621: 15th Monarch Assurance
  3. Crowther, Mark (2007-10-01). "TWIC 673: 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man". London Chess Center. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. Begmatov, Jamshid (2010-04-12). "IV International Georgy Agzamov Memorial". ChessBase. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  5. "43rd Biel Chess Festival: Master Open". Chess News. ChessBase. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  6. Crowther, Mark (2010-11-19). "Israel Championships 2010". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-10-09.


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