Yaacov Zilberman (born 26 May 1954) is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

Yaacov Zilberman
Yaacov Zilberman, Erts 2010
CountryIsrael
Born (1954-05-26) May 26, 1954 (age 70)
Astana, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1998)
Peak rating2560 (July 1997)

He played for Israel on the second reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad at Manila 1992.[1]

He shared first place with Robert Hübner and Iván Morovic Fernández at Havana 1998 (Capablanca Memorial, Elite). He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1998.[2]

He competed at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[3]

Three times he played in the European Chess Club Cup, in 1992 with Hapoel Tel Aviv (reaching the semifinals), in 1997 and in 2001 with Herzliya Chess Club.[4]

References

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  1. ^ OlimpBase :: 30th Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992, individual results
  2. ^ "FIDE Chess Profile". FIDE. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ Georg Meier wins 20th Maccabiah, en.chessbase.com
  4. ^ European Men's Chess Clun Cup, www.olimpbase.org
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