Yair Kraidman
Yair Kraidman ( born 1 November 1932 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli chess grandmaster and played ten times in Chess Olympiads ( 1958-1976 ).
Life
Yair Kraidman said in an interview with Harald Graf Hofer with him at the Senior World Cup 1998 in Gries churches: " I was born in Israel and I live near Tel Aviv Since one year I am retired and can devote myself strengthened chess ego.. am married, have one daughter and one son and three grandchildren already. "
He has worked at the Israeli Ministry of Finance as a supervisor. In 1998 he played his first tournament in Austria, but has three times visited Vienna. He loves classical music and is Operettenfan. In Germany he has participated in three Olympic Games: Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960 and 1970 victories to the question Can you recommend young players a professional career. ? Kraidman replied: "No, especially in Israel, there are due to the immigration of Russian chess players a tough competition and it is very difficult to live only on the chess Another job is to safeguard the existence certainly recommend. . "
Chess
He played for Israel in the following Chess Olympiads:
On the third board in Lugano in 1968, he won the silver medal.
In 1964 he was awarded the IM title because of its success. 1976 FIDE awarded him the title of Grand Master.
His other achievements are second in the Israeli championship in 1959 and in the following tournaments: Netanya, 1961 ( fourth), Tel Aviv, 1966 ( second behind Svetozar Gligorić ), Netanya 1968 ( split 7th to 10th place, Robert James Fischer won ), Netanya 1969 ( 8th Place, Samuel Reshevsky won ), Netanya 1971 ( 6th place ), Netanya 1974 ( first ), Netanya 1975 ( second), Beer- Sheva won in 1976 (first ), Hastings 1976/77 ( 13th place, Oleg Romanishin ), Raman Ha - Sharon, 1979 ( third), and Saint Vincent 2001 ( European Championship, 9th place ), where Jacob was Murey first.
He also participated several times in the Senior World Chess Championship (1996 in Bad Love Zell, 1998 Grieskirchen, 1999 Glad Bach, 2002 in Naumburg, 2003 in Oldenburg, 2004 in Halle, 2009 in Condino ). In 2004, he played for Israel on the third board at the first team the Senior World Championships in Port Erin (Isle of Man) and won with his team the gold medal. On the Chess Olympiad in Dresden in 2008, he was first in the senior tournament.