Vitali Golod
| Vitali Golod | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Soviet Union → Ukraine Israel |
| Born | June 23, 1971 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1996) |
| FIDE rating | 2487 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2606 (January 2008) |
Vitali Matveyevich Golod (Russian: Виталий Матвеевич Голод; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996.
Chess career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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 Sergey 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]
References
[edit]- ^ The Week in Chess 598: Spring North American FIDE Invitational
- ^ The Week in Chess 621: 15th Monarch Assurance
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2007-10-01). "TWIC 673: 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man". London Chess Center. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Begmatov, Jamshid (2010-04-12). "IV International Georgy Agzamov Memorial". ChessBase. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "43rd Biel Chess Festival: Master Open". Chess News. ChessBase. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2010-11-19). "Israel Championships 2010". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
External links
[edit]- Vitali Golod chess games at 365Chess.com
- Vitali Golod player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vitali Golod FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org