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Leonid Yudasin
Leonid Yudasin
Full name	Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin
Country	Soviet Union (until 1992); Russia (1992–1993); Israel (since 1993)
Born	August 8, 1959 (age 65); Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1990)
Peak rating	2645 (January 1991)
Peak ranking	No. 8 (January 1991)

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Leonid Yudasin (Hebrew: ליאוניד גריגורייביץ' יודסין; Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Юдасин, romanized: Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin; born August 8, 1959) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Yudasin was part of the USSR team that won the gold medal in the 1990 Chess Olympiad. He competed in the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship twice, in 1991 and 1994.

Career

Yudasin was awarded the title of International Master in 1982, and in 1984 he became the champion of Leningrad, his native city. He went on to gain the USSR Cup for rapid chess in 1988.

Yudasin became a joint winner of the 1990 USSR Championship (with Alexander Beliavsky, Evgeny Bareev and Alexey Vyzmanavin, the title going to Beliavsky on tie-break). He added individual bronze and team gold medals the same year, at the Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad, when he represented the USSR and registered the best performance of any of his teammates. He also achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1990.^[2] In 1994 and again in 1996, he played under the Israeli flag at the Moscow and Yerevan Olympiads, respectively.

A world championship candidate in 1991 (ranked then at No. 8 in the world), he qualified again in 1994 and this time progressed to the latter stages, losing out to Vladimir Kramnik in the quarterfinals by a score of 2½-4½.

His best international tournament success occurred at León in 1993, where he won ahead of Alexey Vyzmanavin, Veselin Topalov, Anatoly Karpov and a young Peter Leko. Yudasin's tournament record includes victories at Leningrad 1989, Calcutta 1990, Pamplona 1990/91 (also 1991/92, jointly with Miguel Illescas), Dos Hermanas 1992, Botvinnik Memorial 1995, Haifa Super Tournament 1996 and St. Petersburg White Knights 1998. At Reggio Emilia, he was a joint winner with Dimitri Komarov in 1997/1998 (conceding the title on tie-break) and was the outright winner in 1999/2000. In 2002, Yudasin tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.

Yudasin lived in Israel for many years and was twice the Israeli champion, in Tel-Aviv 1994 and Jerusalem 1996. He has won tournaments all over the US and took second place at the US Open 1990 and Pennsylvania World Open 2001. Since 2002, he has spent most of his time in New York, dominating the weekly Masters' tournament (top money winner), along with the likes of Hikaru Nakamura, Jaan Ehlvest, and the late Aleksander Wojtkiewicz. In 2004, he won a strong tournament in Montreal, Canada.

He is also a coach and director of the Brooklyn Chess Academy. His former students include Varuzhan Akobian, Irina Krush, Jennifer Shahade, Adam Maltese, Dylan McClain, Evan Rabin and the late Lembit Oll.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Leonid Yudasin is a practicing Orthodox Jew, living in Brooklyn, New York.

References

^ "Yudasin, Leonid". OlimpBase.
^ Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 454–455, ISBN 0-19-280049-3

Brooklyn Chess Academy Website
Cafferty, Bernard and Mark Taimanov (1998). The Soviet Championships. Cadogan Chess. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.
New York Masters money winners

External links

Leonid Yudasin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Leonid Yudasin chess games at 365Chess.com
Leonid Yudasin Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
Leonid Yudasin FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org

[1] "Yudasin, Leonid". OlimpBase.

[2] Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 454–455, ISBN 0-19-280049-3

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-'''Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin''' ({{lang-he|ליאוניד גריגורייביץ' יודסין}}; {{lang-ru|Леонид Григорьевич Юдасин}}; born in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], August 8, 1959) is a prominent [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] and trainer, now living in [[New York City]].
+'''Leonid Yudasin''' ({{langx|he|ליאוניד גריגורייביץ' יודסין}}; {{langx|ru|Леонид Григорьевич Юдасин|translit=Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin}}; born August 8, 1959) is a Soviet-born Israeli [[chess]] player and trainer. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 1990. Yudasin was part of the USSR team that won the gold medal in the [[1990 Chess Olympiad]]. He competed in the [[Candidates Tournament]] for the [[World Chess Championship]] twice, in 1991 and 1994.
+==Career==
-Awarded the [[International Master]] title in 1982, he secured the grandmaster title in 1984, the year he became [[Leningrad City Chess Championship|Leningrad Champion]]. Demonstrating that his skills were not just restricted to classical chess, he went on to gain the USSR Cup for [[rapid chess]] in 1988.
+Yudasin was awarded the title of [[International Master]] in 1982, and in 1984 he became the [[Leningrad City Chess Championship|champion of Leningrad]], his native city. He went on to gain the USSR Cup for [[rapid chess]] in 1988.
-Yudasin surpassed these early achievements when he became joint winner of the 1990 [[USSR Chess Championship|USSR Championship]] (with [[Alexander Beliavsky|Beliavsky]], [[Evgeny Bareev|Bareev]] and [[Alexey Vyzmanavin|Vyzmanavin]], the title going to Beliavsky on tie-break). He added individual bronze and team gold medals the same year, at the [[Novi Sad]] [[Chess Olympiad|Olympiad]], when he represented the USSR and registered the best performance of any of his team-mates. In 1994 and again in 1996, he played under the Israeli flag at the [[Moscow]] and [[Yerevan]] Olympiads, respectively.
+Yudasin became a joint winner of the 1990 [[USSR Chess Championship|USSR Championship]] (with [[Alexander Beliavsky]], [[Evgeny Bareev]] and [[Alexey Vyzmanavin]], the title going to Beliavsky on tie-break). He added individual bronze and team gold medals the same year, at the [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[Novi Sad]], when he represented the USSR and registered the best performance of any of his teammates. He also achieved the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] in 1990.<ref>{{citation | last1=Hooper | first1=David | author1-link=David Vincent Hooper | last2=Whyld | first2=Kenneth | author2-link=Kenneth Whyld | year=1992 | title=[[The Oxford Companion to Chess]] | edition=2 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=0-19-280049-3 | pages=454–455}}</ref> In 1994 and again in 1996, he played under the Israeli [[List of nationality transfers in chess|flag]] at the [[Moscow]] and [[Yerevan]] Olympiads, respectively.
-A [[World Chess Championship|world championship]] [[Candidates Tournament|Candidate]] in 1991, he qualified again in 1994 and this time progressed to the latter stages, losing out to [[Vladimir Kramnik]] in the quarter finals by a score of 2.5-4.5.
+A [[World Chess Championship|world championship]] [[Candidates Tournament|candidate]] in 1991 (ranked then at No. 8 in the world), he qualified again in 1994 and this time progressed to the latter stages, losing out to [[Vladimir Kramnik]] in the quarterfinals by a score of 2½-4½.
-Arguably his most impressive international tournament success occurred at [[León, Spain|León]] in 1993, where he won ahead of [[Alexey Vyzmanavin|Vyzmanavin]], [[Veselin Topalov|Topalov]], [[Anatoly Karpov|Karpov]] and a young [[Peter Leko]].
+His best international tournament success occurred at [[León, Spain|León]] in 1993, where he won ahead of Alexey Vyzmanavin, [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Anatoly Karpov]] and a young [[Peter Leko]]. Yudasin's tournament record includes victories at Leningrad 1989, [[Calcutta]] 1990, [[Pamplona]] 1990/91 (also 1991/92, jointly with [[Miguel Illescas]]), [[Dos Hermanas]] 1992, Botvinnik Memorial 1995, [[Haifa]] Super Tournament 1996 and St. Petersburg White Knights 1998. At [[Reggio Emilia chess tournament|Reggio Emilia]], he was a joint winner with [[Dimitri Komarov]] in 1997/1998 (conceding the title on tie-break) and was the outright winner in 1999/2000. In 2002, Yudasin tied for first place at the [[U.S. Masters Chess Championship]].
+Yudasin lived in Israel for many years and was twice the [[Israeli Chess Championship|Israeli champion]], in [[Tel-Aviv]] 1994 and [[Jerusalem]] 1996. He has won tournaments all over the US and took second place at the [[U.S. Open Chess Championship|US Open]] 1990 and [[Pennsylvania]] [[World Open chess tournament|World Open]] 2001. Since 2002, he has spent most of his time in New York, dominating the weekly Masters' tournament (top money winner), along with the likes of [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Jaan Ehlvest]], and the late [[Aleksander Wojtkiewicz]]. In 2004, he won a strong tournament in [[Montreal]], Canada.
-His prolific tournament record features many more victories, including Leningrad 1989, [[Calcutta]] 1990 [[Pamplona]] 1990/91 (also 1991/92, jointly with [[Miguel Illescas|Illescas]]), [[Dos Hermanas]] 1992, Botvinnik Memorial 1995, [[Haifa]] Super Tournament 1996 and St. Petersburg White Knights 1998. At [[Reggio Emilia chess tournament|Reggio Emilia]], he was joint winner with Dimitri Komarov in 1997/1998 (conceding the title on tie-break) and was outright winner in 1999/2000.
+He is also a coach and director of the [[Brooklyn]] Chess Academy. His former students include [[Varuzhan Akobian]], [[Irina Krush]], [[Jennifer Shahade]], [[Adam Maltese]], [[Dylan McClain]], [[Evan Rabin]] and the late [[Lembit Oll]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}
-Yudasin lived in Israel for many years and was twice the [[Israeli Chess Championship|Israeli champion]], in [[Tel-Aviv]] 1994 and [[Jerusalem]] 1996. He has won tournaments all over the USA, and took second place at the [[U.S. Open Chess Championship|US Open]] 1990 and [[Pennsylvania]] World Open 2001. Since 2002, he has spent most of his time in New York, dominating the weekly Masters tournament (top money winner), along with the likes of [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Jaan Ehlvest]], and the late [[Aleksander Wojtkiewicz]]. In 2004, he topped a strong tournament in [[Montreal]], Canada.
+==Personal life==
-His [[Elo rating]] was 2550 as of April 2007, but has been 2645.<ref>[http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=2802341 Rating data for player Yudasin, Leonid, (ISR)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He is also a respected coach and Director of the [[Brooklyn]] Chess Academy. His many former students include [[Varuzhan Akobian]], [[Irina Krush]], [[Jennifer Shahade]] and the late [[Lembit Oll]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}
+Leonid Yudasin is a practicing Orthodox Jew, living in Brooklyn, New York.
+==See also==
-Leonid Yudasin is a practicing Jew, living in Brooklyn NY.
+* [[List of Jewish chess players]]
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 {{refbegin}}
-*[http://brooklynchess.com/ Brooklyn Chess Academy Website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140040/http://brooklynchess.com/ Brooklyn Chess Academy Website]
-*[http://www.olimpbase.org Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information]
 *{{cite book | author=Cafferty, Bernard and [[Mark Taimanov]] | title=The Soviet Championships | publisher=Cadogan Chess | year=1998 | isbn=1-85744-201-6}}
 *[http://www.newyorkmasters.com/money.html New York Masters money winners]
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 == External links ==
-* {{chessgames player|id=21620}}
+* {{Chessgames player|21620}}
-* [http://www.365chess.com/players/Leonid_Yudasin Leonid Yudasin at 365Chess.com]
+* {{365Chess.com player|Leonid_Yudasin}}
+* {{OlimpBase player|8uc828af}}
+* {{OlimpBase FIDE ratings|Yudasin,%20Leonid}}
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