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Yahli Sokolovsky

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Yahli Sokolovsky
CountryIsrael
Born (2006-09-21) September 21, 2006 (age 18)
TitleGrandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating2516 (November 2024)
Peak rating2522 (August 2024)

Yahli Sokolovsky is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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In December 2022, he finished in 4th place in the Israeli Chess Championship.[2]

In January 2024, he finished in joint second place with Yair Parkhov at the Rilton Cup with a score of 7/9, half a point behind winner Vitaly Sivuk.[3] This earned him his final GM norm, and he later achieved the title after surpassing 2500 rating points in July 2024.[1]

In August 2024, he finished in joint second place with Anton Korobov, Frederik Svane, David Gavrilescu, Evgeny Romanov, and Andrey Sumets at the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with a score of 7/9, half a point behind winner Nico Zwirs.[4]

In November 2024, he was one of 10 players who maintained a perfect score in the first three rounds of the European Individual Chess Championship.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Gorshtein and Shvayger win 2022 Israeli Championship". December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Besenthal, Klaus (January 9, 2024). "Vitaly Sivuk wins the 51st edition of the Rilton Cup".
  4. ^ "Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024 A-Open".
  5. ^ "10 PLAYERS WITH MAXIMUM SCORE AT THE EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2024". November 10, 2024.