| Ela Pitam | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Soviet Union  Israel |
| Born | 10 February 1977 Riga, Latvia |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1997) |
| Peak rating | 2375 (July 1997) |
Ela Pitam (born 10 February 1977) is an Israeli chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997). She is the winner of the 2000 Israeli Women's Chess Championship.
Pitam was born in Riga. In 1991, she left the Soviet Union for Israel. She graduated from the University of Haifa.
Pitam began to study chess in Latvia. In 1990 she took part in the Open Chess Championship of Latvia. [1] From 1992 to 1997 she participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. Her best result was 3rd place in 1994 in the European Girls' Chess Championship U18 in Chania.
In 1998, in Dresden she shared first place with the Women's World Chess Championship zone tournament. [2] Pitam participated in Women's World Chess Championship knock-out tournament in 2000 in New Delhi and lost Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the 1st round. [3] In 2000 she won the Israeli Women's Chess Championship. In 2001 in Tel-Aviv she shared the third place in the International Women's Chess tournament (won Ildikó Mádl). [4]
Pitam played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [5]
Pitam played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championships: [6]
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