Ram Soffer

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Ram Soffer
CountryFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Born (1965-09-06) September 6, 1965 (age 58)
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District
Title Grandmaster (1994)
FIDE   rating 2433 (August 2024)
Peak rating 2535 (January 1995)

Ram Soffer (born 6 September 1965) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. He is also a grandmaster in chess problem solving since 1998.

Soffer played on team Israel which won the 2016 European Senior Team Chess Championships in the 50+ division. [1] He also played for Israel in the 2017 World Senior Team Chess Championship, where his team finished fourth in the 50+ category. [2]

Notes

  1. Preda, Julian (2016-04-28). "Israel and Russia win European Senior Team Championships 2016". FIDE. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. "World Senior Team Championship 2017 Category 50+". chess-results.com.


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