Ronen Har-Zvi

Last updated
Ronen Har-Zvi
CountryIsrael
Born (1976-10-13) October 13, 1976 (age 48)
Title Grandmaster (1995)
FIDE   rating 2513 (January 2025)
Peak rating 2535 (July 1995)

Ronen Har-Zvi (born 13 October 1976) is an Israeli chess player and writer. Har-Zvi won the under-16 title at the World Youth Chess Champion in 1992. He has held the title of Grandmaster of chess since 1995. [1]

Contents

Biography

Growing up in Israel, Har-Zvi was taught to play chess at the age of 5 by his grandfather. [1]

In 2008, Har-Zvi finished second in the "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", [2] the largest online chess tournament in the world. [3] Har-Zvi lost 3.5-0.5 in the final to the untitled Jorge Sammour-Hasbun. [4]

Har-Zvi is a regular expert commentator, host and teacher on the Internet Chess Club. [5] He also operates an account, "Indiana-Jones", with a peak rating of 3215 for blitz chess and 2947 for bullet chess. [6] He is a columnist for CHESS magazine . [5] [7]

Aside from chess, Har-Zvi works as a stock trader. [8] He lived in Saratoga, New York, with his wife Heather, whom he met online at the Internet Chess Club, and their child. [9] [10] In 2010, Har-Zvi became head chess coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville, and moved with his family to Brownsville, Texas. [11] He replaced Grandmaster Gilberto Hernández Guerrero, who had resigned from that position for personal reasons. After more than two years of coaching the University of Texas Brownsville team, Har-Zvi left for the Greater Boston area to pursue other chess-related endeavors, and in 2013 he moved back to Israel.[ citation needed ]

Notable games

Sammour-Hasbun vs. Har-Zvi, Dos Hermanas 2008
hgfedcba
1
Chessboard480.svg
Chess klt45.svg
Chess rlt45.svg
Chess rlt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess qlt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess blt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess qdt45.svg
Chess plt45.svg
Chess ndt45.svg
Chess nlt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess ndt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess bdt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess pdt45.svg
Chess kdt45.svg
Chess rdt45.svg
Chess rdt45.svg
1
22
33
44
55
66
77
88
hgfedcba
Sammour-Hasbun - Har-Zvi, Dos Hermanas 2008. Har-Zvi played the questionable 21 ... Kh7, and subsequently lost. [2]

Vladimir Kramnik - Ronen Har-Zvi, Oakham 1992.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 Nfd7 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Bf2 cxb4 17. axb4 h5 18. Rfc1 Qf6 19. Nf1 h4 20. Qd1 Nbc4 21. Ra2 a5 22. bxa5 b4 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Na4 b3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Nxa5 27. Qd1 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 h3 29. Nb6 Nb3 30. Ra3 hxg2 31. Rxb3 gxf1=Q+ 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. Qe3 Qd8 34. h3 g5 35. Ke2 Ng6 36. Kd2 Nf4 37. h4 Nh3 38. Be1 gxh4 39. f4 1⁄2–1⁄2

Related Research Articles

X3D Fritz was a version of the Fritz chess program, which in November 2003 played a four-game human–computer chess match against world number one Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The match was tied 2–2, with X3D Fritz winning game 2, Kasparov winning game 3 and drawing games 1 and 4.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathan Penrose</span> English chess player (1933–2021)

Jonathan Penrose, was an English chess player, who held the titles Grandmaster (1993) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983). He won the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969.

The Wade Defence is a chess opening characterised by the initial moves:

The Monkey's Bum is a variation of the Modern Defense, a chess opening. Although it may also be loosely defined as any approach against the Modern Defense involving an early Bc4 and Qf3, threatening "Scholar's mate", it is strictly defined by the sequence of moves:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 2006</span> Chess match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov

The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. The title of World Chess Champion had been split for 13 years. This match, played between September 23 and October 13, 2006, in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, was to reunite the two World Chess Champion titles and produce an undisputed World Champion.

Frank Ross Anderson (1928–1980) was a Canadian chess master and writer. He twice won the gold medal at Chess Olympiads for the best score on Board 2. He also tied for first at the 1953 Canadian Chess Championship and won the title again in 1955.

John Alan Grefe was an American International Master of chess.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Tseitlin</span> Israeli chess grandmaster (1943–2022)

Mark Tseitlin was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1978 and that of Grandmaster in 1997. Tseitlin was a four-time European seniors champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 1886</span> First official World Chess Championship match

The World Chess Championship 1886 was the first official World Chess Championship match contested by Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. The match took place in the United States from 11 January to 29 March, the first five games being played in New York City, the next four being played in St. Louis and the final eleven in New Orleans. The winner was the first player to achieve ten wins. Wilhelm Steinitz won the match 10–5, winning his tenth game in the twentieth game of the match. There were five draws.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 1889</span> Chess match between Wilheilm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin

The second World Chess Championship was held in Havana, Cuba in 1889. Defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz beat challenger Mikhail Chigorin with a score of 10½ -6½.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 1890–1891</span> Chess match between Wilheilm Steinitz and Isidor Gunsberg

The third World Chess Championship was held in New York City from 9 December 1890 to 22 January 1891. Holder Wilhelm Steinitz narrowly defeated his Hungarian challenger, Isidor Gunsberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 1978</span>

The 1978 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio, Philippines, from July 18 to October 18, 1978. Karpov won, thereby retaining the title.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 1981</span>

The 1981 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Merano, Italy from October 1 to November 19, 1981. Karpov won with six wins against two, with 10 draws. The two players had already played against each other in the World Chess Championship match 1978 in the Philippines, when Karpov also won.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Igor Khenkin</span> German chess player (born 1968)

Igor Khenkin is a German chess player. He achieved the FIDE title of grandmaster in 1992, and his peak rating is 2670. Igor Khenkin has been one of the top 100 FIDE players for eight out of the past nine years. He participated in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the second round by Rustam Kasimdzhanov. In July 2006, he won the Andorra Open chess tournament with 7/9 points.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gilberto Milos</span> Brazilian chess grandmaster (born 1963)

Gilberto Milos is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the title of International Master in 1984 and the title of Grandmaster in 1988. Milos competed in the FIDE World Championship five times and in the FIDE World Cup three times

Milan Vukić is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster. He has been a champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the former state of Yugoslavia, both during its constitution as a Socialist Federal Republic (SFRY) and as a Federal Republic (FRY).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MChess Pro</span>

MChess Pro is the name given to a chess playing computer program written by Marty Hirsch which won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1995. The program is no longer under development and is no longer commercially available and therefore has largely historical significance only.

The 1992 Fischer–Spassky match was a chess match between former world chess champions Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. It was billed as a World Chess Championship, though it was an unofficial rematch of their 1972 World Championship match. Fischer won 10–5, with 15 draws. Although there was substantial media coverage, and some drama, public interest in this rematch was not nearly as great as with the 1972 World Championship match in Reykjavík, Iceland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 2018</span> Chess match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana

The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 November 2018. The games were broadcast on worldchess.com and by NRK.

The 20th season of the Top Chess Engine Championship began on 1 December 2020 and ended on 1 February 2021. The defending champion was Stockfish, which defeated Leela Chess Zero in the previous season's superfinal. The season 20 superfinal was a rematch between the same two engines. Stockfish once again came out ahead, winning by 6 games.

References

  1. 1 2 Cullen, Allegra (2007-10-26). "Master's moves help promote chess". Times Union . Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  2. 1 2 McClain, Dylan Loeb (2008-04-13). "He May Not Be a Grandmaster, but He's Hard to Beat at Blitz". The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  3. ↑ Doggers, Peter (2008-03-28). "Dos Hermanas (internet) starts today". ChessVibes. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  4. ↑ Polgar, Susan (2008-04-13). "New Smart Chip?". Susan Polgar . Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  5. 1 2 "Chess master to take on 40 players simultaneously". Marist College . Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  6. ↑ Har-Zvi, Ronen. "Indiana-Jones". Internet Chess Club . Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  7. ↑ Calderon, Herman; Zachary Calderon (2009-11-10). "GM Ronen Har-Zvi Hosts Kick off Schenectady Simul". United States Chess Federation . Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Meet CCSCSL Resident GM Ronen Har-Zvi - Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis". saintlouischessclub.org. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  9. ↑ Barry, John W. (2009-09-20). "Grandmaster shows he has all the right moves at Marist". Poughkeepsie Journal . Retrieved 2009-10-23.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ Henner, Peter (5 August 2010). "Revival of a lost tradition The Albany-Schenectady Match set for August 19". Altamont Express. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Har-Zvi Joins UTB/TSC Chess Program". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.