Boris Abramovich Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. A six-time World Championship candidate (1991, 1994–95, 2002, 2007,...

between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen games...

title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he lost the title to challenger Magnus Carlsen, and...

Championship. His challenger during the 2012 World Chess Championship Boris Gelfand qualified for the 2013 Candidates Tournament. 30 August. Latest deadline...

Magnus Carlsen, the world champion of 2013, Peter Leko, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler. The Elo...

three players for the Candidates Tournament. Two World Cup qualifiers (Boris Gelfand in 2009 and Sergey Karjakin in 2015) won the subsequent Candidates tournament...

pulled level with Kramnik by defeating Radjabov, while Kramnik drew against Gelfand. Before the last round only Carlsen and Kramnik could win the tournament;...

Ivanchuk (UKR), 2731  Peter Leko (HUN), 2730  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2719  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2714  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2711  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2706...

Leko (HUN), 2722  Judit Polgár (HUN), 2722  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2718  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2703  Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2693  Anatoly Karpov (RUS)...

Kings Tournament in Romania in June, two points ahead of Radjabov and Boris Gelfand. In August, Carlsen played in the Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament...

2725  Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2710  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2700  Boris Gelfand (BLR), 2695  Michael Adams (ENG), 2680  Valery Salov (RUS), 2680  Yevgeny...

highest-ranked Soviet player (1974–1986) 26  Soviet Union  Belarus  Israel Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11 1968 Highest-ranked Israeli player (since 1999), formerly...

qualified for the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship 2012. Boris Gelfand defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the final. The winner of the Chess World...

Many opening variations are named for him. According to Grandmaster Boris Gelfand, "Most of the modern openings are based on Rubinstein." The "Rubinstein...

skateboarding move Alan E. Gelfand, a statistician Boris Gelfand, a chess grandmaster Israel Gelfand, a mathematician, Mikhail Gelfand, a molecular biologist...

Bacrot, behind co-winners Caruana and Boris Gelfand. He defeated Caruana in their individual encounter but lost to Gelfand. Overall, Nakamura finished sixth...

tournament until she was eliminated by tournament winner Boris Gelfand. She handed Gelfand his only loss of the tournament. In 2010, Polgár began her...

Kamsky also competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011, losing to Boris Gelfand. Kamsky was born in Novokuznetsk in Russia, in a Tatar family. Gata's...

Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgár, and Beliavsky. Karpov won with an undefeated 11/13...

Qualified via the Candidates Tournament  Péter Lékó (Hungary) 28 2751 7  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 39 2733 13  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 24 2750 8  Alexander Grischuk (Russia)...

2007. His first round opponent was Boris Gelfand. In their match, all six regular games were drawn. Then Gelfand won the rapid tie-break 2½–½, eliminating...

Mamedyarov vs. Boris Gelfand. 0–1. Candidates (2011), Kazan. Fischer-Sozin Attack: Flank Variation. After various sacrifices, Gelfand has six extra pawns...

the players at the World Cup, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand, were successful in the Candidates and qualified for the World Championship...

prestigious FIDE World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand as the organizers felt the event would promote both chess and art at...

year, lost a semifinal candidates match for the FIDE championship to Boris Gelfand with the score 3½–4½. In 1998, Kramnik faced Alexei Shirov in a Candidates...

Championship matches against Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand in 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively. In 2024, a film inspired from...

bass guitarist Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess grandmaster Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia during the late 16th and early 17th centuries Boris Gromov, Russian...

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד, Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд...

2702  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2690  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2689  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2681  Nigel Short (ENG), 2677  Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2677  Alexey...

behind the winner, Boris Gelfand, and the runner-up, Magnus Carlsen. In September–October he shared first place with Boris Gelfand with 5 points out 9...