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Name
  
Gedali Szapiro


Role
  
Chess master

Died
  
December 28, 1972, Rishon LeZion, Israel

Gedali Shapiro (Grzegorz Szapiro) (later Gedalia Shapira) (28 October 1929 – 28 December 1972) was a Polish–Israeli chess master, born in Siedlce.

He tied for 7-8th at Wrocław (Breslau) 1955 Polish Championship. He played for “Poland B” in 3rd Triennial Cup (HUN–CSR–POL) at Warsaw 1956.

Szapiro played twice in Chess Olympiads.

  • In 1956, at first reserve board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –4 =2) for Poland;
  • In 1962, at second reserve board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+4 –2 =5) for Israel.

    • He tied for 4-5th with Yair Kraidman, behind Milan Matulović, Petar Trifunović and Moshe Czerniak, at Netanya 1961.

    He died in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

    References

    Gedali Szapiro Wikipedia
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