Leonid Gerzhoy

Leonid Gerzhoy (born November 7, 1987) is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master.

Leonid Gerzhoy
CountryIsrael (until 2007)
Canada (since 2007)
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
Moscow, Soviet Union
TitleInternational Master (2003)
FIDE rating2348 (August 2019)
Peak rating2503 (September 2011)

Biography

Gerzhoy was born on November 7, 1987 in Moscow and moved to Israel in 1992. He became an International Master there by 2002. In 2003 he played for Israel at World Youth Chess Olympiad in Denizli where he won 6th place and a rank of 8 points.[1] In 2005 he immigrated to Canada and a year later won a second place at the Canadian Championship. In 2007 he became a winner of Canadian Junior Championship and by 2009 received a Grandmaster norm at the World Open.[2] In 2010 he was a winner of the Reading Week Open tournament of Hart House and next year won again at the Philadelphia International with 8 out of 9 score. The same year, during Ontario Open he tied a 2nd-3rd game with Bator Sambuev.[1]

During the 2010 Chess Olympiad he won three games in a row with three draws out of nine games total. Two years later he participated at the 2012 Olympiad, this time in Istanbul, where he won three times again, and had four draws as well. He tied for first U2500 player at the 2013 World Open.[3]

In 2015, he tied for first with Tomas Krnan and Eric Hansen in the Canadian Chess Championship.[4]

References
  1. "Leonid Gerzhoy". Chessgames.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. "Leonid Gerzhoy". Chess.ca. Chess Federation of Canada. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  3. "World Open 2013 Standings – Open Section". ChessEvents.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  4. "IM Tomas Krnan wins Canadian Championship, qualifies for World Chess Cup". Chessdom.com. July 17, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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