Ronen Har-Zvi

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]

Ronen Har-Zvi
CountryIsrael
Born (1976-10-13) October 13, 1976
TitleGrandmaster (1995)
FIDE rating2513 (October 2023)
Peak rating2535 (July 1995)

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, Enoch.[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] replacing Grandmaster Gilberto Hernández Guerrero, who had resigned from that position due to 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.

Notable games
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b5 white knight
d5 black knight
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b4 black queen
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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.

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References
  1. Cullen, Allegra (2007-10-26). "Master's moves help promote chess". Times Union. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  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. "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. 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.
  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.
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