Gad Rechlis
Gad Rechlis is a Moldova born Israeli chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM).
Biography
At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Gad Rechlis was one of the leading Israeli chess players. In 1988, he won the Israeli Chess Championship. In 1990 in Manila he participated in the World [Chess Championship 1993|World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament] where ranked in 22nd place.Gad Rechlis is winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing first place in Berlin, Bern, Ostrava, Vienna.
Gad Rechlis played for Israel in the Chess Olympiads:
- In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
- In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad.
- In 1989, at fifth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa.
First place in the 2019 Natan Blumkin Memorial tied with Tamir Nabaty and Johnatan Bakalchuk with a score of 8/10.
In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master title and received the FIDE Grandmaster title four years later.