Yakov Vilner

Yakov Vilner was a Ukrainian chess master.

Biography

Vilner won the Odesa chess championships four times. He won the Ukrainian championships three times; at Kyiv 1924, at Kharkiv 1925, and at Odesa 1928. He also won at Odesa 1926, and at Kyiv 1929.
He played in several Soviet chess championships. In July 1923, he tied for 11-13th in Petrograd. In September 1924, he tied for 6-8th in Moscow. In 1925, he tied for 11-13th in Leningrad. In October 1927, he tied for 15-17th in Moscow. In September 1929, he tied for 8-9th in Odesa. Unfortunately, Vilner died young due to chronic asthma.

Notable chess games

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