Vitali Golod
Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1971)
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Vitali Matveyevich Golod (Russian: Виталий Матвеевич Голод; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996.
Israel
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 23, 1971 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union → Ukraine Israel |
| Title | Grandmaster (1996) |
| FIDE rating | 2476 (September 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2606 (January 2008) |
Chess career
Golod was Ukrainian champion in 1991. He then moved to Israel.
In 2004, he tied for 1st-2nd places with Sergey Erenburg in the Israeli championship in Ramat Aviv. He also won in Santa Monica.[citation needed]
In 2006, he won the Spring North American FIDE Invitational tournament (GM-B section) in Schaumburg, Illinois, US,[1] and shared third place at the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament (behind Alexander Areshchenko and Sergey Volkov).[2] The next year Golod tied for 1st-6th with Mateusz Bartel, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia at Isle of Man, finishing second on tiebreak score.[3]
In March 2010, he tied for 1st-4th places with grandmasters Maxim Turov, Sergei Zhigalko and Rinat Jumabayev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial tournament.[4] Four months later, Golod tied for 1st-7th with grandmasters Alexander Riazantsev, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Christian Bauer and Sébastien Mazé in the Master open tournament at the 43rd Biel Chess Festival.[5] In November, he won the Israeli championship.[6]