Josif Dorfman
{{short description|French chess grandmaster (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox chess player
| image = Iossif Dorfman - Albi 2022 1R.jpg
| caption = Dorfman in 2022
| country = France
| birth_date = {{Bda|1952|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Grandmaster (1978)
| peakrating = 2617 (July 2002)
| peakranking = No. 13 (January 1979)
| FideID = 604011
}}
Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhytomyr) is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer.
Tournament results
File:Boris Gulko and Josif Dorfman, USSR Chess Championship 1977.jpg
Dorfman played in several USSR championships. In 1975, he took thirteenth in Yerevan (43rd URS-ch; Tigran Petrosian won). In 1976, he finished fifth in Moscow in the 44th Soviet championship as Anatoly Karpov won by a full point over Yuri Balashov.{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/URS-ch44_1976/24151 |title=URS-ch44 1976 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}} One of his most emphatic victories occurred in qualification for this championship, at the 1976 First League tournament, where he finished 1½ points clear of the field (+6 =11). In 1977, he was joint USSR Champion with Boris Gulko (both +4 =11, ahead of Petrosian, Polugaevsky and Tal).{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/URS-ch45_1977/24343 |title=URS-ch45 1977 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date=1977-11-28 |accessdate=2022-10-09}} The subsequent play-off match was drawn (+1 –1 =4).{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/URS-ch45_playoff-1pl_1978/24465 |title=URS-ch45 playoff-1pl 1978 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}} In 1978, Dorfman shared thirteenth in Tbilisi as Tal won.{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/URS-ch46_1978/24574 |title=URS-ch46 1978 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date=1978-12-01 |accessdate=2022-10-09}} In 1981, he tied for 8-9th in Frunze; Lev Psakhis and Garry Kasparov won). In 1984, he took 12th in Lvov (51st URS-ch; Andrei Sokolov won).
In international tournaments, Dorfman tied for second at Pécs 1976, finished second to Smyslov at São Paulo 1978,{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Sao_Paulo_1978/24496 |title=Sao Paulo 1978 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}} tied for second at Polanica Zdrój 1978, one-half point behind Mikhail Tseitlin,{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Rubinstein_mem_1978/24527 |title=Rubinstein mem 1978 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}} 1st-3rd at Djakarta 1979, 3rd-5th at Manila 1979. He won at Zamardi 1980. He was a winner at Warsaw 1983 (+6, =8), was 1st= at Lvov 1984, 1st at Moscow 1985, and 5th= at Minsk 1986.
In 1998, Dorfman won the French Chess Championship in Méribel (73rd FRA-ch).{{Cite web|url=http://eric.delaire.perso.orange.fr/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220104509/http://eric.delaire.perso.orange.fr/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2020|title=Domaine obsolète|website=eric.delaire.perso.orange.fr}} Two years later, he was runner-up to his former student, Bacrot.
He played for France in three Chess Olympiads.
- In 1998, at 2nd board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+3 –0 =6);
- In 2002, at 2nd board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+1 –1 =8);
- In 2004, at 3rd board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+2 –0 =8).
Dorfman was awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1978.
Coach
He acted as one of Garry Kasparov's seconds in his first four World Championship matches against Anatoly Karpov. Later Dorfman moved to France. He coached the French player Étienne Bacrot from age nine to Grandmaster level, when he became France's and the world's youngest ever.
In 2004 Dorfman was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Commentator
In April 2019, Dorfman joined chess24 as one of the site's commentators and coaches together with Laurent Fressinet and Jean-Baptiste Mullon.{{cite web|title=Bonjour, chess24!|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/bonjour-chess24|publisher=chess24|accessdate=30 April 2019|date=2019-04-29}}
Books
- {{cite book
| author=Dorfman, Iossif
| year=2001
| title=The Method in Chess
| publisher=Sarl Game Mind
| isbn=978-2957289028}}
- {{cite book
| author=Dorfman, Iossif
| year=2002
| title=The Critical Moment
| publisher=Sarl Game Mind
| isbn=978-2847350029}}
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1462505, Petar Velikov vs Josif D Dorfman, Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 1989, Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04), 0-1]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1320719, Josif D Dorfman vs Yuri Razuvaev, Elenite 1992, English Opening: King's English Variation, General (A20), 1-0]
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book | author=Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth | title=The Oxford Companion to Chess | publisher=Oxford University | year=1984 | isbn=0-19-217540-8}}
- {{cite book | author=Cafferty, Bernard and Mark Taimanov | title=The Soviet Championships | publisher=Cadogan Chess | year=1998 | isbn=1-85744-201-6}}
External links
- {{Fide|name=Josif D Dorfman}}
- {{chessgames player|id=65418}}
{{French chess grandmasters}}
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Ukrainian chess players