Michal Lahav
{{short description|Israeli chess player (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Michal Lahav
| image = Michal Lahav at 2017 Andorra open 02.jpg
| caption = Lahav at the 2017 Andorra open
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| country = Israel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|3|df=yes}}
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| title = {{nowrap|Woman International Master (2019)}}
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| peakrating = 2286 (January 2020)
| FideID = 2813742
|native_name=מיכל להב|native_name_lang=he}}
Michal Lahav ({{Langx|he|מיכל להב}}; born 3 October 1999) is an Israeli chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2019). She was an Israeli Women's Chess Championship winner in 2016.
Biography
In 2016, Lahav won Israeli Women's Chess Championship.{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr240222.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title=Israel Women Championship 2016|website=Chess-Results.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/israeli-championships-tiberias|title=Young generation triumphs in Israeli Championships|date=December 20, 2016|website=Chess News}} In 2016, she ranked 3rd in World Youth Chess Championship in girl's U18 age group.{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr239746.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&flag=30&wi=821|title=World Youth Chess Championship 2016 G18|website=Chess-Results.com}}
She played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+2, =2, -0),{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr232876.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=ISR&flag=30|title=42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women|website=Chess-Results.com}}
- In 2018, at reserve board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+1, =2, -2).{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr368909.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=ISR&flag=30|title=43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women|website=Chess-Results.com}}
Lahav played for Israel in the European Women's Team Chess Championships:
- In 2017, at reserve board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship (women) in Crete (+0, =3, -1),{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr304485.aspx?lan=1&art=20&snr=13&flag=30|title=21st European Women's Team Chess Championship 2017|website=Chess-Results.com}}
- In 2019, at fourth board in the 22nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Batumi (+3, =3, -2).{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr455226.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=ISR&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=22nd European Team Chess Championship 2019 Women Section|website=Chess-Results.com}}
In 2019, she won 2nd- 4th place in the Israeli Open Championships along with Gad Rechlis and Victor Mikhalevski with 7/9 points.{{Cite web|title=Israeli National Open Championship - 2019 January 2020 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=237125|access-date=2020-06-16|website=ratings.FIDE.com}}
In 2019, she received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=2813742&title=WIM&pb=57|title=FIDE Title Applications (WIM)|website=ratings.FIDE.com}}
References
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External links
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- {{Chessgames player|140951}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Michal_Lahav}}
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Category:Israeli female chess players
Category:Israeli chess players
Category:Chess Woman International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen
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