Yaacov Bleiman

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| country = Israel

| birth_date = September 8, 1947

| birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuania

| death_date = June 15, 2004

| death_place = Haifa, Israel

| title = International Master

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| rating = 2405 (October 2001)

| peakrating = 2521 (December 1979)

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Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman ({{langx|he|יעקב בליימן}}; September 8, 1947, Vilnius – June, 2004) was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess master.

Bleiman spent a decade designing a smart bomb that was procured by the Israeli Air Force for its F-16 fighter jets in 2003.[http://www.newinchess.nl/New_In_Chess_Magazine_issue_2005_2-p-402.html Secret Weapons Master], New In Chess Magazine, February 2005

Chess

In 1965, Bleiman played in World Junior Championship in Barcelona (Bojan Kurajica won). In 1971, he tied for 7-8th in Netanya (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).[http://netanyachess.com/en_ev/ev_Netanya1971.htm Netanya 1971]

In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).[http://netanyachess.com/en_ev/ev_Netanya1976.htm Netanya 1976]

He played for Israel in three Chess Olympiads.[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/f9prvn5f.html Bleiman, Yaacov] team chess record at olimpbase.org

  • In 1970, at second reserve board in 19th Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –0 =5);
  • In 1974, at first reserve board in 21st Olympiad in Nice (+6 –1 =8);
  • In 1978, at fourth board in 23rd Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3 –1 =3).

He also represented Israel in the 7th European Team Chess Championship at Skara 1980.

Bleiman was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1971.{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=42}}

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