Yaacov Bleiman | |
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Country | Israel |
Born | September 8, 1947 Vilnius, Lithuania |
Died | June 15, 2004 Haifa, Israel |
Title | International Master |
FIDE rating | 2405 (October 2001) |
Peak rating | 2521 (December 1979) |
Peak ranking | No. 131 |
Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman (Hebrew: יעקב בליימן; September 8, 1947, Vilnius[1] – June, 2004[2]) 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.[2]
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).[3] In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).[4]
He played for Israel in three Chess Olympiads.[5]
He also represented Israel in the 7th European Team Chess Championship at Skara 1980.[5]
Bleiman was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1971.[1]