Yair Parkhov
Parkhov in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | יאיר פרחוב |
| Born | November 24, 2002 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Israel |
| Title | Grandmaster (2024)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2445 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2531 (June 2024) |
Yair Parkhov (Hebrew: יאיר פרחוב) is an Israeli chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In June 2019, he won the Israel Junior Chess Championship.[2]
In December 2021, he tied for second place with Evgeny Postny and Marsel Efroimski in the Israeli Chess Championship, but was ultimately ranked in 4th place after tiebreaks.[3][4]
In April 2024, he was officially awarded the GM title after becoming the tournament leader in round 5 of the Sardinia World Chess Festival.[5] He kept his lead after the next round,[6] but ultimately finished in 7th place after losing his game in the final round.[7]
In January 2025, he won the Israeli Chess Championship, finishing a half-point ahead of runner-up Yahli Sokolovsky.[8]
Personal life
He is studying data science at the University of Texas at Dallas.[9]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ "Israel Junior Championship Final 2019 June 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "TAMIR NABATY WINS THE ISRAEL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2021". December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Israeli National Open Championship 2021". Archived from the original on 2024-07-21. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (April 30, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R4-5: Yair Parkhov emerges sole leader".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (May 1, 2024). "Sardinia Festival 2024 R6: Yair Parkhov still in sole lead, 12-year-old Henry Tudor stuns Victor Mikhalevski".
- ^ Colodro, Carlos (May 5, 2024). "Daniel Dardha wins Sardinia Open".
- ^ "Yair Parkhov and Marsel Efroimski win 42nd Israeli Championship". January 29, 2025.
- ^ "Chess Team".