Gedali Shapiro (later Gedalia Shapira) (28 October 1929 – 28 December 1972) was a Polish–Israeli chess

Chess

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 master, born in Siedlce

Siedlce

Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....

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He tied for 7-8th at Wrocław (Breslau) 1955 Polish Championship

Polish Chess Championship

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. He played for “Poland B” in 3rd Triennial Cup (HUN–CSR–POL) at Warsaw 1956.

Szapiro played twice in Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

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• In 1956, at first reserve board in 12th Chess Olympiad
  12th Chess Olympiad
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   in Moscow (+1 –4 =2) for Poland;
• In 1962, at second reserve board in 15th Chess Olympiad
  15th Chess Olympiad
  The 15th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 15 and October 10, 1962, in Varna, Bulgaria.-References:* OlimpBase...
  
   in Varna (+4 –2 =5) for Israel.

He tied for 4-5th with Yair Kraidman

Yair Kraidman

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, behind Milan Matulović

Milan Matulovic

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, Petar Trifunović

Petar Trifunovic

Dr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and Serbian Champion of chess...

 and Moshe Czerniak

Moshe Czerniak

-Biography:In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Palestine . In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv . He was Palestinian Champion in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club...

, at Netanya 1961.

He died in Rishon Lezion, Israel.