Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner (28 February 1950, Odessa

Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

, Ukraine

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, former USSR – 24 September 2011, Herzlia, Israel

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) was a Ukrainian

Ukrainians

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 chess grandmaster (GM). In 1978 and 1982, he was Ukrainian Champion

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.

He played in several Soviet Union championships

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, and his best achievement was second place, behind Andrei Sokolov

Andrei Sokolov

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, at Lvov in 1984.

Lerner won or shared first place in many tournaments, among others at Polanica Zdrój

Polanica Zdrój

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 1985 and 1986 (Rubinstein Memorial), Tallinn

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 1986, Moscow

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 1986, Genova

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 1989, Copenhagen

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 1990, Gausdal

Gausdal

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 1992, Nikolaev 1995 (zonal), Berlin

Berlin

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 1997, Graz

Graz

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 1997, Recklinghausen

Recklinghausen

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 1999, Bad Wörishofen

Bad Wörishofen

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 2000, Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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 2001 and 2002, Rishon Le Zion 2004, Giv'atayim

Giv'atayim

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 2005 (Ettinger Memorial), and Herzlia 2005 (Arye Urieli Memorial).

In 2004, he tied for third-fourth at the Israel

Israel

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i open championships in Ramat Aviv

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. He was awarded the GM title in 1986.

He arrived in Israel

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 in 2001 and lived there for 10 years, playing for Kefar-Saba chess club, until his death in 2011. In his last days he suffered from several health problems. He died in Herzlia, Israel

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in 2011, aged 61.

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