Michael Roiz
Encyclopedia
Michael Roiz is an Israel
i chess
Grandmaster.
He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under-10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at the age of 16, and a GM in 2003.
His best tournament achievements since have been: 1–3 in Ashdod op 2004; 1–6 in Zürich
op 2004; 2–4 with Mikhail Gurevich
and Vitali Golod
with 7/9 at the Saint Vincent
op 2004; 3-5 with 8/10 at the Benasque
op 2005; 1–2 with Suat Atalık
at the Gorenje Valjevo
Tournament 2007; 2–3 with Radosław Wojtaszek at Lublin
op 2009.
He has won several blitz and rapid tournaments, such as Biel 2006. At the Gibraltar
Masters in 2007, he shared 5th place in a very strong field, behind GMs Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Areshchenko
, Hikaru Nakamura
, and Emil Sutovsky
. In the same year he tied for 1st–6th with Vitali Golod
, Mateusz Bartel
, Yuri Yakovich
, Zahar Efimenko
and Mikhail Kobalia
in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
International tournament.
He was a member of the Israeli national team in Plovdiv
2003, (team silver medal); Calvià
2004 (the 36th Chess Olympiad
), and Beer-Sheva World Team Chess Championship
2005.
In 2005, he qualified for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk
2005, but lost to Alexander Motylev
½–1½.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster.
He learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under-10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at the age of 16, and a GM in 2003.
His best tournament achievements since have been: 1–3 in Ashdod op 2004; 1–6 in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
op 2004; 2–4 with Mikhail Gurevich
Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)
Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich is a Soviet chess player. He lived in Belgium from 1991 to 2005 and since then resides in Turkey....
and Vitali Golod
Vitali Golod
Vitali Golod is a Soviet–Israeli chess grandmaster.As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2597, making him the # 7 player in Israel and the 152nd-highest rated player in the world. It is his peak rating so far.-Chess career:...
with 7/9 at the Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent (island)
Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains...
op 2004; 3-5 with 8/10 at the Benasque
Benasque
Benasque or Benasc is a town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, . It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the Pyrenees and surrounded by the highest peaks in that range.-Language:...
op 2005; 1–2 with Suat Atalık
Suat Atalik
Suat Atalık is a Grandmaster of chess. As of the July 2009 FIDE rating list, he is ranked number 165 in the world and number two in Turkey, behind Mikhail Gurevich....
at the Gorenje Valjevo
Valjevo
Valjevo is a city and municipality located in western Serbia. It is the center of the Kolubara District, which includes five other smaller municipalities with a total population of almost 180,000 people...
Tournament 2007; 2–3 with Radosław Wojtaszek at Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
op 2009.
He has won several blitz and rapid tournaments, such as Biel 2006. At the Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
Masters in 2007, he shared 5th place in a very strong field, behind GMs Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Areshchenko
Alexander Areshchenko
Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster and won the Ukrainian Champion in 2005. In 1999, he won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain ahead of future super-grandmaster Wang Yue. In 2007 he tied for 2nd-4th with Hikaru Nakamura and Emil Sutovsky in the 5th...
, Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess Grandmaster . He has been ranked among the top six players in the world by FIDE....
, and Emil Sutovsky
Emil Sutovsky
Emil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku, Azerbaijan .-Successes:...
. In the same year he tied for 1st–6th with Vitali Golod
Vitali Golod
Vitali Golod is a Soviet–Israeli chess grandmaster.As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2597, making him the # 7 player in Israel and the 152nd-highest rated player in the world. It is his peak rating so far.-Chess career:...
, Mateusz Bartel
Mateusz Bartel
Mateusz Bartel is a Polish chess player who holds the title of International Grandmaster . He won the under-18 European championship in 2003....
, Yuri Yakovich
Yuri Yakovich
Yuri Yakovich is a Russian chess Grandmaster . He was a member of the silver medal winning Russian team at the 1997 European Team Chess Championship....
, Zahar Efimenko
Zahar Efimenko
Zahar Efimenko is a Ukrainian chess player. He has been a grandmaster since 2002.-Chess career:In 1999 Efimenko won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. In the same year he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek,...
and Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg. In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel...
in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
International tournament.
He was a member of the Israeli national team in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
2003, (team silver medal); Calvià
Calvià
Calvià is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa. The municipal seat is the town of Vila Calvia.Calvià...
2004 (the 36th Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
), and Beer-Sheva World Team Chess Championship
World Team Chess Championship
The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent.-Men's team medals:-Women's team medals:-References:*...
2005.
In 2005, he qualified for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
2005, but lost to Alexander Motylev
Alexander Motylev
Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia.He learnt how to play at the age of four and a half years and at age six took part in group instruction sessions. This is not uncommon in Russia where chess is very much part of the school...
½–1½.