Uzi Geller is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i chess master.

He was Israeli Champion

Israeli Chess Championship

The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.-History:From 1951-1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event...

 in 1971/72. He tied for 7-10th at Netanya 1968 (Robert James Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster...

 won), took 16th at Netanya 1971 (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma

Bruno Parma

Bruno Parma is a Slovene chess player and Grandmaster.Parma was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia . He first played in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1959, sharing second place...

 won), and tied for 6-7th at Teheran 1972 (West Asian zonal, Shimon Kagan

Shimon Kagan

Shimon Kagan an Israeli chess master.He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 , tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 , took 9th at Netanya 1971 .Kagan played for Israel in nine Chess Olympiads.* In 1966, at fourth board in 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana ;* In...

 won).

Uzi Geller twice represented Israel in 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...

s:

• In 1970, at fourth board in 19th Chess Olympiad
  19th Chess Olympiad
  The 19th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open team tournament and the Annual Congress of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, took place between September 5 and September 27, 1970, in the small town of Siegen, West Germany.-Tournament report:...
  
   in Siegen
  Siegen
  Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
  
   (+5 –3 =4);
• In 1972, at third board in 20th Chess Olympiad
  20th Chess Olympiad
  The 20th 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 18 and October 13, 1972, in Skopje, Yugoslavia ....
  
   in Skopje
  Skopje
  Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
  
   (+1 –5 =1).

Geller was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1969.

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