Yaacov Bleiman (September 8, 1947, Vilnius

Vilnius

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 - June, 2004) was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess

Chess

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 master.

In 1965, Bleiman played in World Junior Championship

World Junior Chess Championship

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 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 (Bojan Kurajica

Bojan Kurajica

Bojan Kurajica is a Croatian-Bosnian chess grandmaster .Kurajica grew up in Split. He earned the International Master title in 1965 by winning the World Junior Championship...

 won). In 1971, he tied for 7-8th in Netanya (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).
In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).

Bleiman spent a decade designing a smart bomb that in 2003 was procured by the Israeli Air Force

Israeli Air Force

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 for its F-16

F-16 Fighting Falcon

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 fighter jets.

He played for Israel in three Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

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s.

• In 1970, at second reserve board in 19th 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 (+4 –0 =5);
• In 1974, at first reserve board in 21st Olympiad
  21st Chess Olympiad
  The 21st 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 June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France.-References:* OlimpBase...
  
   in Nice (+6 –1 =8);
• In 1978, at fourth board in 23rd Olympiad
  23rd Chess Olympiad
  The 23rd 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 October 25 and November 12, 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-References:...
  
   in Buenos Aires (+3 –1 =3).

He also represented Israel in 7th European Team Chess Championship at Skara

Skara

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 1980.

Bleiman was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1971.