LEONID GERZHOY (born Jul-11-1987, 37 years old) Israel (federation/nationality Canada) [what is this?] He is an IM, won the 2006 Toronto Closed, took 2nd in the 2006 Canadian Championship, won the Canadian 2007 Junior and won the 2010 Hart House Reading week open tournament. In 2011, he won the Philadelphia International with 8/9 and tied for 1st-2nd with Bator Sambuev in the Ontario open. In 2003 at Denizli, he played 1st board for Israel in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad and acheived 8 points in 10 games played for a team placement of 6th of 23 participating teams. His Chess Olympiad (2010) debut on the Canadian 3rd board earned him 3 wins and 3 draws (in 9 games played). He returned to the Chess Olympiad (2012) in Turkey on board 2 (finishing with 3 wins and 4 draws for a score of 5/9) to qualify for Canada for his 2nd time, accumulating 11½/25 in Olympiad points by 2014. He also participated in the Chess Olympiad (2014) (+1-4=2 at 3rd board). He tied with Bindi Cheng for share of 17th-28th with 5½/9 at the 41st Annual World Open (2013) (6) and tied for 5th-13th with 6/9 at the Washington (D. C.) International in 2013 (7). He finished with 6.5/9 at the Canadian zonal (9). References: (1) http://www.chess.ca/ (Canadian Chess Federation), (2) http://www.olimpbase.org/ (Olympiad & team chess chronological catalog), (3) http://torontochess.org/drupal/ (Greater Toronto Chess League - GTCL), (4) http://www.chessontario.com/ (Ontario Chess Association - OCA), (5) http://chesstournamentservices.com/... (Continental Chess Association), (6) http://www.worldopen.com/, (7) http://www.internationalchess.net/, (8) https://sites.google.com/site/ottaw... , (9) http://www.canadianchesszonal.com/x... . Wikipedia article: Leonid Gerzhoy

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page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Fier vs L Gerzhoy   1-0 56 1997 Wch U10 B01 Scandinavian 2. L Gerzhoy vs R Panjwani   1-0 50 1999 Canadian Junior Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 3. S Megaranto vs L Gerzhoy   1-0 31 2000 Wch U14 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. L Gerzhoy vs Sutovsky   0-1 25 2001 Israel Open Ch A15 English 5. Mikhalevski vs L Gerzhoy   1-0 40 2001 Israel Open Ch E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 6. L Gerzhoy vs D de Vreugt   ½-½ 55 2001 Czech Open A09 Reti Opening 7. L Voloshin vs L Gerzhoy   ½-½ 31 2001 Czech Open D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 8. L Gerzhoy vs V Talla   ½-½ 41 2001 Czech Open A04 Reti Opening 9. J Lechtynsky vs L Gerzhoy   0-1 40 2001 Czech Open B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 10. C Hall vs L Gerzhoy   0-1 42 2001 EU-ch U14 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. L Gerzhoy vs D Baratosi   1-0 36 2001 EU-ch U14 A25 English 12. P Scharrer vs L Gerzhoy   0-1 36 2001 EU-ch U14 B56 Sicilian 13. L Gerzhoy vs Predojevic   ½-½ 58 2001 EU-ch U14 A04 Reti Opening 14. E Romanov vs L Gerzhoy   0-1 47 2001 EU-ch U14 B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 15. L Gerzhoy vs Karjakin   ½-½ 82 2001 EU-ch U14 A25 English 16. S Zavgorodniy vs L Gerzhoy   ½-½ 44 2001 EU-ch U14 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. L Gerzhoy vs V Laznicka   ½-½ 16 2001 EU-ch U14 A13 English 18. L Gerzhoy vs D Baramidze ½-½ 37 2001 EU-ch U14 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 19. L Gerzhoy vs J Banawa   ½-½ 31 2001 WYB14 A38 English, Symmetrical 20. R Yang vs L Gerzhoy   ½-½ 64 2001 WYB14 B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. M Lepan vs L Gerzhoy   0-1 36 2001 WYB14 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 22. L Gerzhoy vs Y Wang 0-1 29 2001 WYB14 A04 Reti Opening 23. V Golod vs L Gerzhoy   1-0 41 2002 ISR-chT E20 Nimzo-Indian 24. L Gerzhoy vs B Thorfinnsson   1-0 64 2002 Budapest FS07 GM E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. S Kristjansson vs L Gerzhoy   1-0 42 2002 Budapest FS07 GM B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249

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Jun-08-10    Catfriend: I remember playing Leonid Gerzhoy at a local park, we were about the same age (8-10), but naturally the results weren't that similar:) Jul-15-15    Penguincw: Leonid Gerzhoy leads at the Canadian Chess Championship with one round to go.

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