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Yedael Stepak
Y Stepak 
Yedael Stepak - receiving 2nd place medal Photo credit: pazeinat.com  

Number of games in database: 154
Years covered: 1964 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2088 (2044 rapid, 2091 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2355
Overall record: +16 -81 =54 (28.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (15) 
    E81 E63 E92 E70 E87
 Sicilian (8) 
    B25 B24 B30 B20 B46
 English (8) 
    A13 A16 A17 A12 A15
 Reti System (8) 
    A04
 King's Indian Attack (5) 
    A07
 Grunfeld (5) 
    D78 D92 D75 D93
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (21) 
    E84 E92 E62 E83 E60
 Sicilian (16) 
    B43 B42 B40 B28 B20
 Sicilian Kan (9) 
    B43 B42 B41
 Grunfeld (6) 
    D80 D92 D87 D72 D97
 French Defense (5) 
    C10 C16 C02
 English (5) 
    A16 A10 A15
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980 1-0
   Y Stepak vs N Spiridonov, 1966 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Netanya (1976)
   World Student Team Championship Final-A (1965)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Israeli Team Championship
   I Ben Artzi vs Y Stepak (Feb-23-19) 1-0
   Y Stepak vs Sasikiran (Apr-03-12) 0-1

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YEDAEL STEPAK
(born Aug-21-1940, 84 years old) Israel

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Stepak was born in Haifa and awarded the FM title in 1983.

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 154  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Hort vs Y Stepak ½-½421964WchT U26 11th fin-AE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
2. D De Loughrey vs Y Stepak  0-1551964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-3B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
3. S Zinser vs Y Stepak  ½-½541964Tel Aviv Olympiad qual-3B06 Robatsch
4. Y Stepak vs Spassky ½-½361964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AA17 English
5. W Schmidt vs Y Stepak ½-½211964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AC10 French
6. Y Stepak vs B Wexler  0-1361964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
7. Y Stepak vs Jansa  0-1401964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AE83 King's Indian, Samisch
8. Y Stepak vs L Prins  0-1771964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AA10 English
9. Lengyel vs Y Stepak  1-0441964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AE60 King's Indian Defense
10. Y Stepak vs Matulovic 0-1431964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AB25 Sicilian, Closed
11. E Perez Gosalbes vs Y Stepak  ½-½311964Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-AD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
12. Y Stepak vs Hort 0-1591965World Student Team Championship qual-1A04 Reti Opening
13. Y Stepak vs P N Lee  1-0441965World Student Team Championship Final-AB25 Sicilian, Closed
14. Y Stepak vs Savon  ½-½191965World Student Team Championship Final-AC47 Four Knights
15. Y Stepak vs Hort  ½-½171965World Student Team Championship Final-AA07 King's Indian Attack
16. H Ree vs Y Stepak  0-1441965World Student Team Championship Final-AC02 French, Advance
17. Gheorghiu vs Y Stepak  1-0331965World Student Team Championship Final-AC10 French
18. Y Stepak vs A Hennings  ½-½591965World Student Team Championship Final-AA22 English
19. S Pedersen vs Y Stepak  1-0571965World Student Team Championship Final-AA53 Old Indian
20. Sliwa vs Y Stepak  1-0341966Tel AvivA16 English
21. Y Stepak vs Y Kraidman  ½-½401966Tel AvivA16 English
22. M Czerniak vs Y Stepak  ½-½671966Tel AvivB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
23. Y Stepak vs Gligoric  ½-½461966Tel AvivE86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
24. J Bolbochan vs Y Stepak  ½-½671966Tel AvivA46 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Y Stepak vs S Kagan  0-1521966Tel AvivB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 154  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-05-09  WhiteRook48: great player
Feb-15-09  WhiteRook48: and is most known for victory against Mashian, 193 moves

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