Ori Kobo (born April 24, 1997) is an Israeli chess grandmaster.

Ori Kobo
Kobo in 2017
CountryIsrael
Born (1997-04-24) April 24, 1997 (age 27)
Jerusalem, Israel
TitleGrandmaster (2017)[1]
FIDE rating2533 (May 2024)
Peak rating2559 (May 2023)

Chess career edit

In November 2022, he was part of the Israeli team alongside Maxim Rodshtein, Tamir Nabaty, Avital Boruchovsky, Ilia Smirin, and Evgeny Postny in the World Team Championship.[2]

In December 2022, he finished 6th in the Israeli Chess Championship.[3]

In July 2023, he was defeated by Alexander Donchenko in a 96-move game in the Sportland NRW Cup.[4]

Kobo competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Valentin Dragnev in the first round.

References edit

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Despite boycott call, chess teams in Israel for world championship". November 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Gorshtein and Shvayger win 2022 Israeli Championship". December 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (July 3, 2023). "Sportland NRW Cup 2023: Karthik Venkataraman second, Sparkassen Open: Leon Luke Mendonca third".