Michael Roiz
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Michael Roiz (born 10 October 1983, Russia) is an Israeli International Grandmaster of chess.
He was born in Russia and learned to play chess at the age of 7. At the age of 9, he finished 2nd in the national championship under 10 category. In 1995 he moved to Israel, becoming an IM in 1999 at the age of 16 and a GM in 2003.
His best tournament achievements since have been: 1-3 in Ashdod op 2004; 1-6 in Zurich op 2004; 2-4 with Mikhail Gurevich and Vitali Golod with 7/9 at the Saint Vincent op 2004; 3-5 with 8/10 at the Benasque op 2005. He has been a winner of several blitz and rapid tournaments, such as Biel 2006. At the Gibraltar Masters in 2007, he shared 5th place in a very strong field, behind GMs Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Areshchenko, Hikaru Nakamura and Emil Sutovsky.
He was a member of the Israeli national team in Plovdiv 2003, (team silver medal); Calvia 2004 (the 36th Chess Olympiad), and Beer-Sheva World Teams championship 2005.
In 2005, he qualified for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk 2005, but lost to Alexander Motylev 0.5-1.5.
