Mark Tseitlin

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Mark Danilovich Tseitlin (Hebrew: מארק דנילוביץ צייטלין‎; Russian: Марк Данилович Цейтлин; born September 23, 1943) in Leningrad, is an Israeli international chess grandmaster of Russian origin.

As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2491, making him the # 23 player in Israel and the 769th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2545 in 1995^[1].

He grew up in Leningrad, and was the city's champion in 1970, 1975, 1976, and (jointly) 1978. He was awarded the International Master the same year (1978), and became a grandmaster in 1997.

He moved to Israel, and is currently a trainer at the Beer-Sheva Eliahu Levant Chess club, a world-renowned club frequented by many of Israel's finest players.

He is known for his sharp tactical vision at the chessboard, and is an acknowledged expert in the field of chess opening theory, an example being the Grunfeld Defence.

In 2007, he was the Beer-Sheva Chess Club Champion.

During his playing career he has contested games with most of the world's top players, including ex-world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, along with many against Viktor Korchnoi, whom he has defeated four times. His most outstanding results include first place at Polanica Zdroj 1978 (ahead of Andersson), and second at Trnava 1979 (after Plachetka).

He has also coached the Canadian grandmaster, Dmitry Tyomkin.

Tseitlin is not known to be related to fellow renowned chess master Mikhail Tseitlin.