Lev Aptekar

Lev Isaakovich Aptekar (born November 26, 1936, Kiev, USSR) is a Jewish Soviet–New Zealand chess master, coach and writer.^[1]

He took 15th in the Kiev championship of 1963. In the middle of 1970s, he left the Soviet Union for New Zealand. In 1975/76, he shared first with Murray Chandler and Ortvin Sarapu in the 83rd New Zealand Championships in Upper Hutt. In 1976/77, he took 6th in Auckland (84th NZL-ch, Sarapu won). In 1979/80, he took 6th in Upper Hutt (87th NZL-ch, Sarapu, Small and Green won). In 1980/81, he tied for 7-9th in Christchurch (88th NZL-ch, Sarapu, Small and Nokes won).^[2]

Aptekar represented New Zealand in Chess Olympiads:

In 1980, at fourth board in 24th Olympiad in La Valletta (+3 –4 =4);
In 1988, at 2nd reserve board in 28th Olympiad in Thessaloniki but really the non-playing captain.^[3]

References

^ Lev Aptekar (1987). Wisdom in Chess. Editor Bob Mitchell. Government Printer. Wellington.
^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess

External links

Lev Aptekar player profile at ChessGames.com

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