Yaacov Bleiman

Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman (September 8, 1947, Vilnius[1] - June, 2004[2]) was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess master.

In 1965, Bleiman played in World Junior Championship in Barcelona (Bojan Kurajica won). In 1971, he tied for 7-8th in Netanya (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).[3] In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).[4]

Bleiman spent a decade designing a smart bomb that in 2003 was procured by the Israeli Air Force for its F-16 fighter jets.[2]

He played for Israel in three Chess Olympiads.[5]

He also represented Israel in 7th European Team Chess Championship at Skara 1980.[5]

Bleiman was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1971.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 42, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  2. ^ a b Secret Weapons Master, New In Chess Magazine, February 2005
  3. ^ Netanya 1971
  4. ^ Netanya 1976
  5. ^ a b Bleiman, Yaacov team chess record at olimpbase.org