Houshang Mashian

Houshang (Yaakov, Yaacov) Mashian (born 17 December 1938) an Iranian-Israeli chess master.

He was Iranian Chess Champion in 1958. He thrice represented Iran in Chess Olympiads at Munich 1958, Tel Aviv 1964, and Siegen 1970.[1] He took 14th at Reggio Emilia 1970/71 (Bruno Parma).[2] Mashian emigrated to Israel in the middle of the 1970s.

In Israeli Chess Championship at Tel Aviv 1980, he lost to Yedael Stepak after 24 hours and 30 minutes, consisting of 193 moves, in the world's longest decided chess game as well as the world's longest in time.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Houshang Mashian". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  2. ↑ "reggio". Xoomer.virgilio.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. ↑ "World's longest chess game. Ivan Nikolic Goran Arsovic Yedael Stepak Yaakov Mashian". Thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Yedael Stepak vs Yaakov Mashian (1980)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

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