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Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a chess grandmaster. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he immigrated to Israel in 1998 and is a member of the Israeli national chess team. On the January 2007 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2733, making him number ten in the world and Israel's number one.
In 1988 he tied for first in the World Junior Championship, the title however going to Joel Lautier. The next year he earned the GM title. In 2004 Gelfand won the Pamplona, Navarra tournament, held from December 20 to December 29.
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