Boris Gelfand
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Israeli chess player
Why Is Boris Gelfand Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Boris Gelfand is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. A six-time World Championship candidate , he won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament, making him challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012. Although the match with defending champion Viswanathan Anand finished level at 6–6, Gelfand lost the deciding rapidplay tiebreak by 2½–1½.
