Lev Isaakovich Aptekar (born 26 November 1936 in

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- Australian

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master, coach and writer.

Career

He finished 15th in the Kiev championship of 1963. In the mid-1970s, he left the Soviet Union for New Zealand. In 1975/76, he shared first with

Murray Chandler Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. In the 1980s, he gained British citizenship and represented England at six Chess Olympiads. He has since returned to Ne ...

and

Ortvin Sarapu Ortvin Sarapu (born Ortvin Sarapuu; 22 January 1924 – 13 April 1999), known in New Zealand as "Mr Chess", was an Estonian-born chess player who emigrated to New Zealand and won or shared the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times from 1 ...

in the 83rd

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in Upper Hutt. In 1976/77, he finished 6th in Auckland (84th NZL-ch, Sarapu won). In 1979/80, he finished 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). In December 2011 he moved to Sydney, Australia. Aptekar represented New Zealand in two

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/ref> * 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. He was the national chess coach for the 1990 Olympiad in Novi Sad.

Books

* ''Wisdom in chess'' (1987) Editor Bob Mitchell * ''The Art of Chess - The Power of Tactics'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books'' * ''The Art of Chess - The Wisdom of Strategy'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books'' * ''The Art of Chess - The Flame of Attack'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books''

References

External links

* 1936 births Living people Ukrainian chess players New Zealand chess players Jewish chess players Chess players from Kyiv Soviet emigrants Immigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-chess-bio-stub