Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Lesser known game of Raaphy Persitz

A figure not well known to younger players, but Raaphy Persitz was a strong master who played and lived in England before moving back to his native Israel in the 1960s. He was a long time contributor to the British Chess Magazine, his notes to games were deep and penetrating. He was Israeli Junior champion in 1951 and represented Israel in the Leipzig Olympiad in 1960. When he passed away in 2009 there were many moving tributes to him as a good and loyal friend of many leading lights in British Chess in the 50s and 60s. Here is a nice game he won against Robert Huebner in 1969

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Lesser known game of Raaphy Persitz

A figure not well known to younger players, but Raaphy Persitz was a strong master who played and lived in England before moving back to his...