Name: Zvulon (Leonid) Gofshtein Birthday: 21.04.53 Title: GM Rating: 2523 Playchess handle: Pwstak

I'm GM from 1993.I was born in Kiev (Ukraine). Now (from 1990) I live in Israel (Tel-Aviv). I also help to study chess for everybody.I like to play chess especial rapid and bliz.

Career highlights
I began to play in tournaments from 1967 untill now. My first succeess was 2nd place in the championship of the USSR 1968 for schoolboys. First place took A.Beljavsky. Next big success: third place in championship for young masters USSR 1976. I was a winner a lot of tournaments in Israel and in Europe. Probably strongest is Cap D'Agde 1994. In 2003 I shared first place in the Israel Championship with Smirin and Avrukh. Also I took first place in the Israel rapid championship

Goals
I almost always try improve my play. I want play better and... better

Hobbys
Musik, Kabbala, Books, TV

Homepage:
www.gofshtein.cjb.net