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Ronen Har-Zvi

Number of games in database: 207
Years covered: 1989 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2513 (2523 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2515
Overall record: +62 -46 =84 (54.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 15 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (25) 
    B22 B56 B40 B80 B30
 King's Indian (8) 
    E97 E94 E95 E98 E92
 English, 1 c4 e5 (7) 
    A21 A20 A25 A27
 English (7) 
    A10 A18 A16 A15
 French Defense (5) 
    C01 C18
 Pirc (4) 
    B07
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (38) 
    B22 B93 B96 B90 B52
 King's Indian (22) 
    E81 E97 E94 E67 E61
 Sicilian Najdorf (14) 
    B96 B93 B90 B91
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    A41 A45 A40
 English, 1 c4 c5 (7) 
    A35 A36 A33 A34 A30
 Nimzo Indian (5) 
    E32 E21 E23 E43 E44
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Schmaltz vs R Har-Zvi, 2001 0-1
   Fritz vs R Har-Zvi, 2000 0-1
   REBEL vs R Har-Zvi, 2000 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Tel Aviv-B (1991)
   Eikrem Memorial (1996)
   Rishon LeZion (1991)
   Biel MTO Open (1992)
   17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1993)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Airthings Masters
   R Har-Zvi vs D Paravyan (Feb-03-23) 1-0, rapid
   Y Yu vs R Har-Zvi (Feb-03-23) 1-0, rapid

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RONEN HAR-ZVI
(born Oct-13-1976, 48 years old) Israel

[what is this?]
In 1991, Ronen Har-Zvi took 2nd in the World U16 championship. In 1992, he won the World U16 championship. In 1995, he was awarded the GM title.

Wikipedia article: Ronen Har-Zvi


Try our new games table.

 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 215  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Tozer vs R Har-Zvi  1-0261989FRG-chJ intA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
2. I Fancsy vs R Har-Zvi  0-1391989FRG-chJ intA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
3. R Har-Zvi vs G Hernandez Guerrero  0-1391990Lyon FRAA25 English
4. R Har-Zvi vs I Tsesarsky  ½-½341991Tel Aviv-BA04 Reti Opening
5. I Veinger vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½521991Rishon LeZionB20 Sicilian
6. R Har-Zvi vs E Lahav  0-1421991Tel Aviv-BA20 English
7. J Votava vs R Har-Zvi  1-0311991Rishon LeZionB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. R Har-Zvi vs Bronstein 1-0301991Rishon LeZionA21 English
9. V Beim vs R Har-Zvi ½-½181991Rishon LeZionA36 English
10. R Har-Zvi vs O Bruk  ½-½161991Rishon LeZionA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
11. E Liss vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½241991Tel Aviv-BB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. R Har-Zvi vs M Shrentzel  ½-½251991Rishon LeZionD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. R Har-Zvi vs M Damjanovic  1-0481991Tel Aviv-BA20 English
14. Y Zilberman vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½171991Tel Aviv-BE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
15. R Har-Zvi vs Y Temanlis  1-0401991Tel Aviv-BD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. R Har-Zvi vs N Andrianov  ½-½341991Tel Aviv-BA36 English
17. E Shvidler vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½281991Tel Aviv-BE61 King's Indian
18. R Har-Zvi vs O Lehner  1-0431991Wch U16 11thE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
19. R Har-Zvi vs E Liss  1-0411991Rishon LeZionA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
20. S T Ansell vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½161991Rishon LeZionB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
21. R Har-Zvi vs P Jaracz  1-0381991Wch U16 11thA21 English
22. R Har-Zvi vs U Zak  ½-½201991Tel Aviv-BA10 English
23. E Sindik vs R Har-Zvi  0-1301991Tel Aviv-BB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
24. R Har-Zvi vs A Istratescu  1-0381991Wch U16 11thA16 English
25. R Shabtai vs R Har-Zvi  ½-½311991Tel Aviv-BB07 Pirc
 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 215  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-12-07  Ch3ckmate: hes bullet games in playchess are great entertainment!
Jan-19-07  you vs yourself: This guy once was the under 16 world champion. He's an Israeli GM and if I'm not mistaken, he married an American and is now living in NY.
Jan-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: He's on with Mig now covering Corus '08.
Jan-06-09  KingG: Here's a video of Har-Zvi deiscussing one of this bullet games. The game is absolutely incredible considering it's 1min chess. I think almost anyone would be proud of it even in classical chess.

https://webcast.chessclub.com/blog/...

Tim Krabbe has an item on it(no 178): http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/...

Jan-06-09  KingG: Here is the PGN btw:

[Event "Bullet: 1min'"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2001.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hawkeye"]
[Black "The-Joker"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.
Nge2 d6 6. h3 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh2 Re8 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Ng4+ 11. Kg3 Nf2 12. Rxf2 Qh4+ 13. Kxh4 Bxf2+ 14. Ng3 Re6 15. Kg4 Nd4 16. f5 Rg6+ 17. Kf4 Rxg3 18. Qf1 g5+ 19. fxg6 Ne6+ 20. Kf5 Ng7+ 21. Kf6 Rxg6+ 22. Ke7 Re6+ 23. Kd8 Bb6 24. Nd5 Re8# 0-1

White is the German GM Roland Schmaltz, Black is Ronen Har-Zvi.

Mar-09-09  blacksburg: he thought for 1 second before playing 12...Qh4+. 1 second. ridiculous.
Jun-24-10  jrichman38: Ronen now lives in Brownsville,Texas and coaches the UTB team.
Feb-27-11  wordfunph: "That's very nice Ronen, but it's not such a glamorous life as you might think. You will spend the next 30 years of your life living out of suitcases and fighting for control of the d5 square."

- GM Nigel Davies (counsel to his former student Ronen Har-Zvi who wanted to be a chess professional)

Feb-27-11  wordfunph: ...and the next time they met, Ronen told GM Davies that he wanted to be a lawyer.
Feb-27-11  Kazzak: @KingG

A beautiful game, the bullet you posted. Incredible.
Don't see this every day.


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May-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Har-Zvi's famous bullet game is at Schmaltz vs R Har-Zvi, 2001.
May-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Har-Zvi in Rublevsky-Har-Zvi, 1993 (apparently not published anywhere) was the first to play the extremely important TN 13...d5!! later seen in games like Delchev vs Ivanchuk, 2003.
Jul-11-12  BIDMONFA: Ronen Har-Zvi

HAR ZVI, Ronen
http://www.bidmonfa.com/har_zvi_ron...
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Oct-13-12  waustad: Happy b'day Ronen. I've enjoyed your work sometimes on chessfm.

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