Houshang (Yaakov, Yaacov) Mashian (Persian: هوشنگ (یاکوف) مشیان, born 17 December 1938) is an Iranian-Israeli chess master.
| Yaacov Mashian | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Houshang Mashian |
| Country |  Iran (until 1971) Switzerland (1972-1976) Israel (since 1977)[1] |
| Born | 17 December 1938 Tehran, Iran |
| FIDE rating | 2275 (September 2019)[Inacative][2] |
| Peak rating | 2293 (January 1999) |
Mashian won Iranian Chess Championship in 1958 and represented Iran in Chess Olympiads: at Munich 1958, Tel Aviv 1964 and Siegen 1970.[3] He took 14th at Reggio Emilia 1970/71, an event won by Bruno Parma.[4] Mashian emigrated to Israel in the middle of the 1970s.
In the Israeli Chess Championship at Tel Aviv 1980, he lost to Yedael Stepak after 24 hours and 30 minutes, consisting of 193 moves, in the world's longest decisive chess game as well as the world's longest in time.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Yaacov Mashian Rating and Chess Federation history
- ^ Yaacov Mashian Chess Profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Houshang Mashian". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "reggio". Xoomer.virgilio.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "World's longest chess game. Ivan Nikolic Goran Arsovic Yedael Stepak Yaakov Mashian". Thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Yedael Stepak vs Yaakov Mashian (1980)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
Arsalan Geula. Arsalan and Fereidon Geula: Chess Playing Brothers. 2009.
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