{{Short description|Israeli chess grandmaster (1953–2015)}} {{Infobox chess player |image = LGofshtein09.jpg |name = Leonid Gofshtein |country = Israel |birth_date = 21 April 1953 |birth_place = Soviet Union |death_date = {{dda|2015|12|25|1953|4|21|df=y}} |death_place = Israel |title = Grandmaster |peakrating = 2585 (January 2000) |FideID = 2801574 |native_name=זבולון גופשטיין|native_name_lang=he}} '''Leonid Gofshtein''' (also known by his Hebrew name '''Zvulon Gofshtein''' {{langx|he|זבולון גופשטיין}}; 21 April 1953 – 25 December 2015) was an Israeli chess grandmaster. He emigrated from the Ukrainian SSR to Israel in 1990.<ref name=obit>{{cite web |title=(לאוניד (זבולון) גופשטיין (1953- 2015 |language=he |url=http://www.chess.org.il/ContentPages/ContentPage.aspx?Id=1644 |accessdate=27 December 2015}}</ref>
In 1999 he tied for 1st–5th with Mikhail Gurevich, Aleksandar Berelovich, Sergei Tiviakov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the open section of the Hoogeveen International tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic259.html#3 |title=TWIC 258: VAM Chess Tournament |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=1999-10-25 |publisher=London Chess Center |accessdate=24 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930231855/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic259.html |archivedate=30 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2000 he came second in the Tel Aviv International tournament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic282.html#5|title=TWIC 282: Tel Aviv International|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2000-04-03|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=24 May 2010}}</ref> and tied for 2nd–6th with Roman Slobodjan, Ventzislav Inkiov, Giorgi Bagaturov and Stefan Đurić in the Arco Chess Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/arco_2000/|title=The Arco Chess Festival|publisher=Chess.gr|accessdate=24 May 2010|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202600/http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/arco_2000/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004 he tied for 1st–3rd with Michael Roiz and Evgeniy Najer in the Ashdod Chess Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic531.html#12|title=TWIC 531: 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2005-01-10|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=24 May 2010}}</ref> In 2006, tied for 2nd–5th with Slavko Cicak, José González García and Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez in the VIII Sants Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic617.html#12|title=TWIC 617: VIII Sants Open|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2006-09-04|publisher=London Chess Center|accessdate=25 May 2010}}</ref>
He played for Israel in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ucaki62h.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Leonid Gofshtein|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=22 May 2011}}</ref> On the May 2010 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2537.
Gofshtein's handle on the Internet Chess Club was "Orange". He died on 25 December 2015 after a long illness.<ref name=obit/>
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