Lev Aptekar

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{short description|Soviet-New Zealand chess player (born 1936)}} '''Lev Isaakovich Aptekar''' (born 26 November 1936 in Kyiv, USSR) is a Soviet–New Zealand - Australian chess master, coach and writer.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lev Aptekar|title=Wisdom in Chess|publisher=Editor Bob Mitchell. Government Printer. Wellington|year=1987}}</ref>

== Career == He finished 15th in the Kiev championship of 1963. In the mid-1970s, he left the Soviet Union for New Zealand. In 1975/76, he shared first with Murray Chandler and Ortvin Sarapu in the 83rd New Zealand Championships in Upper Hutt. In 1976/77, he finished 6th in Auckland (84th NZL-ch, Sarapu won). In 1979/80, he finished 6th in Upper Hutt (87th NZL-ch, Sarapu, Small and Green won). In 1980/81, he tied for 7–9th in Christchurch (88th NZL-ch, Sarapu, Small and Nokes won). In December 2011 he moved to Sydney, Australia.<ref>[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=2006-04-14 }}</ref>

Aptekar represented New Zealand in two Chess Olympiads:<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/3dxhx5rc.html Lev Aptekar] Chess Olympiad statistics from [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]</ref> * In 1980, at fourth board in 24th Olympiad in La Valletta (+3 –4 =4); * In 1988, at 2nd reserve board in 28th Olympiad in Thessaloniki but really the non-playing captain. He was the national chess coach for the 1990 Olympiad in Novi Sad.{{fact|date=November 2020}}

=== Books === * ''Wisdom in chess'' (1987) Editor Bob Mitchell * ''The Art of Chess - The Power of Tactics'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books'' * ''The Art of Chess - The Wisdom of Strategy'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books'' * ''The Art of Chess - The Flame of Attack'' (2008) Editor Bob Mitchell - ''available on iPad app e+Books''

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==External links== * {{chessgames player|id=81202|name=Lev Aptekar}}

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