# Lev Aptekar

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{{short description|Soviet-New Zealand chess player (born 1936)}}
'''Lev Isaakovich Aptekar''' (born 26 November 1936 in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv), [USSR](/source/USSR)) is a [Soviet](/source/USSR)–[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) - Australian [chess](/source/chess) master, coach and writer.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lev Aptekar|title=Wisdom in Chess|publisher=Editor Bob Mitchell. [Government Printer](/source/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](/source/Murray_Chandler) and [Ortvin Sarapu](/source/Ortvin_Sarapu) in the 83rd [New Zealand Championships](/source/New_Zealand_Chess_Championship) 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<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=2006-04-14 }}</ref>

Aptekar represented New Zealand in two [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s:<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''

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

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