# Lev Gutman

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Lev Gutman Leiden 2008 Personal information Born (1945-09-26) 26 September 1945 (age 80) Riga, Soviet Union Chess career Country Germany Title Grandmaster (1986) Peak rating 2547 (October 2000)

**Lev Gutman** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): לב גוטמן, [Latvian](/source/Latvian_language): *Ļevs Gutmans*; born 26 September 1945 in [Riga](/source/Riga)) is a [Latvian](/source/Latvia), [Israeli](/source/Israel), and German chess [grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)).

## Chess career

At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; [Jānis Klovāns](/source/J%C4%81nis_Klov%C4%81ns) won), which was the first of many appearances in the [Latvian championship](/source/Latvian_Chess_Championship); he tied for 5–7th place in 1969, tied for 4–5th in 1971, won in 1972, tied for 7–8th in 1973, took 3rd in 1974, took 4th in 1975, took 2nd in 1976, tied for 2nd–3rd in 1977, tied for 7–9th in 1978, tied for 4–5th in 1979.

In 1972 he won, equal with [Alvis Vītoliņš](/source/Alvis_V%C4%ABtoli%C5%86%C5%A1) and Šmits, the [Riga](/source/Riga) Chess Championship. In 1974, he tied for 6–7th in [Pärnu](/source/P%C3%A4rnu). In 1975, he tied for 6–8th in Riga. In 1976, he tied for 7–9th in Riga. In 1977, he tied for 6–7th in [Homel](/source/Homel). In 1978, he tied for 4–7th in [Vladivostok](/source/Vladivostok). In 1978, he won in [Haapsalu](/source/Haapsalu).

Gutman emigrated from the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) to Israel in 1980, later moving to Germany.

A former second to [Viktor Korchnoi](/source/Viktor_Korchnoi), he is known as an expert on [opening theory](/source/Chess_opening).

He played for Israel in two [Chess Olympiads](/source/Chess_Olympiad).

- In 1982, at third board in the [25th Chess Olympiad](/source/25th_Chess_Olympiad) in Lucerne (+4 –4 =2);

- In 1984, at third board in the [26th Chess Olympiad](/source/26th_Chess_Olympiad) in Thessaloniki (+4 –3 =3).

In 1984, he won in [Grindavik](/source/Grindavik). In 1985, he won in [Beer Sheva](/source/Beer_Sheva). In 1986, he won in [Wuppertal](/source/Wuppertal). In 1986, he tied for 1st–4th with Viktor Korchnoi (winner on tie-break), [Nigel Short](/source/Nigel_Short), and [James Plaskett](/source/James_Plaskett) in the strong [Lugano](/source/Lugano) Open. In 1987, Gutman was clear first at the traditional [Biel](/source/Biel) Open. He also lost to [Judit Polgar](/source/Judit_Polgar) in Brussels in that year, making him the first GM she beat.[1]

He was awarded the [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) title in 1986.

In September 2015, on the occasion of the 70st birthday of Lev Gutman, the chessclub *Schachverein Lingen 1959* organised a tournament, the *Lev Gutman 70 GM-Turnier* in [Lingen](/source/Lingen).[2] The winner was GM [Stelios Halkias](/source/Stelios_Halkias) (6 pt./9). Gutman himself became 8th with 3.5 pt./9.[3]

## Books

- Gutman, Lev (2001). *4... Qh4 in the Scotch Game*. [Batsford](/source/Batsford). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7134-8607-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8607-4).

- Gutman, Lev (2004). *Budapest Fajarowicz: The Fajarowicz-Richter Gambit in Action*. [Batsford](/source/Batsford). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7134-8708-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8708-9).

## See also

- [List of Jewish chess players](/source/List_of_Jewish_chess_players)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [\[1\]](https://en.chessbase.com/post/polgar-and-hou-on-bbc-the-conversation), access date 19 February 2020

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Lev Gutman 70 GM-Turnier](http://www.schachbund.de/gutman70-gmt.html), www.schachbund.de; access-date 15 April 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Schachverein Lingen 1959](http://gm-turnier.de), access-date 15 April 2017

## External links

- [Lev Gutman](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14496) player profile and games at [Chessgames.com](/source/Chessgames.com)

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