{{Short description|Israeli chess player (1909–1977)}} '''Yosef (Joseph) Dobkin '''({{Langx|he|יוסף דובקין}}; 13 August 1909 – 9 April 1977) was an Israeli chess master.

Dobkin was born in the Russian Empire. He immigrated to Palestine (British Mandate) in 1924 and studied chemistry at the Hebrew University. He did his Ph.D. thesis and joined the Department of Physiology. He was an accomplished chess player and received an international master's degree.<ref>[http://physiology.huji.ac.il/history.asp Early History of the Department of Physiology<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924105246/http://physiology.huji.ac.il/history.asp |date=September 24, 2007 }}</ref> In April 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Tel Aviv (the 2nd Maccabiah Games, Abram Blass won).<ref>Wolsza Tadeusz. ''Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy. Słownik biograficzny szachistów polskich. Tom 5''. Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2007. {{ISBN|83-7181-495-X}}</ref> He played for the Palestine/Israeli team in two Chess Olympiads; at third board (+2 –7 =6) in the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at first reserve board (+2 –5 =2) in the 12th Olympiad at Moscow 1956.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 1974, he took 16th in the Israeli Chess Championship (Vladimir Liberzon and Moshe Czerniak won).<ref>[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/ISR-ch_7374_18th_1974 ISR-ch 7374 18th 1974 - 365Chess.com Tournaments<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Yosef_Dobkin Yosef Dobkin at 365chess.com] *[http://www.newinchess.com/Dobkin__Yosef-ip-62355.html Yosef Dobkin's profile at New in Chess]

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