{{Short description|German-Israeli chess player}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Yosef Porat |image = Yosef Porath, 1976.jpg |birthname = Heinz Josef Foerder |country = Germany<br/>Israel |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1909|6|7}} |birth_place= Breslau, Silesia, Germany |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|5|18|1909|6|7}} |death_place= Ramot HaShavim, Israel |title= |rating= |peakrating= |native_name=יוסף פורת|native_name_lang=he}} {{chess notation}}
'''Yosef Porat''' ({{langx|he|יוסף פורת}}; 7 June 1909, Breslau, Germany<ref name=Whyld>{{citation |last= Whyld |first= Ken |author-link= Ken Whyld |year=1986 |title= Chess: The Records |publisher= Guinness Books |isbn= 0-85112-455-0 |page= 158}}</ref><ref name=Gaige>{{citation |last= Gaige |first= Jeremy |author-link= Jeremy Gaige |year= 1987 |title= Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography |publisher= McFarland |isbn= 0-7864-2353-6 |page= 337}}</ref><ref name=Piriápolis>[http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/perlas/piriapolise.html Passengers of the Piriápolis]</ref> – 18 May 1996, Ramot HaShavim, Israel) was a German-Israeli chess player.
==Biography== Yosef Porat was born ''Heinz Josef Foerder'' in Germany. He took the name ''Yosef Porat'' in Israel.<ref name=Whyld/><ref name=Gaige/><ref name=Piriápolis/> In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga.<ref>[http://www.tomaatnet.nl/~h.christen/SORotterdam/clubblad/januari%202006.pdf Inhoud<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927161029/http://www.tomaatnet.nl/~h.christen/SORotterdam/clubblad/januari%202006.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> In 1934 he emigrated to Palestine.<ref>Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). ''Szachy od A do Z''. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. {{ISBN|83-217-2481-7}} (1. A-M), {{ISBN|83-217-2745-X}} (2. N-Z)</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>
==Chess career== Yosef Porath competed in the Chess Olympiads twelve times. In 1928, Foerder was a member of the German team at the 2nd Olympiad in The Hague.<ref name=olimpbase>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/sw406ecd.html Porath, Yosef] at olimpbase.org</ref> He played several times in Silesian Chess Congress: shared 1st with Ludwig Schmitt at Gleiwitz 1927; took 2nd, behind Gottlieb Machate, at Reichenbach 1928; and won at Breslau 1930,<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516195332/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm |date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref> shared 1st at Bad Salzbrunn 1931, and again won at Ratibor 1932. He also won, ahead of Salo Flohr, at Bilina 1930,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2007 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> and took 2nd, behind Gottlieb Machate, at Breslau 1933.<ref>[http://jewishchesshistory.blogspot.com/2008/08/playing-conditions.html Playing Conditions<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Porath represented the Palestine team at first board in the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at second board in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939. After World War II, Porath played for the Israeli team in nine consecutive Olympiads from 1952 through 1968.<ref name=olimpbase/> He won the Palestine Championship in 1937 and 1940 (after a play-off), and the Israeli Championship in 1953, 1957, 1959, and 1963.<ref name=Whyld/> In 1963, he won in Ulaanbaatar (zonal tournament).<ref>[http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/zonals.htm Zonals in USSR, CIS and Asia<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430030427/http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/zonals.htm |date=April 30, 2007 }}</ref> In 1964, he took 21st in Amsterdam (interzonal).<ref>[http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/6466$iix.htm World Chess Championship : 1964-66 cycle : 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Porat was awarded, along with Moshe Czerniak, the International Master (IM) title in 1952.<ref name=Whyld/><ref name=Gaige/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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