{{Short description|Israeli chess player}} '''Zelman Kleinstein''' (Latv: '''Zalamans Kleinsteins''') in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils in Latvia),<ref>[http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/perlas/piriapolise.html Passengers of the Piriápolis]</ref> (1910 or 1912 – ?) was a Palestine/Israeli chess player.
He played for Palestine (British Mandate) team in the 8th Chess Olympiad on fourth board (won 2, lost 6 and drew 2) at Buenos Aires 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1939/1939id01.html |title=OlimpBase |access-date=2007-12-13 |archive-date=2008-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124124049/http://www.olimpbase.org/1939/1939id01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Kleinstein, along with many other participants of that Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in '''Spanish''')|url=http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018211031/http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm|archivedate=2009-10-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Around 1970 he was still playing for San Telmo club of Argentina.<ref>[http://www.soydetelmo.com.ar/ajedrez/0000.htm Ajedrez en San Telmo]</ref>
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