Tal Baron
| Tal Bar on | |
|---|---|
 Tal Baron in 2013 | |
| Country | Israel |
| Born | 7 August 1992 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2011) |
| FIDE rating | 2437 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2560 (August 2016) |
Tal Bar on (Hebrew: טל בראון; born August 7, 1992 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster.[1][2]
Life
Baron was born in Tel Aviv and grew up in Herzliya, where he also attended high school.[citation needed] He acquired the title of International Master in 2010, having completed the required norms in December 2008 at the Israeli championship in Haifa and in 2010 at the European championship in Rijeka.[3] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2011.
In April 2017, Baron confessed to using a chess computer to cheat, as a technical matter, in the final round of an online tournament on Chess.com.[4]
He won the gold medal in the second GM group at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, in which former Women's World Champion, Ukrainian grandmaster Anna Ushenina took the silver medal.[5]
In 2019, he won 2nd- 3rd place in the Netanya International Chess Championship along with Alexander Moiseenko.[6]
References
- ^ "The chess games of Tal Baron". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ "Tal Baron chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ IM application with FIDE
- ^ "Did I CHEAT on Chess.com??? - The Ugly Truth". Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "Georg Meier wins 20th Maccabiah". Chess News. July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Netanya International Chess Festival 2019 - Open Section August 2019 Israel FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
External links
- Tal Baron rating card at FIDE
- Tal Baron chess games at 365Chess.com
- Tal Baron player profile and games at Chessgames.com
