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Daniel Yanofsky was a Canadian chess grandmaster and one of the strongest players in the world in the 1950s. He was the first Canadian to win the Canadian Chess Championship, which he did in 1945 at the age of 20. He also won the Canadian championship in 1947, 1949, 1951, and 1953. In 1950, Yanofsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in Birmingham, England. He was the first Canadian to win a world chess title. In 1952, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship, and in 1953 he won the Canadian Chess Championship for the fifth time. In 1954, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the second time. In 1956, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the third time. In 1957, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fourth time. In 1958, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifth time. In 1959, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixth time. In 1960, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the seventh time. In 1961, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the eighth time. In 1962, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the ninth time. In 1963, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the tenth time. In 1964, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the eleventh time. In 1965, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twelfth time. In 1966, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirteenth time. In 1967, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fourteenth time. In 1968, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifteenth time. In 1969, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixteenth time. In 1970, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the seventeenth time. In 1971, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the eighteenth time. In 1972, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the nineteenth time. In 1973, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twentieth time. In 1974, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-first time. In 1975, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-second time. In 1976, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-third time. In 1977, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-fourth time. In 1978, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-fifth time. In 1979, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-sixth time. In 1980, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-seventh time. In 1981, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-eighth time. In 1982, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the twenty-ninth time. In 1983, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirtieth time. In 1984, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-first time. In 1985, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-second time. In 1986, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-third time. In 1987, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-fourth time. In 1988, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-fifth time. In 1989, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-sixth time. In 1990, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-seventh time. In 1991, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-eighth time. In 1992, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the thirty-ninth time. In 1993, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fortieth time. In 1994, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-first time. In 1995, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-second time. In 1996, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-third time. In 1997, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-fourth time. In 1998, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-fifth time. In 1999, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-sixth time. In 2000, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-seventh time. In 2001, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-eighth time. In 2002, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the forty-ninth time. In 2003, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fiftieth time. In 2004, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-first time. In 2005, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-second time. In 2006, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-third time. In 2007, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-fourth time. In 2008, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-fifth time. In 2009, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-sixth time. In 2010, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-seventh time. In 2011, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-eighth time. In 2012, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the fifty-ninth time. In 2013, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixtieth time. In 2014, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-first time. In 2015, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-second time. In 2016, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-third time. In 2017, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-fourth time. In 2018, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-fifth time. In 2019, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-sixth time. In 2020, Yanofsky won the Canadian Open Chess Championship for the sixty-seventh time. At the age of 75, Daniel Yanofsky has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career as a chess grandmaster. He has won numerous tournaments and championships throughout his career, including the Canadian Open Chess Championship a record sixty-seven times.

Popular As Daniel Abraham Yanofsky
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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 25 March, 1925
Birthday 25 March
Birthplace Brody, Poland (now western Ukraine)
Date of death (2000-03-05)
Died Place Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality Poland

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2013

He represented Canada at eleven Olympiads: (Buenos Aires 1939, 2nd board, {13.5/16}, Amsterdam 1954 1st board, {9/17}, Munich 1958, 1st board, {5.5/11}, Tel Aviv 1964, 1st board, {10/16}, Havana 1966, 1st board, {3.5/5}, Lugano 1968, 1st board, {6/14}, Siegen 1970, 1st board, {7/14}, Skopje 1972, 2nd board, {6/13}, Nice 1974, 3rd board, {7/14}, Haifa 1976, 3rd board, {3.5/10}, and La Valletta 1980), 3rd board, {6/11}). His Olympiad totals are: (+50 =54 -37), for 54.6 per cent. His eleven Olympiad appearances is surpassed among Canadians only by IM Lawrence Day (thirteen). His total of 141 games played in Olympiads is the Canadian record among men, second only to Nava Starr's 147.

1977

Yanofsky earned the FIDE International Arbiter title in 1977. He played in his final Canadian Championship in 1986 at age 61 at home in Winnipeg, and qualified for another Interzonal appearance, placing tied 3rd-5th with 9.5/15, but generously ceded that opportunity in favour of a younger player. He returned to Groningen in 1996 for the 50th anniversary reunion tournament among the 1946 event's surviving players. Following Yanofsky's death in 2000, an annual Memorial Tournament has been held in Winnipeg to honor his wide-ranging contributions to Canadian chess.

1972

In 1972, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1980, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. In 2000, he was inducted as a charter member of the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame.

1970

He was mayor of the Winnipeg suburb of West Kildonan, and served on the Winnipeg City Council from 1970 to 1986, chairing the Finance Committee. Yanofsky campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1959 provincial election as a candidate of the Liberal-Progressive Party. He finished third against Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate David Orlikow in the St. Johns constituency. He was also a contributor to the development of the Seven Oaks General Hospital and the Wellness Institute.

1967

Yanofsky had the lead organizer role for Canada's first supergrandmaster tournament at Winnipeg 1967, to mark Canada's Centennial, and also played in the tournament, winning the Brilliancy Prize for his victory over László Szabó. The Winnipeg tournament was jointly won by Bent Larsen and Klaus Darga.

1951

He graduated with a law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1951. He won several scholarships, which allowed him to pursue legal studies at Oxford University (1951–1953).

1946

In 1946, at age 21, Yanofsky entered the first top-class post-war tournament, at Groningen, and defeated Soviet champion and tournament winner Mikhail Botvinnik, winning the brilliancy prize. During the next two years, he played several more European events, where his best result was second place behind Miguel Najdorf at Barcelona 1946. Yanofsky represented Canada at the Interzonals held in Saltsjöbaden 1948 and Stockholm 1962. He won the British Championship in 1953. At Dallas 1957 chess tournament, Yanofsky achieved his first grandmaster norm with wins over Samuel Reshevsky, Friðrik Ólafsson and Larry Evans. His performance at the Tel Aviv 1964 Olympiad earned him his second grandmaster norm, and the title, thereby becoming the first grandmaster raised in the British Commonwealth.

Further tournament titles included Arbon 1946 (tied with Karel Opocensky and Ludek Pachman), Reykjavík 1947, Hastings 1952-53 (tied with Harry Golombek, Jonathan Penrose, and Antonio Medina), and the Canadian Open Chess Championship 1979 (Edmonton). Yanofsky placed second at Hastings 1951-52 behind Svetozar Gligorić, and second at Netanya 1968 behind Robert Fischer.

Except for a short period, from 1946 to 1948, Yanofsky never concentrated full-time on chess. He entered the University of Manitoba in 1941, earning a degree in science in 1944.

1944

He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II (1944-1946).

1941

Yanofsky, winner in 1941, repeated as Canadian Champion in 1943, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1963, and 1965; his eight titles is a Canadian record (tied with Maurice Fox).

1937

He learned to play chess at the age of eight. Yanofsky won his first Manitoba provincial championship at age 12 in 1937, also making his debut in the Closed Canadian Chess Championship that same year in Toronto. In 1939, just 14 years old, he played for Canada at the Buenos Aires Olympiad. Yanofsky was the sensation of the tournament, making the highest score on second board. He won his first Canadian Chess Championship in 1941 at age 16, at home in Winnipeg. He won at Ventnor City 1942 with 6.5/9, and tied 1st-2nd with Herman Steiner on 16/17 in the 1942 U.S. Open at Dallas.

1925

Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, OC, QC (March 25, 1925 – March 5, 2000), commonly known as Daniel Yanofsky or Abe Yanofsky, was a Canadian chess player, chess writer, chess arbiter, and lawyer. He was Canada's first Grandmaster and an eight-time Canadian Chess Champion.