Gedali Szapiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gedali Szapiro

Polish-Israeli chess player

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: Siedlce, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1972

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Poland, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gedali Shapiro (Grzegorz Szapiro) (later Gedalia Shapira) (28 October 1929 – 28 December 1972) was a Polish–Israeli chess master, born in Siedlce.He tied for 7-8th at Wroclaw (Breslau) 1955 Polish Championship.
He played for “Poland B” in 3rd Triennial Cup (HUN–CSR–POL) at Warsaw 1956. Szapiro played twice in Chess Olympiads. In 1956, at first reserve board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –4 =2) for Poland; In 1962, at second reserve board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+4 –2 =5) for Israel.He tied for 4-5th with Yair Kraidman, behind Milan Matulovic, Petar Trifunovic and Moshe Czerniak, at Netanya 1961. He died in Rishon Lezion, Israel.