 Mikhalevski in 2008 | |
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| Native name | ויקטור מיכלבסקי |
| Born | (1972-07-08)8 July 1972 (age 53) |
| Chess career | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Title | Grandmaster (1996) |
| FIDE rating | 2484 (February 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2632 (January 2008) |
| Peak ranking | No. 92 (January 2008) |
Victor (Viktor) Mikhalevski (Hebrew:ויקטור מיכלבסקי; born 8 July 1972) is an Israeli chessgrandmaster who lives inBeersheba.
Mikhalevski was born inGomel,Belarus. He played for Israel as second reserve (+4 –1 =2) in the37th Chess Olympiad in Turin 2006 and at third board (+1 -1 =4) in the 17th European Team Championship atNovi Sad 2009.
He won theCalvià Open inMajorca, Spain in October 2007, winning in each of the first seven rounds to finish with a score of 8/9 for a performance of 2876.[1]Kevin Spraggett was second at 7/9.He also won a category 12 invitational tournament atMontreal in 2005 with 8/11 (+5 -0 =6) and tied for first at the 2008Canadian Open Chess Championship in Montreal, with 6/9. He also was Israeli Vice-Champion in 1998 and tied for first in 1996 inJerusalem and in 2008 inHaifa.
Amongst the other major tournaments, he won Israeli U-20 championship in 1991 and 1992 and tied for 2nd to 3rd in the Israeli Open Chess Championship in 1993. He also won the 1993 First Saturday tournament inBudapest with 10 out of 13, the 1994 International Festival inTel Aviv, the 1995 Open tournament in Paris and the Tel Aviv Open, the 1997 International Festival in Rishon-Lezion, Israel, 2nd VAM Open in Hoogeveen, Netherlands in 1998, the 1998 14th International Festival in Tel Aviv, 2000 Open Championship of Rishon Lezion, Israel, the 2002 International Festival inBiel, Switzerland(rapid), 6th Itau Cup inSão Paulo, Brazil, 1st and 2nd International tournaments inSan Salvador,El Salvador in 2002 and 2003, 2003 Quebec Open in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in all 3 sections (classical, rapid, blitz), 2005 Lake George Open, New York, US, 2006 category 10 Spring Invitational in Schaumburg, Illinois, US, with 7.5 out of 9, 2006 GM Slugfest inBellevue, Washington, US, 2007 Curaçao Chess festival,Netherlands Antilles, 7.5 out of 9.
He tied for first in the 1999 Lost Boys tournament inAntwerpen, Belgium, 2003 First International Festival inAshdod,Israel, 2004 International festival inDrammen, Norway, with 8 out of 9, 2006 International Festival in Ashdod, Israel, 2006 International tournament in Coamo, Puerto Rico, 2007 World Open in Philadelphia, US, 2007 Miami Open, Florida, US, 2009 4th Edmonton International, Canada and 2009 North American Open inLas Vegas, Nevada, US. In 2010, he tied for 2nd–5th withMichael Adams,Evgeniy Najer andJiří Štoček the 14thChicago Open,[2] and later in the same year he was a member of the bronze medal-winning Israel team for the39th Chess Olympiad.
Mikhalevski was awarded the IM title in 1993 and the GM title in 1996.
In 2014 he won theIsraeli championship.
He competed at the2017 Maccabiah Games.[3]
In 2019, he won 2nd- 4th place in theIsraeli Open Championships along withGad Rechlis andMichal Lahav with 7/9 points.[4]
In 2025, Mikhalevski won the 50+ section of theWorld Senior Chess Championship.[5]
Victor's brother isAlexander Mikhalevski, an international master in chess.
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