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Jacob Murey

Israeli chess player

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born: 1941
died: 2025
age at death: 84
known for: chess player, correspondence chess player

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Jacob Isaacovich Murey was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player who held the chess titles of Grandmaster (1987) and Correspondence Chess International Master (1970). His peak rating was 2560 in 1989, ranking him world #52 at the time.

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