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Israeli chess master Yehuda Natan Cohen was killed while defending his country, fighting against Hamas in Gaza, according to the Israeli Chess Federation. In their words (translated):

The late Yehuda Cohen, our member of the chess club in Tiberias, was modest and humble, a man of Eshkolot, the salt of the earth, an excellent chess player above all friendships and friendships were the most important to him, a hero of Israel who fell defending the land in Gaza, may his memory be blessed 🙏”

According to the Times of Israel report, he was 25 years old, and held the rank of Major.

Green_Sleeves

I just found a second article from the Israeli Chess Federation.

https://www-chess-org-il.translate.goog/Players/Player.aspx?Id=23820&_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

The fighting in the south exacts a heavy price: Major Yehuda Natan Cohen, from Mishmod Mahola, a company commander in the Givati ​​patrol, fell in battle in the north of the Gaza Strip, 25 years old, he was killed. His family has been notified.

Yehuda Natan was promoted from the rank of captain to the rank of major after his death.

An IDF spokesman said that the IDF shares in the family's grief and will continue to accompany it.

The Jordan Valley Council's Facebook page reads: "Today we are saying goodbye to Major Yehuda Natan Cohen, son of Rabbi Dov and Thila Cohen, residents of Shademut Machola. Yehuda was killed in the fighting in northern Gaza as a company commander in the Givati ​​patrol. Yehuda, brother of Leah, Adi, Red, Yescha , Shlomi and Mein. He is a special child, a fighter, an outstanding athlete, and loved to play basketball very much. A separate announcement will be made regarding the funeral date. 

We share in the family's grief. Of blessed memory".

SweetPeaBuddy

Heroes all! And yes May their memories be blessed!

LITO13mtz
RIP Yehuda, I want to be remembered as he was
YEHONADAVMA

יהי זכרו ברוך

Noam_Tal

rest in peace hero

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A small tribute to Yehuda, written by Yohanan Afek, containing a chess puzzle from one of Yehuda's games:


Fearless Warrior

Two weeks ago, Major Yehuda Natan Cohen was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip, a 25-year-old from Mishdom Mahola, a company commander in the Givati patrol. Yehuda was an outstanding athlete and also a talented chess player who was one of the representative team of the Jordan Valley-Tiberias club in the league games. His teammate, Assaf Sofer, testifies that he was a "serial victimizer who strives for contact and attacks... His games were always wild-tempered, with surprising tactics." A faithful example of his style is the position in front of us from one of his battles, which we received from Assaf: with less than a minute left on his watch Yehuda pulled out, with the weapons Rim, the decisive ruse that so crippled his bold approach to the struggle. How?

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If you have any articles about fallen Palestinian chess players, please feel free to make your own thread and share!

KarpoVegeta

Rest in peace.

I wish I had been defending the country from him.

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Caballo_ansioso wrote:

Rest in peace.

I wish I had been defending the country from him.

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Green_Sleeves wrote:

While I clearly have strong feelings about the war (just look at my avatar and blog), I do ask that we avoid discussion of politics, so that the mods don’t lock this thread.

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I would like to reiterate, please help avoid this thread getting locked!

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Green_Sleeves wrote:
Green_Sleeves wrote:

While I clearly have strong feelings about the war (just look at my avatar and blog), I do ask that we avoid discussion of politics, so that the mods don’t lock this thread.

Thanks!

I would like to reiterate, please help avoid this thread getting locked!

Please.