Lerner Konstantin Zaivelevich (28.02.1950 – 24.09.2011)

Ukraine Grandmaster (1986), he was living in Israel since 2001. Ukraine Champion in 1978 and 1982. Lithuanian co-Champion in 1979, third in the Israeli championship in 2004.

Best results: won or shared first at Stary Smokovec 1977, Ivano-Frankovsk 1982, (shared) Moscow 1986, Polanica Zdroj 1986, Tallinn 1986, Norilsk 1987, Geneva 1989, Copenhagen 1989, Moscow 1989, Gausdal 1992, Liechtenstein and Oberwart Open 1995, Gelsenkirchen 1997, Graz 1997, Bad Worishofen Open 1998 and 1999, OIBM (GER) 2000, Maccabiah 2001 (ISR), Tel-Aviv Spring 2002, Bad Wrishofen Rishon and Kfar Saba 2004, Givataim 2005, Yitzhak Steinhart Memorial (ISR) 2006 and Herzliya 2008. Also second place, behind Andrei Sokolov, at the 1984 USSR championship

A participant in the 2000 World Chess Championship.
Peak rating: 2605 in 1995.