Konstantin Lerner, Ukrainian chess grandmaster, died he was 61.

Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (GM). In 1978 and 1982, he was Ukrainian Champion.

(28 February 1950, Odessa, Ukraine, former USSR – 24 September 2011, Herzlia, Israel) 

He played in several Soviet Union championships, and his best achievement was second place, behind Andrei Sokolov, at Lvov in 1984.^[1]
Lerner won or shared first place in many tournaments, among others at Polanica Zdrój 1985^[2] and 1986 (Rubinstein Memorial),^[3] Tallinn 1986, Moscow 1986, Genova 1989, Copenhagen 1990, Gausdal 1992, Nikolaev 1995 (zonal), Berlin 1997, Graz 1997, Recklinghausen 1999,^[4] Bad Wörishofen 2000, Tel Aviv 2001 and 2002, Rishon Le Zion 2004, Giv'atayim 2005 (Ettinger Memorial),^[5] and Herzlia 2005 (Arye Urieli Memorial).^[6]
In 2004, he tied for third-fourth at the Israeli open championships in Ramat Aviv.^[7] He was awarded the GM title in 1986.
He arrived in Israel in 2001 and lived there for 10 years, playing for Kefar-Saba chess club, until his death in 2011. In his last days he suffered from several health problems.^[8][9] He died in Herzlia, Israel in 2011, aged 61.


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