Leonid Gerzhoy

Leonid Gerzhoy (, ; born November 7, 1987) is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master.

Biography Gerzhoy was born on November 7, 1987, in Moscow and moved to Israel in 1992. He became an International Master there by 2003. In 2003 he played for Israel at the World Youth Chess Olympiad in Denizli where he won 6th place and a rank of 8 points. In 2005 he immigrated to Canada and a year later won a second place at the Canadian Championship. In 2007 he became a winner of Canadian Junior Championship and by 2009 received a Grandmaster norm at the World Open. In 2010 he was a winner of the Summer Open tournament of Hart House and next year won again at the Philadelphia International with 8 out of 9 score. The same year, during Ontario Open he tied for first with Bator Sambuev.

In 2015, he tied for first with Tomas Krnan and Eric Hansen in the Canadian Chess Championship.