"Victory in Be'er-Sheva - Mated in Rome," by Aharon Dolev. Source: Yamim Ve'leylot (Days and Nights), Ma'ariv's weekly supplement, 7 September 1973, p. 4 (article on pp. 4-5, 45).
A frequent correspondent sends us this additional information about Jacob Yuchtman, in particular about his time waiting in Rome - like many other Soviet Jews who arrived and then left Israel in the 1970s - in order to enter the USA. The article is very critical of those who left Israel in general and describes their life in Rome as semi-criminal (!), but also notes the blundering treatment of the new immigrants to Israel which led some of them to leave.
In particular, Dolev gives Yuchtman's own reasons for leaving - to wit, that he was offered "300 Israeli Pounds a month" (a very small sum) as a trainer, which deeply insulted him, especially since he couldn't find any other job except in chess. Dolev is highly critical of the ICF's treatment of Yuchtman and the apparent lack of any reforms after the loss of this talented player.
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