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His chess is an extension of the workshop bench, not a separate discipline, and he treats each move with the same slow patience he gives to a single hand-drawn letter. Visitors should not expect opening theory, tactical sharpness, or careful defense. What they will find is a gentle, unhurried opponent who blunders kindly, smiles at every capture, and never plays the same casual game twice in a hurry.","70","frieD","Israel","il","fa3d7cf703612646a82e8066d0abff86b260d124814f2a83f8b70485614758b1","2026-07-06",73,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Reb Yaakov?","Reb Yaakov has an estimated rating of 73 Elo, which is barely above random play. He knows how each piece moves but cannot follow a plan from one move to the next, and he loses material almost every game. He is one of the weakest opponents available on the platform.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Reb Yaakov play?","Reb Yaakov has no fixed repertoire on file and no studied opening preference. His early moves drift without any theoretical foundation, sometimes resembling a quiet, solid setup and sometimes wandering into offbeat territory. Expect different first moves from game to game.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Is Reb Yaakov a good first opponent for someone learning chess?","Yes. At 73 Elo he is an ideal first human-feeling opponent for someone who has just learned the rules, because he will blunder pieces freely and never pursue a sustained attack. Beginners can practice capturing hanging material, delivering simple checkmates, and finishing the game without being punished for early mistakes.","A scroll is finished one letter at a time, and so is everything else.","male","Shalom, friend. Sit, sit, the board is ready, the ink is, how do you say, still wet on my fingers. We will play slow, like drawing a single yod, and see what letters the game wishes to write today.","Reb Yaakov has spent more than fifty years bent over parchment in a small workshop tucked into a stone alley of the Old City of Jerusalem, drawing the sacred letters of mezuzah scrolls one careful stroke at a time. He learned the craft from his father, who learned it from his, and his hand has become slow, gentle, and exact. Between commissions he sits with a cup of mint tea and a chessboard, treating each game the way he treats each scroll — with patience, kavanah, and a quiet smile.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A worn olive-wood pen rest his father carved for him on the day he completed his first kosher mezuzah.",{},"Yaakov Friedmann","Jerusalem Old City mezuzah sofer scribe",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},-0.95,0.95,2,"Reb Yaakov plays with an extremely cautious hand, almost always shrinking from confrontation and pulling pieces back toward his own ranks. Despite that timidity, he rarely simplifies the position: he leaves tension on the board, declines trades, and lets pieces tangle together until the position is cluttered. He has no preferred opening lines and no theoretical preparation, so his early moves wander between solid and offbeat without any consistent thread.",[43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65,67,69,71,73,75,77,79,82,84,86,88,90],{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":44},1778288608634,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":46},1778297630019,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":48},1778314000743,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":50},1778330998433,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":52},1778331071053,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":54},1778349287781,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":56},1778372465022,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":58},1778443720570,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":60},1778455927842,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":62},1778519677500,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":64},1778519847586,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":66},1778524226710,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":68},1778528257511,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":70},1778588537689,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":72},1778588647305,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":74},1778600750030,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":76},1778685501623,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":78},1778769657138,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":81},72,1778786995930,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":83},1778794785672,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":85},1778880804687,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":87},1778941525129,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":89},1778961831540,{"rating":91,"msSinceEpoch":92},70,1779362100181,"Reb Yaakov",{"sameStyle":95,"different":112},[96,102,108],{"botId":97,"name":98,"elo":99,"country":100,"countryCode":101,"category":40},"bahma","Anahita Bahmani",57,"Iran","ir",{"botId":103,"name":104,"elo":105,"country":106,"countryCode":107,"category":40},"trijn","Trijntje Tol",89,"Netherlands","nl",{"botId":109,"name":110,"elo":111,"country":106,"countryCode":107,"category":40},"plomp","Sander Plomp",103,[113,118],{"botId":114,"name":115,"elo":116,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"category":117},"dahan","Tamar Dahan",76,3,{"botId":119,"name":120,"elo":91,"country":121,"countryCode":122,"category":123},"suwai","Maryam Al Suwaidi","United Arab Emirates","ae",1,"bots/frieD","Reb Yaakov suits absolute beginners and very young learners in roughly the 100 to 400 rating band, including players who have only just learned how the pieces move. Because he avoids confrontation but refuses to trade, opponents get extensive practice converting cluttered positions, spotting hanging pieces, and finishing won endgames. Players who want to drill basic tactics and material counting without facing a real plan will gain the most from the matchup.","I8BDDTyDTzZSp0htDNbRvgz-FZc0aQeg1qlKbCaFeo0",1784583538081]