Gedali Shapiro (Grzegorz Szapiro) (later Gedalia Shapira) (; 28 October 1929 – 28 December 1972) was a Polish–Israeli chess master, born in Siedlce.
He tied for 7th-8th at Wrocław (Breslau) 1955 Polish Championship. He played for "Poland B" in the 3rd Triennial Cup (HUN–CSR–POL) at Warsaw in 1956.
Szapiro played twice in Chess Olympiads.Shapiro, Gedali team chess record at olimpbase.org In 1956, at the first reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1 – 4 = 2) for Poland; In 1962, at the second reserve board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+4 – 2 = 5) for Israel.
He tied for 4th-5th with Yair Kraidman, behind Milan Matulović, Petar Trifunović and Moshe Czerniak, at Netanya 1961.
He died in Rishon Lezion, Israel.
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