Yoav Dothan is a chess International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess, the Israeli champion of Correspondence Chess for the 1997 championship and the winner of the Finland Jubilee 40. He lives in Ramat Hasharon. At the ICCF congress in Leeds 2009, Dothan received the Bertl von Massow award in silver. Dothan's ICCF rating is 2632 (updated January 2011) and he holds the first place in Israel and 23rd in the world. Dothan lives in Ramat Hasharon, is married to Ilana and father of Shai Dothan who is a Professor of International Law, and David and Deganit both physicians.