 He also lost to Judit Polgar in Brussels in that year, making him the first GM she beat.He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1986.In September 2015, on the occasion of the 70st birthday of Lev Gutman, the chessclub "Schachverein Lingen 1959" organised a tournament, the "Lev Gutman 70 GM-Turnier" in Lingen.