Elie Milikow (2007) was born in New York City but moved to Israel when he was 2 years old.  He started playing chess at age 5 when his older brother joined a local class.  He was fortunate to meet Nikola in the summer of 2016 at the Silver Lake tournament.  Elie trained with Nikola for the next two years, during which period, his rating rose from FIDE 1600 to almost 2100.