GM Peter Svidler wins Jerusalem Chess Masters 2024

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GM Peter Svidler emerged as the Winner of the Jerusalem Chess Masters 2024 which concluded yesterday in Israel’s capital.

Peter Svidler (FIDE, 2705) won the event with a round to spare, and despite a loss in the last round against GM Daniil Dubov (FIDE, 2690), finished in a sole first place, a whole point ahead of the runner-ups.

GM Jorden Van Foreest (Netherlands, 2650), GM Daniil Dubov (FIDE, 2690) and GM Avital Boruchovsky (Israel, 2459) tied for second place with the score of 5.5 points, but Van Foreest had the best tiebreaks to clinch silver, Dubov came third and Boruchovsky finished the event in the fourth place.

Final rankings – Jerusalem Chess Masters 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Svidler, Peter	FID	2705	6.5
2	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2650	5.5
	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2690	5.5
4	GM	Boruchovsky, Avital	ISR	2459	5.5
5	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2651	5
6	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2619	4.5
7	GM	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2513	4
8	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2613	4
9	GM	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2473	2.5
10	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2408	2

Jerusalem Chess Open 2024 took place simultaneously with the Masters event and gathered more than 300 participants.

GM Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel, 2291) and GM Dan Zoler (Israel, 2351) finished the event tying for the top with the score of 8 points each. Both players were unbeaten and had only two draws, and the tiebreaks criteria determined the Winner – Yahli Sokolovsky, while Dan Zoler finished second. Four players tied for third with 7.5 points, but tiebreaks favored IM David Gorodetzky (Israel, 2397) who won bronze. Final rankings are shown below

Final rankings – Jerusalem Chess Open 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2291	8
2	GM	Zoler, Dan	ISR	2351	8
3	IM	Gorodetzky, David	ISR	2397	7.5
4	GM	Van Foreest, Lucas	NED	2448	7.5
5	IM	Rozen, Eytan	ISR	2444	7.5
6	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2363	7.5
7	IM	Aizenberg, Benny	ISR	2394	7
8	IM	Bronstein, Or	ISR	2351	7
9	IM	Ben Ari, Yannay	ISR	2338	7
10	GM	Mikhalevski, Victor	ISR	2462	7
11	FM	Zemach, Nadav	ISR	2285	7
12	FM	Iliaguev, Nisim	ISR	2320	7
13	FM	Sherman, Raem	ISR	2284	7
14	FM	Streltsov, Alexey	ISR	2235	7
15	IM	Shohat, Yotam	ISR	2333	7
16	FM	Uritsky, Yonathan	ISR	2099	7
17		Gurevich, Yosef	ISR	1939	7
18	IM	Erenberg, Ariel	ISR	2383	6.5
19	GM	Kantsler, Boris	ISR	2293	6.5
20	FM	Liubarov, Mark	ISR	2225	6.5
21		Gokhvat, Peter	ISR	2215	6.5
22		Slobodiansky, Steven	ISR	2241	6.5
23	GM	Caspi, Israel	ISR	2360	6.5
24	GM	Kobo, Ori	ISR	2438	6.5
	FM	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2131	6.5
26	IM	Ribstein, Nati	ISR	2170	6.5
27	IM	Klenburg, Michael	ISR	2384	6.5
28		Leonoff, Leonardo	ARG	1887	6.5
29	IM	Veinberg, Nimrod	ISR	2314	6.5
30	IM	Sivan, Yaacov	ISR	2152	6.5
31	FM	Zemach, Roee	ISR	2240	6.5
32		Khodeev, Mojsey	FID	2100	6.5
33	IM	Kochavi, Ori	ISR	2274	6
34	CM	Barak, Gil	ISR	2049	6
35	GM	Gruenfeld, Yehuda	ISR	2377	6
36	CM	Menahem, Adi	ISR	2037	6
37	WFM	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	1968	6
38	FM	Vagman, Roy	ISR	2151	6
39	FM	Shabtai, Ran	ISR	2010	6
40	IM	Bakalchuk, Johnatan	ISR	2378	6
41		Dvir, Ofir	ISR	2019	6
42		Dezent, Eyal	ISR	1907	6
43	GM	Finkel, Alexander	ISR	2288	6
44	CM	Noy, Eyal	ISR	2150	6
	FM	Chernomordik, Pavel	ISR	2077	6
		Hayohamo, Raz	ISR	1947	6
47	FM	Aharon, Ofir	ISR	2217	6
48		Nitzan, Yaniv	ISR	2003	6
49		Davidovich, Asaf	ISR	1825	6
50	WFM	Orian, Noga	ISR	2069	6
51		Ribstein, Orel	ISR	2026	6
52	FM	Zakin, Ilay	ISR	2050	6
53		Brezis, Ari	ISR	2001	6
54	WFM	Tashkinova, Sofiia	ISR	2002	6
		Bercovici, Yaniv	ISR	1972	6
56		Kirsch, Yahel David	ISR	2047	6
57		Shilon Rahav, Eliran	ISR	2235	6
58		Sason, Noam	ISR	1925	6
59	FM	Tifferet, Shakked	ISR	2168	6
60		Levi, Or	ISR	2074	6
61		Soybert, Ori	ISR	1941	6
62		Gal On, Itai	ISR	1683	6
63	IM	Gurbanov, Andrei	ISR	2182	5.5
64		Taieb, Ariel	ISR	1985	5.5
65	CM	Yaniv, Ori	ISR	2002	5.5
66	IM	Lederman, Leon	ISR	2185	5.5
67	FM	Iliaguev, Kafar	ISR	2136	5.5
68		Frolov, Aleksey G.	FID	2081	5.5
69		Duchan, Yoav	ISR	1971	5.5
70		Zhemailov, Adam	ISR	2000	5.5
71		Blonder, Daniel	ISR	1986	5.5
72		Levitan, Shon	ISR	1985	5.5
73		Magen, Ofek	ISR	2067	5.5
74	IM	Mindlin, Alon	ISR	2362	5.5
75		Weber, Yonatan	ISR	1733	5.5
76		Gurevich, Neria	ISR	1971	5.5
77	FM	Gorodetzky, Matan	ISR	2247	5.5
78		Shimshovich, Asaf	ISR	1978	5.5
79		Sokolinsky, Yaakov	ISR	1915	5.5
80		Vardi, Daniel	ISR	2035	5.5
81		Gov, Guy	ISR	2137	5.5
82		Friedlich, Eyal	ISR	1666	5.5
83	WFM	Reprun, Nadejda	ISR	1866	5.5
		Beitner, Yehonatan	ISR	1767	5.5
85	WFM	Aleksandrova, Aleksandra	ISR	1830	5.5
86		Leker Locker, Maor	USA	1956	5.5
87		Levi, Netanel	ISR	2056	5
88		Sitbon, Itay	ISR	2105	5
89		Pearl, Oliver	AUS	1717	5
90		Steiner-Prozhanski, Giora	ISR	2217	5
91		David, Idan	ISR	1876	5
92		Michaeli, Omri	ISR	2000	5
93		Laor, Jason Ethan	ISR	1846	5
94		Bin-Nun, Peleg	ISR	1972	5
95		Gutin, Vadim	ISR	2119	5
96		Ben-Shemesh, Doron	ISR	1953	5
97		Gurevich, Hillel	ISR	1861	5
98		Iliaguev, Daniel	ISR	2013	5
99		Sternfeld, Tomer	ISR	1769	5
100		Martianov, Andrey	ISR	1966	5
101		Bollag, Gavriel	ISR	1872	5
102		Malachi, Avraham	ISR	1834	5
103		Zak, Arad	ISR	1965	5
104		Motenko, Dima	ISR	2050	5
		Mondri, Nadav	ISR	1787	5
106		Idesis, Yaacov	ISR	1844	5
107		Glyanetzshpigel, Yossi	ISR	1692	5
108		Cohen, Yisgav	ISR	1746	5
109		Ehrlich, Roy	ISR	2156	5
110		Gitzman, Michael	ISR	1935	5
111		Weinstein, Shaul	ISR	1912	5
112		Elkin, Michael	ISR	1833	5
113	AFM	Har-Even, Abir	ISR	1904	5
114		Kerner, Michael	ISR	2041	5
115		Mond, Omri	ISR	1853	5
116		Ben-Gera, Omer	ISR	1600	5
117		Kuritz, Zvi	ISR	1892	5
118		Lubin, Yosef	ISR	2058	5
119		Kluchik, Julia	FID	1839	5
120		Printak, Noam	ISR	1504	5
121		Yehuda, Beeri	ISR	1731	5
122		Sella, Eyal	ISR	1683	5
123		Scheimann, Ori	ISR	1875	5
124		Gilad, Tomer	ISR	1712	5
		Kessler, Benjamin	ISR	1926	5
		Gazit, Yair	ISR	1594	5
127		Hazony, Shai	ISR	1798	5
128		Barak, Omer	ISR	1671	5
129		Fire, Michael	ISR	2070	5
130		Slavin, Pablo	ISR	1787	5
131		Rosenzweig, Itzhak	ISR	1925	4.5
132		Goz, Shachar	ISR	1762	4.5
133		Hanein, Avri	ISR	1732	4.5
134		Kinberg, Ofer	ISR	1898	4.5
135		Golan, Ori	ISR	1701	4.5
136		Pashanov, Stanislav	FID	1981	4.5
137		Ovchinikov, Dmitry	ISR	1725	4.5
138		Blumenthal, Michael	ISR	1718	4.5
139		Moshenberg, David	ISR	1835	4.5
140		Triger, Eitan	ISR	1811	4.5
141		Eyal, Amir	ISR	1854	4.5
142		Keren, Jonatan	ISR	1768	4.5
143		Aharonoff, Yair	ISR	1603	4.5
144		Tal, Rami	ISR	1861	4.5
145	FM	Axelrod, Arie	ISR	2188	4.5
146	FM	Iclicki, Willy	LIE	1968	4.5
147		Altman, Slavik	ISR	1702	4.5
148		Feigin, Daniel	KOR	1626	4.5
		Zuker, Zivi	ISR	1632	4.5
150		Shapira, Niv	ISR	1647	4.5
151		Slav, Moshe	ISR	1867	4.5
152		Roth, Elai	ISR	1532	4.5
153		Klein, Achi	ISR	1637	4.5
154		Elkin, Zeev	ISR	0	4.5
155		Garcia Garcia, Tulio Tonat	MEX	1734	4.5
		Dayan, Itay	ISR	1499	4.5
157		Cohen, Dotan	ISR	1461	4.5
158		Paskal, Ohad	ISR	1713	4.5
159		Hornfeld, Ariel	ISR	1591	4.5
160		Landa, Alex	ISR	1828	4.5
161		Aizenman, Amit	ISR	0	4.5
162		Iskoz, Daniel	ISR	1581	4.5
163		Azoulay, Yehonatan	ISR	1980	4
164		Zakin, Lior	ISR	1741	4
165		Yehoshua, Azgad	ISR	1716	4
166		Klimchuk, Georgiy	FID	1689	4
167		Heimann, Ido	ISR	1663	4
168		Hart, Alon	ISR	1818	4
169		Kedar, Shilo	ISR	1503	4
170		Gerber, Nick	ISR	1867	4
171		Allouch, Gavriel	ISR	1999	4
		Bedyovkin, Nataniel Alexey	ISR	1606	4
173		Margolin-Herman, Ofek	ISR	1617	4
174		Dorfman, Michael	ISR	1561	4
175		Cogan, Doron	ISR	1907	4
176		Han, Oron	ISR	1702	4
177		Tsafrir, Itay	ISR	1817	4
178		Ben Avi, Adam	ISR	1714	4
179		Cohen, Eyal	ISR	1656	4
180		Lachowitzki, Tom	ISR	1554	4
181		Jacobs, Michael	CAN	1789	4
182		Feldman, Nadav	ISR	1893	4
183		Barak, Yuval	ISR	1838	4
184		Zrihan, Dan	ISR	1852	4
185		Rozhanski, Yosef	ISR	2153	4
186		Mazaki, Ido	ISR	1773	4
187		Akiba, Abraham	ISR	0	4
188		Zwiebel, Michael	ISR	1641	4
189		Kendel, Eitan	ISR	1529	4
190		Hochman, Gur	ISR	1650	4
191	WFM	Dotan, Valeria	ISR	1875	4
192		Afriat, Frank	ISR	1754	4
193		Aviad, Yaakov	ISR	0	4
		Oliel, Yehonatan	ISR	1688	4
195		Zatcovetsky, David Hilel	ISR	1722	4
196		Abiram, Baz	ISR	0	4
197		Gal, Erez	ISR	1597	4
198		Bakal, Elazar	ISR	0	4
199		Shnayder, Romi	ISR	1630	4
		Brodsky, Yoav	ISR	1614	4
201		Politzer, Eyal	ISR	1661	4
202		Weber, Ziv	ISR	1782	4
203		Wertheim, Menachem	ISR	0	4
204		Fire, Teddy	ISR	1568	4
205		Sivan, Leeor	ISR	1463	4
		Wahrsager, Dor	ISR	1424	4
207		Klaus, Ofer	ISR	1511	4
208		Gelis, Naama	ISR	1437	4
209		Deutsch, Yeshayahu	ISR	1601	4
210		Dror, Tamir	ISR	0	4
211		Taub Tabib, Yotam	ISR	1608	4
212		Cherem, Yaacov	ISR	1549	4
213		Cherner, Igor	ISR	1451	3.5
214		Haber, Aviv	ISR	1622	3.5
215		Shahrabani, Yaakov	ISR	1607	3.5
216		Shimon, Tom	ISR	1571	3.5
217		Dermer, Moshe	ISR	1833	3.5
218		Cohen, Nitay-Yoseph	ISR	1627	3.5
219		Potikha, Shelley	ISR	1528	3.5
220		Geva, Eitan	ISR	1713	3.5
221		Kleinerman, Yigal	ISR	1867	3.5
222		Solkes, Tom	ISR	1709	3.5
223		Yaakov, Neria	ISR	0	3.5
224		Strasman, Nery	ISR	1602	3.5
225		Galmidi, Ram	ISR	1533	3.5
226		Freiman, Mark	ISR	1860	3.5
227		Noginsky, David	ISR	1524	3.5
228		Bloom, Yoav	ISR	0	3.5
229		Dvorzhitsky, Alexander N.	ISR	1990	3
230		Nayshtut, Alex	ISR	0	3
231		Masarwa, Shahd	ISR	0	3
232		Avraham, Juda	ISR	1645	3
233		Rodriguez, Aviad	ISR	1818	3
		Levine, Arad	ISR	1533	3
235		Lorenz, Liam	ISR	0	3
236		Sheffer, Itzhak	ISR	1821	3
237		Cherem, Yoseph	ISR	1600	3
238		Bentzel, Oron	ISR	1654	3
239		Reem, Meir	ISR	1771	3
240		Ribstein, Itael	ISR	1473	3
241		Weiss, Eliashiv	ISR	1538	3
242		Dybinsky, Alexander	ISR	1775	3
243		Lernbuch, Zeev	ISR	0	3
244		Lipton, Joseph	ISR	1747	3
245		Kaminetsky, Asaf	ISR	1506	3
246		Shoham, Neve	ISR	0	3
247		Dotan-Slav, Eric	ISR	0	3
248		Stoyanov, Neta	ISR	1556	3
249		Shimony, Omri	ISR	1449	3
250		Volodarsky, Michael	ISR	1628	3
251		Yekutiel, Alon	ISR	0	3
252		Bargil, Benny	ISR	1666	3
253		Lukovski, Lev	GER	1758	3
254		Heberon, Alon	ISR	0	3
255		Lubetkin, Amir	ISR	0	3
		Hazony, Gideon	ISR	0	3
257		Petashny, Matias	ISR	1588	3
		Illuz, Lavi	ISR	1469	3
259		Brodsky, Itamar	ISR	1518	3
260		Segal, Yael	ISR	1413	3
261		Stein, Irina	ISR	1657	3
262		Hain, Lavi	ISR	0	3
263		Vazana, Michael	ISR	1437	2.5
264		Sivan, Guy	ISR	1532	2.5
265		Kaminetsky, Elad	ISR	0	2.5
266		Gokhvat, Yoseph	ISR	1636	2.5
267		Shaubi, Eli	ISR	0	2.5
268		Moshenberg, Roi	ISR	1592	2.5
269		Nussbacher, Yair	ISR	1611	2.5
270		Baranovitz, Hillel	ISR	0	2
271		Slonimchik, Yaakov	ISR	1540	2
272		Dandeker, Arye	ISR	0	2
273		Slavin, Hagay	ISR	0	2
274		Kleinerman, Raz	ISR	0	2
275		Fuks, Israel	ISR	0	2
276		Abd-El-Hady, Mahmood	ISR	0	2
277		Nitzan, Omer	ISR	0	2
278		Slavin, Yosef	ISR	0	2
279		Welner, Yossef	ISR	0	2
280		Vardi, Moshe	ISR	1917	2
281		Feigin, Benjamin	KOR	1400	2
282		Welner, Sivan	ISR	0	2
283		Halevy, Michael	ISR	0	1.5
284		Moshenberg, Ido	ISR	1580	1.5
285		Ortenberg, Zvi	ISR	1493	1.5
286		Shakhin, Alexey	CZE	0	1.5
287		Gindi, Sharon	ISR	0	1
288		Wacks, Racheli	ISR	0	1
289		Yitzhak, Iris Ayala	ISR	0	1
290		Barazani, Guy	ISR	0	0
291	GM	Dvoirys, Semen I.	FID	2398	0
	IM	Gladyszev, Oleg	FID	2328	0
	IM	Birnboim, Nathan	ISR	2318	0
		Linker, Mikhail	FID	2207	0
		Pevzner, Maks	ISR	2216	0
		Malachi, Aharon	ISR	1878	0
		Blau, Sergey	ISR	1855	0
		Genasia, Eliran	ISR	1720	0
		Lokinikh, Roslan	ISR	1766	0
		Daas, Abd-El-Latif	ISR	1636	0
		Boulos, Boulos	ISR	1710	0
		Shargil Ben-Sira, Yahli	ISR	1476	0
		Kapelinsky, Amos	ISR	1467	0
		Khoury, George	ISR	1741	0
		Aviv, Noa	ISR	1601	0
		Hatuel, Gamliel	ISR	0	0
		Schochet, Amir	ISR	0	0