GM Ilia Smirin wins Israel Open Chess Championship

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The Israel Open Chess Championship concluded today in Acre, Israel, and GM Ilia Smirin emerged as the Winner of the event clinching his third national champion title.

As many as four players tied for the first place with the score of 7/9 points each: GM Ilia Smirin, IM Eytan Rozen, GM Ido Gorshtein and IM Yeshaayahu Tzidkiya, but the tiebreak criteria determined the Winner and medalists. Heading into the last round, Smirin, Tzidkiya and Rozen had the same core and drew their games in the final round. Smirin and Tzidkiya played a quick draw in the direct encounter for the first, while Rozen drew against top-seeded GM Evgeny Postny after only 18 played moves. GM Ido Bronstein won his game with black against IM Or Bronstein to leap on the top. All games can be replayed here.

Having the best tiebreak criteria, GM Ilia Smirin won the Championship, IM Eytan Rozen clinched silver, GM Ido Gorshtein took bronze and IM Yeshaayahu Tzidkiya finished the event in the fourth place. Final rankings can be found below.

Photos by Israeli Chess Federation

Israel Open Chess Championship – Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2582	7	0	51	55
2	IM	Rozen, Eytan	ISR	2462	7	0	49	54
3	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2523	7	0	45	49
4	IM	Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu	ISR	2448	7	0	45	49
5	IM	Ben Ari, Yannay	ISR	2417	6.5	0	49	53
6	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2435	6.5	0	49	53
7	GM	Baron, Tal	ISR	2490	6.5	0	48	53
8	GM	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2597	6.5	0	48	52
9	FM	Shohat, Yotam	ISR	2328	6.5	0	47	52
10	IM	Parkhov, Yair	ISR	2495	6.5	0	47	51
11	GM	Mikhalevski, Victor	ISR	2524	6.5	0	46	50
	IM	Efroimski, Marsel	ISR	2434	6.5	0	46	50
13	FM	Zemach, Nadav	ISR	2384	6.5	0	44	48
14	GM	Alekseev, Evgeny	ISR	2563	6.5	0	44	48
15	GM	Kobo, Ori	ISR	2541	6.5	0	43	47
16	FM	Ljubarov, Mark	ISR	2305	6	0	48	51
17	GM	Flom, Gabriel	FRA	2421	6	0	47	51
18	IM	Bronstein, Or	ISR	2441	6	0	46	50
19	IM	Krayz, Alexander	ISR	2327	6	0	43	47
20	IM	Milikow, Yoav	ISR	2376	6	0	43	47
21		Gluhovsky, Mark	FID	2235	6	0	41	45
22	IM	Kochavi, Ori	ISR	2428	5.5	0	48	51
23	FM	Sherman, Raem	ISR	2295	5.5	0	48	51
24		Slobodiansky, Steven	ISR	2273	5.5	0	46	50
25	CM	Uritsky, Yonathan	ISR	2097	5.5	0	45	49
26	WFM	Orian, Noga	ISR	2052	5.5	0	45	47
27	FM	Kupervaser, Erez	ISR	2250	5.5	0	44	48
28	FM	Tifferet, Shakked	ISR	2334	5.5	0	44	47
29	CM	Gavriely, Or	ISR	2106	5.5	0	44	47
30		Gov, Guy	ISR	2127	5.5	0	43	46
31		Steiner-Prozhanski, Giora	ISR	2229	5.5	0	43	47
32	GM	Bykhovsky, Avigdor	ISR	2349	5.5	0	43	47
33		Katz, Kiril	ISR	2031	5.5	0	41	45
34		Pevzner, Maks	ISR	2072	5.5	0	41	44
35	WFM	Levitan, Ronit	ISR	2101	5.5	0	41	44
36		Sitbon, Itay	ISR	2213	5.5	0	41	43
37	FM	Vagman, Roy	ISR	2302	5.5	0	41	45
38		Kraus, Ohad	ISR	2325	5.5	0	40	44
39	CM	Menahem, Adi	ISR	2062	5.5	0	40	42
40		Vardi, Daniel	ISR	1791	5.5	0	40	43
41	WFM	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	2121	5.5	0	38	41
42	FM	Streltsov, Alexey	ISR	2341	5.5	0	37	41
43	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	ISR	2383	5	0	51	55
44		Dezent, Eyal	ISR	1947	5	0	45	49
45	FM	Iliaguev, Kafar	ISR	2291	5	0	43	47
46		Pelech, Roee	ISR	2178	5	0	41	45
47		Ribstein, Orel	ISR	2043	5	0	41	45
48		Pashanov, Stanislav	FID	1993	5	0	40	44
49		Taieb, Ariel	ISR	1986	5	0	40	43
50		Sternfeld, Tomer	ISR	1801	5	0	40	43
51		Sagalovich, Yakov	ISR	1636	5	0	40	42
52		Bodenshtein, Yair	ISR	1843	5	0	39	41
53		Zakin, Ilay	ISR	2009	5	0	38	39
54		Iliaguev, Daniel	ISR	2153	4.5	0	45	48
55		Shilon Rahav, Eliran	ISR	2004	4.5	0	44	48
56		Rinberg, David	ISR	1790	4.5	0	42	44
57		Kinberg, Ofer	ISR	1927	4.5	0	42	44
58		Azoulay, Yehonatan	ISR	2008	4.5	0	39	42
59		Meizlin, Yaacov	ISR	1857	4.5	0	39	41
60		Mendler, Omer	ISR	1537	4.5	0	38	40
61		Selictar, Ori	ISR	1435	4.5	0	38	41
62		Filshtinsky, Roman	ISR	1817	4.5	0	38	41
63		Mondri, Nadav	ISR	1823	4.5	0	38	41
64		Kopelevich, Boris	ISR	2006	4.5	0	37	40
65		Cohen, Avi	USA	1817	4.5	0	37	39
		Krupnik, Benaya	ISR	1446	4.5	0	37	39
67		Daniel, Hadar	ISR	1371	4.5	0	36	40
68	IM	Zhizmer, Yuri	ISR	2323	4.5	0	36	39
69		Dvorzhitsky, Alexander N	FID	2034	4.5	0	36	38
70		Noy, Shalom	ISR	1924	4.5	0	36	38
71		Sapir, Omri	ISR	1480	4.5	0	34	37
72		Rodriguez, Aviad	ISR	0	4.5	0	31	34
73		Levi, Netanel	ISR	2148	4	0	42	44
74		Kharouba, Wasim	ISR	1543	4	0	41	44
75		Moshenberg, David	ISR	1847	4	0	40	44
76		Snappir, Eitan	ISR	1818	4	0	40	43
77		Gunders, Elad	ISR	1792	4	0	40	43
78		Shamir, Alon	ISR	1496	4	0	39	42
79		Khairova, Evelina	ISR	1547	4	0	38	41
80		Blumenthal, Yonatan	ISR	1496	4	0	37	39
81		Cohen, Israel	ISR	1474	4	0	36	39
82		Kluchik, Julia	FID	1968	4	0	36	38
83		Tsabari, Ronen	ISR	1698	4	0	35	38
84		Lahmish, Shay	ISR	1664	4	0	35	37
85		Najjar, Munib	ISR	0	4	0	35	38
86		Bulkovstein, David	ISR	1804	4	0	35	37
87		Gordin, Nick Lior	ISR	0	4	0	35	36
88		Pogoreltsev, Arsenii	ISR	1642	4	0	34	36
89		Lapushnian, Maya	ISR	1606	4	0	34	35
90		Zakin, Lior	ISR	1431	4	0	33	36
91		Khokhlov, Yuriy	UKR	1423	4	0	33	35
92		Paskal, Ohad	ISR	1582	4	0	33	35
93		Cohen, Lily	ISR	0	4	0	29	31
94		Sason, Noam	ISR	1643	3.5	0	38	41
95		Pivnik, Mark	ISR	1635	3.5	0	35	36
96		Boulos, Boulos	ISR	1573	3.5	0	34	37
97		Vainshtein, Yakir	ISR	1492	3.5	0	33	36
98		Leor, Ephraim	ISR	1536	3.5	0	33	35
99		Shtankrit, Gay	ISR	0	3.5	0	32	34
100		Gal, Erez	ISR	0	3.5	0	32	34
101		Faran, Yair	ISR	1338	3.5	0	31	34
102		Kahan, Sami	ISR	1499	3.5	0	31	33
103		Nashashibi, Iliya	ISR	0	3.5	0	31	32
104		Sharpe, Kai	ISR	0	3.5	0	29	30
105		Hallak, Roee	ISR	0	3.5	0	28	29
106		Hershkovich, Iosef	ARG	0	3	0	33	36
107		Ron, Gil	ISR	1311	3	0	33	36
108		Mishkovsky, Shaul	ISR	1461	3	0	32	35
109		Fransis, Vasim	ISR	0	3	0	32	34
110		Levitan, Liel	ISR	1479	3	0	32	34
111		Davidovich, Zvi	ISR	0	3	0	31	33
112		Khir, Jamal	ISR	1205	3	0	29	30
113		Razilov, Rafael	ISR	0	3	0	24	26
114		Vancsa, Aron	ISR	0	2.5	0	32	35
115		Rosen, Ori	ISR	1052	2.5	0	31	33
116		Khir, Yoseph Wafi	ISR	1080	2.5	0	30	32
117		Tzur, Ofir	ISR	0	2.5	0	30	31
118		Iskoz, Daniel	ISR	1266	2	0	33	35
119		Shmidel, Michael	ISR	0	2	0	30	33
120		Regev, Itay	ISR	0	2	0	30	33
121		Halbi, Melan	ISR	0	2	0	28	29
122		Kahana, Amir Doron	ISR	0	2	0	27	28
123		Noginsky, David	ISR	0	2	0	26	27
124		Khir, Emin Wafi	ISR	0	2	0	26	27
125		Maron, Yuval	ISR	0	2	0	26	27
126		Kfir, Itzhak	ISR	1518	1.5	0	29	31
127		Kuritz, Zvi	ISR	1924	1	0	32	34
128		Keren, Roy	ISR	1286	0	0	26	27
		Elimelich, Oran	ISR	0	0	0	26	27
		Mhamid, Layth	ISR	0	0	0	26	27
131		Kaadan, Lina	ISR	1286	0	0	24	25
132		Politansky, Haim	ISR	1376	0	0	22	23