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 |