The Israeli Chess Championships 2013 for men and women took place on 6th-14th April at the Palm Beach Hotel in Acre, Israel.
In the main event, GM Tamir Nabaty took the winner’s trophy after showing a great 2681 rating performance and getting 6.5 points in the 9-round Swiss. He was undefeated and finished the event with two straight wins.
Three players tied at 6/9. Veteran GM Ilia Smirin and GM Viktor Mikhalevski finished second and third, respectively.
Among the women, WIM Olga Vasiliev stood out and got clear first place with 7/9 points, leaving her closest follower a whole point behind.
The event counted with the support of the National Lottery, which donated 500.000 New Shekels to the Israeli Chess Federation recently.
Final Standings – Men:
1 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2564 | 6.5 |
2 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2663 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2530 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2572 | 6.0 |
5 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2635 | 5.5 |
6 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2639 | 5.5 |
7 | GM | Golod Vitali | 2573 | 5.5 |
8 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2623 | 5.5 |
9 | IM | Raznikov Danny | 2488 | 5.0 |
10 | GM | Soffer Ram | 2516 | 5.0 |
11 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2427 | 5.0 |
12 | GM | Zoler Dan | 2553 | 5.0 |
13 | FM | Axelrod Arie | 2328 | 5.0 |
14 | GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2545 | 4.5 |
15 | GM | Gofshtein Leonid | 2457 | 4.5 |
16 | Judkovsky Yair | 2355 | 4.5 | |
17 | IM | Berkovich Mark | 2364 | 4.5 |
18 | IM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2445 | 4.5 |
19 | FM | Givon Asaf | 2407 | 4.5 |
20 | GM | Baron Tal | 2473 | 4.5 |
21 | GM | Popilski Gil | 2523 | 4.0 |
22 | IM | Nakar Eylon | 2389 | 4.0 |
23 | Steinberg Nitzan | 2425 | 4.0 | |
24 | IM | Caspi Israel | 2461 | 4.0 |
25 | FM | Shachar Ehud | 2357 | 4.0 |
26 | GM | Gruenfeld Yehuda | 2434 | 3.5 |
27 | FM | Arlinsky Uriel | 2318 | 3.5 |
28 | WFM | Shvayger Yuliya | 2273 | 3.5 |
29 | Svoisky Daniel | 2227 | 3.0 | |
30 | IM | Birnboim Nathan | 2370 | 3.0 |
31 | FM | Zalkind Konstantin | 2254 | 3.0 |
32 | Katzir Moshe | 2201 | 1.5 | |
Final Standings – Women:
1 | WIM | Vasiliev Olga | 2243 | 7.0 |
2 | WIM | Tsifanskaya Ludmila | 2085 | 6.0 |
3 | WGM | Borsuk Angela | 2256 | 5.0 |
4 | WGM | Klinova Masha | 2330 | 5.0 |
5 | Len Irina | 2091 | 4.5 | |
6 | WFM | Dotan Valeria | 2056 | 3.0 |
7 | Vardi Shlomit | 2003 | 2.5 | |
8 | Bejashvili Irma | 1876 | 2.0 | |
9 | Lian Marina | 1874 | 1.0 | |
