Ashdod win their seventh Israeli Team Championship

by Yochanan Afek
4/15/2019 – The 2019 season of the Israeli Team Championship finished last week in Ramat Aviv. Ashdod obtained their seventh national title, led by Emil Sutovsky and a host of international reinforcements, including Pavel Eljanov and Alexander Moiseenko. Beer-Sheva Levant, led by Maxim Rodshtein, finished in second place, while Kfar Saba A, with Israeli champion Tamir Nabaty on board one, took home the bronze medals. YOCHANAN AFEK sent a report from the Western Asian country. | Photos: Dr. Mark Livshitz

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A close fight for first

The chess team from the southern Israeli port city of Ashdod won its seventh national championship title last weekend. The eleventh and final round of the top division was held in Ramat Aviv, a neighbourhood in northwestern Tel-Aviv. A total of 72 players participated, representing the top 12 teams, out of which 32 were grandmasters and 20 international masters. The only female player present was IM Yuliya Shvayger, the current Israeli women's champion.

Ashdod drew their first round match against Kfar Saba A, but then won all their ten remaining encounters, including "the match of the season" against their main rivals for the crown — Beer-Sheva Levant. Ashdod won 4½:2½ (one bonus point is added for the team victory, which means they got the win by the smallest of margins) and did not let the lead slip away until the end of the season. The team was based on their long-time local line-up that includes GMs Emil Sutovsky, Ilya Smirin, Arthur Kogan, Vitaly Golod & Boris Kantsler and IM Roman Bar. The locals were aided by the occasional foreign reinforcement, which included Ukrainian GMs Pavel Eljanov & Alexander Moiseenko, Latvian Igor Kovalenko and German Daniel Friedman.  

Ashdod, Israeli Team Chess Championship

The champions celebrating

Ashdod scored 46 board points plus 10 bonus points for their ten victories, and with a total of 56 points took the gold for the seventh time, leaving the silver medals to Beer-Sheva Levant on 53. Beer-Sheva’s team composition included local GMs Maxim Rodshtein, Evgeny Postny, Michael Roiz, Alex Khuzman, Victor Mikhalevsky and Alon Greenfeld, plus some foreign reinforcements: Azeri Arkadij Naiditch, Ukrainian Anton Korobov and Russian Vladimir Malakhov. Bronze medals went to Kfar Saba A, a team that accumulated 51½ points and was led by GMs Tamir Nabaty, Avital Boruchovsky and Eduardas Rozentalis. 

Maxim Rodshtein, Pavel Eljanov

Rodshtein facing Eljanov on board one of the crucial Beer Sheva v Ashdod match-up

Rishon LeZion got fourth place (led by GM Boris Alterman) with 44 points, ahead of Zafrir Rehovot, a young team reinforced by former Soviet and Israeli champion GM Lev Psakhis that finished in a respectable fifth place with 38 points.

Final standings

Rk Team Pts Leader
1 Ashdod 56 Emil Sutovsky
2 Beer-Sheva Levant 53 Maxim Rodshtein
3 Kfar Saba A 51½ Tamir Nabaty
4 Rishon LeZion 44 Boris Alterman
5 Zafrir Rehovot  38 Lev Psakhis
6 Beer-Sheva Yud-Alef 37½ Ilya Khmelniker
7 Herzliya 36 Dan Zoler
8 Elitzur Petah-Tikva 30½ Alexander Zubov
9 Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 Vitaly Sivuk
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba B 28½ Ariel Erenberg
11 Elitzur Netanya 26½ Thal Abergel
12 ASA Tel-Aviv 23½ Ram Soffer

Emil Sutovsky, the player of the season

The best player of the entire season was GM Emil Sutovsky (Ashdod), the current General Director of FIDE, who scored 9½ out of 11 points and ended up undefeated against a field that included eight grandmasters. Owing to his new public commitments, he hardly had the time to prepare properly, but his drive to get a well-fought game remained intact. Here is one of Emil’s finest efforts, played in the most important match of the season against Beer-Sheva Levant — a fine example of his reputed uncompromising combative style: 

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.a3 Na6 9.Nd4 e5 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.0-0 c6 12.b4 Nc7 13.Bb2 a5 14.Nb3 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 e5 17.b5 Ng4!? 18.Qd1 18.h3 Nf6 19.Na5 Qd7 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rd1 18...Qh4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Qxd6 Ne8 21.Qc5? Diagram
21.Qb4! Rf5 22.c5 Rh5 23.Qc4+ Kf8 24.h3 21.Qd3 21...Rf5! 22.bxc6 22.Nd2 Rh5 23.h3 e4 24.Qa3 Bxh3 25.g3 Qd8! 22...Bf3! 23.Nd2 e4 24.Nd5 Qg4 25.g3 Qh3 26.Nxf3 exf3 27.Nf4 Rxf4! 28.Qd5+ Rf7! 29.Qxf3 b5?! 29...Rxf3 30.cxb7 Bxb2 31.b8Q Qe6 32.Qxb2 30.Qe2 Bxb2 31.Qxb2 31.cxb5 Bc3 32.b6 Qe6 33.b7 Be5 34.Rc1 Bc7 31...bxc4 32.Rc1 Qe6 33.Qd4 Nd6 34.Ra1 Rc7 35.Ra8+ 35.Qc5 Ne8 36.Ra6 Qe4 35...Ne8-+ 36.Qd8 Kf7 37.Qh4 Nf6 38.Ra6 Qg4 39.Qh6 c3 40.Ra8 c2 41.Rf8+ Ke6 42.Rxf6+ Kxf6 43.Qf8+ Ke6 44.Qe8+ Kd5
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Also had good runs GMs Ilya Smirin (Ashdod) and Eduardas Rozentalis (Kfar Saba A), who managed to score 8½/11 and concluded the event undefeated; GM Victor Mikhalevsky (Beer-Sheva Levant) finished on 8 out of 10 (+7 =2 -1); and undefeated with an 8/11 score were GM Maxim Rodshtein (Beer-Sheva Levant), IM Roman Bar & FM Jan Gelburd (Zafrir Rehovot) — Bar and Gelburd scored their first GM norms. 

Two players scored IM norms: Or Bronstein (Rishon LeZion), who finished on 5½/9, and Michael Lurie (Elitzur Netanya), on 5½/10. 

Avital Boruchovsky, Igor Kovalenko

Avital Boruchovsky (Kfar Saba A) versus Igor Kovalenko (Ashdod) during round one

Yulia Schvayger

Current Israeli women's champion Yuliya Shvayger

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Bc8 10.Qb5+ Kf8 11.e4 a6 12.Qb3 b5 13.Nd2 Ne8 14.Be2 Nd7 15.0-0 b4 16.Nd1 a5 17.Qg3 Ne5 18.Ne3 h6 19.Nec4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Ba6 21.Rab1 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rg8 23.h4 Nf6 24.Qf3 Nh5 25.Bh2 Bd4 26.Rfe1 Kg7 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Rd1 Rad8 29.Rxd4 cxd4 30.e5 Qf5 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.exd6 f4 33.Re5 Rge8 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.d7 Re1+ 36.Bf1 d3 37.g4 d2 38.d8Q d1Q 39.gxh5 Qg4+ 40.Bg3 Qh3 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Zoler,D2503Abergel,T24220–12019A61TCh-ISR 20191.1
Tifferet,S2243Bakalchuk,J24560–12019B38TCh-ISR 20191.1
Caspi,I2455Poleg,D22761–02019C45TCh-ISR 20191.1
Poleg,M2205Zifroni,D24420–12019D37TCh-ISR 20191.1
Lev,R2355Kudischewitsch,D2348½–½2019A50TCh-ISR 20191.1
Lurie,M2331Haimovich,T2408½–½2019A06TCh-ISR 20191.1
Alterman,B2605Steinberg,N2530½–½2019A06TCh-ISR 20191.2
Rechlis,G2526Zanan,E2528½–½2019A20TCh-ISR 20191.2
Baron,T2519Manor,I2472½–½2019D32TCh-ISR 20191.2
Drori,S2386Kobo,O2485½–½2019B06TCh-ISR 20191.2
Bronstein,O2370Botvinnik,M23791–02019E00TCh-ISR 20191.2
Bitensky,I2373Liss,E2431½–½2019C84TCh-ISR 20191.2
Zubov,A2598Zilberman,Y23341–02019B03TCh-ISR 20191.3
Finkel,A2453Flom,G24670–12019C01TCh-ISR 20191.3
Bykhovsky,A2419Shachar,E2391½–½2019A91TCh-ISR 20191.3
Aharon,O2310Oratovsky,M2462½–½2019C41TCh-ISR 20191.3
Deutsch,E2350Gershon,A24310–12019A46TCh-ISR 20191.3
Afek,Y2244Mesropov,K24310–12019C02TCh-ISR 20191.3
Boruchovsky,A2525Kovalenko,I26631–02019D02TCh-ISR 20191.4
Smirin,I2610Grinberg,E24701–02019B90TCh-ISR 20191.4
Givon,A2465Sutovsky,E2628½–½2019B51TCh-ISR 20191.4
Golod,V2532Mindlin,A24620–12019E11TCh-ISR 20191.4
Rozentalis,E2526Kogan,A2547½–½2019C50TCh-ISR 20191.4
Bar,R2484Ben Artzi,I23821–02019C84TCh-ISR 20191.4
Soffer,R2477Dvoirys,S25231–02019B30TCh-ISR 20191.5
Khmelniker,I2483Shvidler,E23571–02019A37TCh-ISR 20191.5
Kundin,A2311Vydeslaver,A2386½–½2019B01TCh-ISR 20191.5
Shvayger,Y2387Kreizberg,M2297½–½2019B12TCh-ISR 20191.5
Aharonovich,I2299Sidorenko,I23950–12019E94TCh-ISR 20191.5
Klenburg,M2361Gershkowich,D2200½–½2019A00TCh-ISR 20191.5
Rodshtein,M2668Veinberg,N2399½–½2019A07TCh-ISR 20191.6
Gorodetzky,D2447Postny,E2623½–½2019D20TCh-ISR 20191.6
Roiz,M2605Galburd,Y2397½–½2019A07TCh-ISR 20191.6
Parkhov,Y2336Huzman,A2580½–½2019E11TCh-ISR 20191.6
Mikhalevski,V2581Psakhis,L24551–02019E15TCh-ISR 20191.6
Mikhalevski,A2430Greenfeld,A2525½–½2019A40TCh-ISR 20191.6
Bakalchuk,J2456Baron,T2519½–½2019B89TCh-ISR 20192.1
Alterman,B2605Zoler,D25030–12019E81TCh-ISR 20192.1
Zifroni,D2442Kobo,O24851–02019E01TCh-ISR 20192.1
Zanan,E2528Caspi,I24551–02019D37TCh-ISR 20192.1
Haimovich,T2408Bronstein,O23700–12019D85TCh-ISR 20192.1
Kaspi,A2464Ganor,D22741–02019D70TCh-ISR 20192.1
Steinberg,N2530Zubov,A2598½–½2019C67TCh-ISR 20192.2
Flom,G2467Manor,I24721–02019E43TCh-ISR 20192.2
Drori,S2386Bykhovsky,A24190–12019C53TCh-ISR 20192.2
Bitensky,I2373Oratovsky,M2462½–½2019C55TCh-ISR 20192.2
Botvinnik,M2379Deutsch,E2350½–½2019D11TCh-ISR 20192.2
Mesropov,K2431Barenboim,G2194½–½2019B30TCh-ISR 20192.2
Zilberman,Y2334Boruchovsky,A25250–12019D94TCh-ISR 20192.3
Grinberg,E2470Finkel,A24531–02019B01TCh-ISR 20192.3
Shachar,E2391Givon,A24650–12019A30TCh-ISR 20192.3
Mindlin,A2462Aharon,O23101–02019A37TCh-ISR 20192.3
Gershon,A2431Rozentalis,E25260–12019E32TCh-ISR 20192.3
Afek,Y2244Ben Artzi,I2382½–½2019B27TCh-ISR 20192.3
Kovalenko,I2663Shvidler,E2357½–½2019A11TCh-ISR 20192.4
Soffer,R2477Smirin,I2610½–½2019C47TCh-ISR 20192.4
Sutovsky,E2628Kundin,A23111–02019B01TCh-ISR 20192.4
Kreizberg,M2297Golod,V2532½–½2019E60TCh-ISR 20192.4
Kogan,A2547Aharonovich,I22991–02019C49TCh-ISR 20192.4
Gershkowich,D2200Bar,R24840–12019B30TCh-ISR 20192.4
Dvoirys,S2523Rodshtein,M2668½–½2019B18TCh-ISR 20192.5
Postny,E2623Khmelniker,I24831–02019E60TCh-ISR 20192.5
Vydeslaver,A2386Roiz,M2605½–½2019D02TCh-ISR 20192.5
Huzman,A2580Shvayger,Y23871–02019A15TCh-ISR 20192.5
Sidorenko,I2395Mikhalevski,V25810–12019C80TCh-ISR 20192.5
Greenfeld,A2525Iliaguev,N23601–02019A31TCh-ISR 20192.5
Abergel,T2422Gorodetzky,D2447½–½2019D05TCh-ISR 20192.6
Veinberg,N2399Poleg,D22761–02019D20TCh-ISR 20192.6
Poleg,M2205Parkhov,Y23360–12019D43TCh-ISR 20192.6
Galburd,Y2397Tifferet,S22431–02019A17TCh-ISR 20192.6
Kudischewitsch,D2348Psakhis,L2455½–½2019C01TCh-ISR 20192.6
Mikhalevski,A2430Lurie,M2331½–½2019D82TCh-ISR 20192.6
Zubov,A2598Zoler,D2503½–½2019D10TCh-ISR 20193.1
Bakalchuk,J2456Flom,G24671–02019C17TCh-ISR 20193.1
Oratovsky,M2462Caspi,I24550–12019C24TCh-ISR 20193.1
Zifroni,D2442Kantarji,P2445½–½2019E06TCh-ISR 20193.1
Mesropov,K2431Haimovich,T24080–12019A46TCh-ISR 20193.1
Lev,R2355Bykhovsky,A24190–12019E32TCh-ISR 20193.1
Baron,T2519Tifferet,S22431–02019E06TCh-ISR 20193.2
Abergel,T2422Alterman,B26050–12019B23TCh-ISR 20193.2
Raznikov,D2499Poleg,M22051–02019A45TCh-ISR 20193.2
Kudischewitsch,D2348Zanan,E2528½–½2019E60TCh-ISR 20193.2
Liss,E2431Vaissenberg,P22241–02019C60TCh-ISR 20193.2
Lurie,M2331Kaspi,A2464½–½2019A06TCh-ISR 20193.2
Boruchovsky,A2525Sivuk,V25520–12019A46TCh-ISR 20193.3
Steinberg,N2530Grinberg,E24701–02019B51TCh-ISR 20193.3
Givon,A2465Rechlis,G2526½–½2019B31TCh-ISR 20193.3
Manor,I2472Mindlin,A24621–02019E11TCh-ISR 20193.3
Rozentalis,E2526Drori,S23861–02019B51TCh-ISR 20193.3
Bitensky,I2373Gorshtein,I2382½–½2019B12TCh-ISR 20193.3
Shvidler,E2357Erenberg,A24090–12019A05TCh-ISR 20193.4
Finkel,A2453Soffer,R2477½–½2019B10TCh-ISR 20193.4
Kundin,A2311Zilberman,Y2334½–½2019C72TCh-ISR 20193.4
Shachar,E2391Aharonovich,I22990–12019B40TCh-ISR 20193.4
Kreizberg,M2297Aharon,O23100–12019D90TCh-ISR 20193.4
Judkovsky,Y2298Gershkowich,D2200½–½2019B70TCh-ISR 20193.4
Rodshtein,M2668Eljanov,P2680½–½2019A05TCh-ISR 20193.5
Smirin,I2610Malakhov,V2661½–½2019C53TCh-ISR 20193.5
Postny,E2623Sutovsky,E26280–12019E60TCh-ISR 20193.5
Kogan,A2547Roiz,M26050–12019D38TCh-ISR 20193.5
Greenfeld,A2525Bar,R24840–12019A30TCh-ISR 20193.5
Golod,V2532Huzman,A2580½–½2019D12TCh-ISR 20193.5
Gorodetzky,D2447Khmelniker,I24830–12019D85TCh-ISR 20193.6
Dvoirys,S2523Veinberg,N2399½–½2019C83TCh-ISR 20193.6
Galburd,Y2397Vydeslaver,A2386½–½2019D00TCh-ISR 20193.6
Klenburg,M2361Parkhov,Y2336½–½2019B20TCh-ISR 20193.6
Psakhis,L2455Sidorenko,I23951–02019E94TCh-ISR 20193.6
Iliaguev,N2360Mikhalevski,A24301–02019E04TCh-ISR 20193.6
Baron,T2519Zubov,A25980–12019B90TCh-ISR 20194.1
Flom,G2467Alterman,B2605½–½2019E42TCh-ISR 20194.1
Kobo,O2485Oratovsky,M2462½–½2019C41TCh-ISR 20194.1
Kantarji,P2445Zanan,E2528½–½2019A49TCh-ISR 20194.1
Bronstein,O2370Mesropov,K2431½–½2019E19TCh-ISR 20194.1
Bykhovsky,A2419Raznikov,D24990–12019D37TCh-ISR 20194.1
Abergel,T2422Dvoirys,S25230–12019B86TCh-ISR 20194.2
Khmelniker,I2483Poleg,D2276½–½2019A13TCh-ISR 20194.2
Tifferet,S2243Vydeslaver,A2386½–½2019B06TCh-ISR 20194.2
Shvayger,Y2387Poleg,M2205½–½2019C48TCh-ISR 20194.2
Kudischewitsch,D2348Klenburg,M23610–12019A48TCh-ISR 20194.2
Sidorenko,I2395Lurie,M2331½–½2019C42TCh-ISR 20194.2
Zoler,D2503Boruchovsky,A25250–12019A07TCh-ISR 20194.3
Grinberg,E2470Bakalchuk,J24560–12019B37TCh-ISR 20194.3
Caspi,I2455Givon,A2465½–½2019B35TCh-ISR 20194.3
Mindlin,A2462Zifroni,D2442½–½2019E52TCh-ISR 20194.3
Haimovich,T2408Rozentalis,E2526½–½2019C19TCh-ISR 20194.3
Gorshtein,I2382Lev,R2355½–½2019C77TCh-ISR 20194.3
Rechlis,G2526Soffer,R2477½–½2019A13TCh-ISR 20194.4
Bruk,O2417Sivuk,V2552½–½2019A13TCh-ISR 20194.4
Steinberg,N2530Shvidler,E23571–02019C42TCh-ISR 20194.4
Aharonovich,I2299Bitensky,I2373½–½2019E94TCh-ISR 20194.4
Manor,I2472Kundin,A23110–12019D15TCh-ISR 20194.4
Kreizberg,M2297Botvinnik,M2379½–½2019E00TCh-ISR 20194.4
Erenberg,A2409Rodshtein,M2668½–½2019E16TCh-ISR 20194.5
Malakhov,V2661Finkel,A24531–02019B06TCh-ISR 20194.5
Postny,E2623Zilberman,Y2334½–½2019TCh-ISR 20194.5
Roiz,M2605Aharon,O2310½–½2019A36TCh-ISR 20194.5
Greenfeld,A2525Shachar,E2391½–½2019TCh-ISR 20194.5
Mikhalevski,V2581Gershon,A24311–02019A04TCh-ISR 20194.5
Eljanov,P2680Gorodetzky,D24471–02019C19TCh-ISR 20194.6
Veinberg,N2399Smirin,I26100–12019B08TCh-ISR 20194.6
Sutovsky,E2628Parkhov,Y23361–02019B90TCh-ISR 20194.6
Galburd,Y2397Kogan,A25471–02019A46TCh-ISR 20194.6
Bar,R2484Psakhis,L2455½–½2019B40TCh-ISR 20194.6
Mikhalevski,A2430Golod,V2532½–½2019D93TCh-ISR 20194.6
Flom,G2467Abergel,T24220–12019A67TCh-ISR 20195.1
Tifferet,S2243Zubov,A25980–12019B54TCh-ISR 20195.1
Kantarji,P2445Poleg,M2205½–½2019E11TCh-ISR 20195.1
Kudischewitsch,D2348Oratovsky,M2462½–½2019B07TCh-ISR 20195.1
Mesropov,K2431Lurie,M2331½–½2019A45TCh-ISR 20195.1
Drozdov,A2208Bykhovsky,A2419½–½2019D00TCh-ISR 20195.1
Dvoirys,S2523Sutovsky,E26280–12019C88TCh-ISR 20195.2
Eljanov,P2680Khmelniker,I24831–02019C55TCh-ISR 20195.2
Vydeslaver,A2386Kogan,A25470–12019D02TCh-ISR 20195.2
Smirin,I2610Sidorenko,I23951–02019B67TCh-ISR 20195.2
Iliaguev,N2360Kantsler,B2398½–½2019A41TCh-ISR 20195.2
Bar,R2484Klenburg,M2361½–½2019B40TCh-ISR 20195.2
Nabaty,T2669Baron,T25191–02019D02TCh-ISR 20195.3
Zanan,E2528Boruchovsky,A25250–12019C02TCh-ISR 20195.3
Grinberg,E2470Raznikov,D2499½–½2019C65TCh-ISR 20195.3
Kobo,O2485Givon,A2465½–½2019B36TCh-ISR 20195.3
Mindlin,A2462Bronstein,O2370½–½2019A16TCh-ISR 20195.3
Kaspi,A2464Rozentalis,E2526½–½2019E43TCh-ISR 20195.3
Kuzubov,Y2651Zilberman,Y2334½–½2019E10TCh-ISR 20195.4
Erenberg,A2409Gorodetzky,D24470–12019A13TCh-ISR 20195.4
Veinberg,N2399Finkel,A2453½–½2019A41TCh-ISR 20195.4
Aharon,O2310Galburd,Y23970–12019C07TCh-ISR 20195.4
Parkhov,Y2336Shachar,E2391½–½2019A40TCh-ISR 20195.4
Gershon,A2431Mikhalevski,A24301–02019D31TCh-ISR 20195.4
Rodshtein,M2668Rechlis,G25261–02019A61TCh-ISR 20195.5
Sivuk,V2552Postny,E26231–02019D16TCh-ISR 20195.5
Naiditsch,A2734Steinberg,N25301–02019B90TCh-ISR 20195.5
Drori,S2386Roiz,M26050–12019C53TCh-ISR 20195.5
Huzman,A2580Manor,I2472½–½2019A04TCh-ISR 20195.5
Bitensky,I2373Mikhalevski,V2581½–½2019C60TCh-ISR 20195.5
Soffer,R2477Zoler,D25030–12019B52TCh-ISR 20195.6
Bakalchuk,J2456Shvidler,E23571–02019C42TCh-ISR 20195.6
Aharonovich,I2299Caspi,I24550–12019A88TCh-ISR 20195.6
Zifroni,D2442Kundin,A23111–02019D15TCh-ISR 20195.6
Kreizberg,M2297Haimovich,T2408½–½2019A62TCh-ISR 20195.6
Lev,R2355Gershkowich,D22001–02019D37TCh-ISR 20195.6
Zubov,A2598Grinberg,E2470½–½2019A06TCh-ISR 20196.1
Givon,A2465Oratovsky,M2462½–½2019C41TCh-ISR 20196.1
Flom,G2467Mindlin,A24621–02019E20TCh-ISR 20196.1
Rozentalis,E2526Bykhovsky,A24191–02019C06TCh-ISR 20196.1
Deutsch,E2350Gorshtein,I2382½–½2019B10TCh-ISR 20196.1
Ben Artzi,I2382Mesropov,K24311–02019E41TCh-ISR 20196.1
Abergel,T2422Eljanov,P2680½–½2019B12TCh-ISR 20196.2
Sutovsky,E2628Poleg,D22761–02019C60TCh-ISR 20196.2
Tifferet,S2243Smirin,I26100–12019B41TCh-ISR 20196.2
Kogan,A2547Poleg,M22051–02019C50TCh-ISR 20196.2
Lurie,M2331Bar,R24840–12019A05TCh-ISR 20196.2
Golod,V2532Kudischewitsch,D23480–12019A50TCh-ISR 20196.2
Zoler,D2503Naiditsch,A27341–02019E67TCh-ISR 20196.3
Rodshtein,M2668Bakalchuk,J24561–02019E71TCh-ISR 20196.3
Caspi,I2455Roiz,M2605½–½2019C45TCh-ISR 20196.3
Postny,E2623Zifroni,D24421–02019D52TCh-ISR 20196.3
Haimovich,T2408Mikhalevski,V25810–12019C50TCh-ISR 20196.3
Greenfeld,A2525Lev,R2355½–½2019D20TCh-ISR 20196.3
Zanan,E2528Shvidler,E23571–02019D37TCh-ISR 20196.4
Soffer,R2477Baron,T2519½–½2019C01TCh-ISR 20196.4
Kundin,A2311Raznikov,D24991–02019D12TCh-ISR 20196.4
Aharonovich,I2299Kobo,O24850–12019E47TCh-ISR 20196.4
Bronstein,O2370Kreizberg,M22971–02019A07TCh-ISR 20196.4
Gershkowich,D2200Kaspi,A24641–02019B50TCh-ISR 20196.4
Rechlis,G2526Kuzubov,Y26510–12019B23TCh-ISR 20196.5
Gorodetzky,D2447Sivuk,V2552½–½2019D85TCh-ISR 20196.5
Steinberg,N2530Veinberg,N23991–02019C77TCh-ISR 20196.5
Galburd,Y2397Manor,I24721–02019D00TCh-ISR 20196.5
Botvinnik,M2379Parkhov,Y2336½–½2019D12TCh-ISR 20196.5
Psakhis,L2455Bitensky,I23730–12019E94TCh-ISR 20196.5
Zilberman,Y2334Dvoirys,S2523½–½2019A04TCh-ISR 20196.6
Khmelniker,I2483Erenberg,A2409½–½2019A13TCh-ISR 20196.6
Shachar,E2391Vydeslaver,A2386½–½2019B00TCh-ISR 20196.6
Sidorenko,I2395Finkel,A2453½–½2019B06TCh-ISR 20196.6
Aharon,O2310Iliaguev,N23601–02019B27TCh-ISR 20196.6
Klenburg,M2361Gershon,A24310–12019B20TCh-ISR 20196.6
Boruchovsky,A2525Alexikov,A2258½–½2019B52TCh-ISR 20197.1
Poleg,D2276Grinberg,E24700–12019E12TCh-ISR 20197.1
Givon,A2465Tifferet,S22431–02019C80TCh-ISR 20197.1
Poleg,M2205Rozentalis,E25260–12019E11TCh-ISR 20197.1
Gorshtein,I2382Kudischewitsch,D23481–02019B01TCh-ISR 20197.1
Drozdov,A2208Ben Artzi,I23820–12019A45TCh-ISR 20197.1
Sutovsky,E2628Zilberman,Y23341–02019B04TCh-ISR 20197.2
Erenberg,A2409Moiseenko,A26400–12019E11TCh-ISR 20197.2
Smirin,I2610Shachar,E23911–02019C16TCh-ISR 20197.2
Finkel,A2453Bar,R2484½–½2019B22TCh-ISR 20197.2
Golod,V2532Judkovsky,Y22980–12019E36TCh-ISR 20197.2
Aharon,O2310Kantsler,B23980–12019B07TCh-ISR 20197.2
Rodshtein,M2668Zanan,E2528½–½2019E70TCh-ISR 20197.3
Baron,T2519Postny,E26230–12019C88TCh-ISR 20197.3
Naiditsch,A2734Raznikov,D24990–12019C65TCh-ISR 20197.3
Kobo,O2485Mikhalevski,V25810–12019C45TCh-ISR 20197.3
Huzman,A2580Bronstein,O23701–02019A15TCh-ISR 20197.3
Liss,E2431Greenfeld,A2525½–½2019B56TCh-ISR 20197.3
Shvidler,E2357Zubov,A25980–12019A14TCh-ISR 20197.4
Oratovsky,M2462Soffer,R2477½–½2019B18TCh-ISR 20197.4
Kundin,A2311Bykhovsky,A24191–02019C06TCh-ISR 20197.4
Kantarji,P2445Aharonovich,I2299½–½2019D85TCh-ISR 20197.4
Kreizberg,M2297Arlinsky,U23361–02019E00TCh-ISR 20197.4
Mesropov,K2431Gershkowich,D22001–02019A22TCh-ISR 20197.4
Veinberg,N2399Zoler,D2503½–½2019D11TCh-ISR 20197.5
Bakalchuk,J2456Gorodetzky,D2447½–½2019B18TCh-ISR 20197.5
Parkhov,Y2336Caspi,I2455½–½2019A80TCh-ISR 20197.5
Zifroni,D2442Galburd,Y2397½–½2019E04TCh-ISR 20197.5
Psakhis,L2455Lev,R23551–02019C84TCh-ISR 20197.5
Haimovich,T2408Mikhalevski,A24301–02019D31TCh-ISR 20197.5
Efimenko,Z2635Sivuk,V25521–02019B51TCh-ISR 20197.6
Rechlis,G2526Dvoirys,S25230–12019A25TCh-ISR 20197.6
Khmelniker,I2483Steinberg,N25301–02019A21TCh-ISR 20197.6
Drori,S2386Shvayger,Y2387½–½2019B32TCh-ISR 20197.6
Vydeslaver,A2386Botvinnik,M23791–02019A89TCh-ISR 20197.6
Bitensky,I2373Klenburg,M23610–12019C02TCh-ISR 20197.6
Zubov,A2598Naiditsch,A2734½–½2019D41TCh-ISR 20198.1
Rodshtein,M2668Kantarji,P24451–02019D11TCh-ISR 20198.1
Oratovsky,M2462Postny,E2623½–½2019C24TCh-ISR 20198.1
Roiz,M2605Deutsch,E23501–02019E16TCh-ISR 20198.1
Bykhovsky,A2419Huzman,A25800–12019A14TCh-ISR 20198.1
Mikhalevski,V2581Mesropov,K24310–12019E17TCh-ISR 20198.1
Alexikov,A2258Erenberg,A2409½–½2019B51TCh-ISR 20198.2
Zilberman,Y2334Tifferet,S22431–02019D97TCh-ISR 20198.2
Poleg,D2276Shachar,E2391½–½2019A96TCh-ISR 20198.2
Finkel,A2453Kudischewitsch,D23480–12019B01TCh-ISR 20198.2
Poleg,M2205Aharon,O23101–02019D93TCh-ISR 20198.2
Gershon,A2431Lurie,M23311–02019D99TCh-ISR 20198.2
Zoler,D2503Efimenko,Z2635½–½2019E15TCh-ISR 20198.3
Dvoirys,S2523Zifroni,D24421–02019C88TCh-ISR 20198.3
Bakalchuk,J2456Khmelniker,I2483½–½2019C45TCh-ISR 20198.3
Sidorenko,I2395Haimovich,T24081–02019C95TCh-ISR 20198.3
Caspi,I2455Klenburg,M2361½–½2019C41TCh-ISR 20198.3
Iliaguev,N2360Lev,R23551–02019D20TCh-ISR 20198.3
Zanan,E2528Gorodetzky,D24471–02019D43TCh-ISR 20198.4
Galburd,Y2397Baron,T2519½–½2019A40TCh-ISR 20198.4
Raznikov,D2499Veinberg,N2399½–½2019A45TCh-ISR 20198.4
Parkhov,Y2336Kobo,O24850–12019A21TCh-ISR 20198.4
Bronstein,O2370Psakhis,L2455½–½2019E00TCh-ISR 20198.4
Mikhalevski,A2430Kaspi,A24641–02019D30TCh-ISR 20198.4
Grinberg,E2470Soffer,R2477½–½2019B12TCh-ISR 20198.5
Shvidler,E2357Boruchovsky,A25250–12019E10TCh-ISR 20198.5
Mindlin,A2462Kreizberg,M2297½–½2019D10TCh-ISR 20198.5
Kundin,A2311Rozentalis,E25260–12019C07TCh-ISR 20198.5
Ben Artzi,I2382Stepak,Y22231–02019E83TCh-ISR 20198.5
Gershkowich,D2200Gorshtein,I23821–02019B12TCh-ISR 20198.5
Sivuk,V2552Sutovsky,E2628½–½2019B92TCh-ISR 20198.6
Moiseenko,A2640Rechlis,G25261–02019E21TCh-ISR 20198.6
Steinberg,N2530Smirin,I2610½–½2019C77TCh-ISR 20198.6
Bar,R2484Manor,I24721–02019B31TCh-ISR 20198.6
Bitensky,I2373Golod,V2532½–½2019B40TCh-ISR 20198.6
Kantsler,B2398Botvinnik,M23791–02019D25TCh-ISR 20198.6
Soffer,R2477Abergel,T24221–02019A67TCh-ISR 20199.1
Poleg,D2276Shvidler,E2357½–½2019D52TCh-ISR 20199.1
Kundin,A2311Tifferet,S22430–12019B23TCh-ISR 20199.1
Poleg,M2205Aharonovich,I2299½–½2019E14TCh-ISR 20199.1
Kreizberg,M2297Kudischewitsch,D2348½–½2019A50TCh-ISR 20199.1
Lurie,M2331Gershkowich,D22001–02019A04TCh-ISR 20199.1
Gorodetzky,D2447Kravtsiv,M2637½–½2019D31TCh-ISR 20199.2
Flom,G2467Parkhov,Y23361–02019D45TCh-ISR 20199.2
Galburd,Y2397Deutsch,E23501–02019A45TCh-ISR 20199.2
Bykhovsky,A2419Psakhis,L24550–12019A61TCh-ISR 20199.2
Mikhalevski,A2430Arlinsky,U23361–02019E12TCh-ISR 20199.2
Mesropov,K2431Kunin,P22611–02019A13TCh-ISR 20199.2
Rodshtein,M2668Boruchovsky,A25251–02019D35TCh-ISR 20199.3
Nabaty,T2669Korobov,A26991–02019D02TCh-ISR 20199.3
Postny,E2623Grinberg,E24701–02019D11TCh-ISR 20199.3
Rozentalis,E2526Roiz,M2605½–½2019C67TCh-ISR 20199.3
Mikhalevski,V2581Givon,A24651–02019A04TCh-ISR 20199.3
Gorshtein,I2382Huzman,A2580½–½2019B20TCh-ISR 20199.3
Dvoirys,S2523Baron,T2519½–½2019C60TCh-ISR 20199.4
Zanan,E2528Khmelniker,I24831–02019D90TCh-ISR 20199.4
Vydeslaver,A2386Raznikov,D24990–12019A07TCh-ISR 20199.4
Kobo,O2485Shvayger,Y2387½–½2019B31TCh-ISR 20199.4
Sidorenko,I2395Liss,E24311–02019B43TCh-ISR 20199.4
Bronstein,O2370Klenburg,M23611–02019C41TCh-ISR 20199.4
Smirin,I2610Zoler,D25031–02019B90TCh-ISR 20199.5
Bakalchuk,J2456Sutovsky,E26280–12019C45TCh-ISR 20199.5
Fridman,D2631Caspi,I24551–02019E04TCh-ISR 20199.5
Zifroni,D2442Golod,V2532½–½2019A13TCh-ISR 20199.5
Bar,R2484Haimovich,T2408½–½2019C67TCh-ISR 20199.5
Ganor,D2274Kantsler,B2398½–½2019B06TCh-ISR 20199.5
Erenberg,A2409Sivuk,V25521–02019A10TCh-ISR 20199.6
Rechlis,G2526Finkel,A2453½–½2019B07TCh-ISR 20199.6
Aharon,O2310Manor,I24720–12019B47TCh-ISR 20199.6
Steinberg,N2530Shachar,E23911–02019C17TCh-ISR 20199.6
Gershon,A2431Bitensky,I23731–02019E93TCh-ISR 20199.6
Botvinnik,M2379Gelfer,I23231–02019E00TCh-ISR 20199.6
Kravtsiv,M2637Dvoirys,S2523½–½2019B90TCh-ISR 201910.1
Khmelniker,I2483Flom,G24671–02019A57TCh-ISR 201910.1
Kantarji,P2445Vydeslaver,A2386½–½2019C09TCh-ISR 201910.1
Klenburg,M2361Bykhovsky,A24190–12019A00TCh-ISR 201910.1
Deutsch,E2350Sidorenko,I23950–12019B23TCh-ISR 201910.1
Iliaguev,N2360Mesropov,K2431½–½2019E15TCh-ISR 201910.1
Abergel,T2422Steinberg,N25301–02019B94TCh-ISR 201910.2
Rechlis,G2526Poleg,D22761–02019C60TCh-ISR 201910.2
Tifferet,S2243Bitensky,I23730–12019A07TCh-ISR 201910.2
Manor,I2472Poleg,M22050–12019E20TCh-ISR 201910.2
Kudischewitsch,D2348Barenboim,G21941–02019D00TCh-ISR 201910.2
Botvinnik,M2379Lurie,M23310–12019A45TCh-ISR 201910.2
Zoler,D2503Erenberg,A24090–12019E15TCh-ISR 201910.3
Finkel,A2453Zifroni,D24420–12019C01TCh-ISR 201910.3
Bakalchuk,J2456Gershon,A2431½–½2019A07TCh-ISR 201910.3
Shachar,E2391Caspi,I2455½–½2019B01TCh-ISR 201910.3
Haimovich,T2408Elyoseph,H22871–02019C11TCh-ISR 201910.3
Nor,I2251Lev,R23551–02019A09TCh-ISR 201910.3
Alterman,B2605Smirin,I2610½–½2019A15TCh-ISR 201910.4
Sutovsky,E2628Baron,T25191–02019C60TCh-ISR 201910.4
Kobo,O2485Fridman,D2631½–½2019C42TCh-ISR 201910.4
Golod,V2532Zanan,E2528½–½2019E92TCh-ISR 201910.4
Raznikov,D2499Bar,R2484½–½2019A45TCh-ISR 201910.4
Kantsler,B2398Bronstein,O23701–02019E60TCh-ISR 201910.4
Boruchovsky,A2525Gorodetzky,D2447½–½2019A05TCh-ISR 201910.5
Parkhov,Y2336Nabaty,T26691–02019E10TCh-ISR 201910.5
Givon,A2465Galburd,Y2397½–½2019C17TCh-ISR 201910.5
Psakhis,L2455Rozentalis,E2526½–½2019C42TCh-ISR 201910.5
Mindlin,A2462Kunin,P2261½–½2019D31TCh-ISR 201910.5
Mikhalevski,A2430Ben Artzi,I23821–02019A41TCh-ISR 201910.5
Soffer,R2477Rodshtein,M2668½–½2019B12TCh-ISR 201910.6
Korobov,A2699Kundin,A2311½–½2019D12TCh-ISR 201910.6
Shvidler,E2357Postny,E26230–12019C77TCh-ISR 201910.6
Roiz,M2605Aharonovich,I22991–02019A05TCh-ISR 201910.6
Gershkowich,D2200Mikhalevski,V25810–12019C60TCh-ISR 201910.6
Greenfeld,A2525Kreizberg,M2297½–½2019D15TCh-ISR 201910.6
Veinberg,N2399Soffer,R24770–12019E32TCh-ISR 201911.1
Shvidler,E2357Parkhov,Y2336½–½2019A04TCh-ISR 201911.1
Galburd,Y2397Kundin,A2311½–½2019D00TCh-ISR 201911.1
Aharonovich,I2299Psakhis,L24550–12019E41TCh-ISR 201911.1
Kunin,P2261Kreizberg,M2297½–½2019D12TCh-ISR 201911.1
Gershkowich,D2200Mikhalevski,A2430½–½2019D55TCh-ISR 201911.1
Khmelniker,I2483Nabaty,T26690–12019A16TCh-ISR 201911.2
Grinberg,E2470Dvoirys,S25230–12019B92TCh-ISR 201911.2
Shvayger,Y2387Givon,A24650–12019B27TCh-ISR 201911.2
Rozentalis,E2526Klenburg,M23611–02019B08TCh-ISR 201911.2
Sidorenko,I2395Livshits,G24480–12019B27TCh-ISR 201911.2
Ben Artzi,I2382Iliaguev,N23601–02019A61TCh-ISR 201911.2
Erenberg,A2409Alterman,B26050–12019E15TCh-ISR 201911.3
Zanan,E2528Shachar,E23911–02019A40TCh-ISR 201911.3
Finkel,A2453Baron,T25190–12019C01TCh-ISR 201911.3
Raznikov,D2499Gershon,A24310–12019A46TCh-ISR 201911.3
Judkovsky,Y2298Kobo,O24850–12019B07TCh-ISR 201911.3
Liss,E2431Nor,I22510–12019B56TCh-ISR 201911.3
Sivuk,V2552Bakalchuk,J24561–02019B27TCh-ISR 201911.4
Zoler,D2503Rechlis,G25261–02019E10TCh-ISR 201911.4
Steinberg,N2530Zifroni,D24421–02019C67TCh-ISR 201911.4
Caspi,I2455Manor,I24721–02019B48TCh-ISR 201911.4
Botvinnik,M2379Haimovich,T2408½–½2019A16TCh-ISR 201911.4
Ganor,D2274Bitensky,I2373½–½2019B06TCh-ISR 201911.4
Moiseenko,A2640Flom,G24671–02019D11TCh-ISR 201911.5
Zubov,A2598Sutovsky,E2628½–½2019D80TCh-ISR 201911.5
Smirin,I2610Kantarji,P2445½–½2019C98TCh-ISR 201911.5
Bykhovsky,A2419Bar,R2484½–½2019E11TCh-ISR 201911.5
Golod,V2532Mesropov,K2431½–½2019E11TCh-ISR 201911.5
Arlinsky,U2336Kantsler,B23980–12019A00TCh-ISR 201911.5
Postny,E2623Poleg,D22760–12019D20TCh-ISR 201911.6
Tifferet,S2243Rodshtein,M26680–12019B90TCh-ISR 201911.6
Roiz,M2605Poleg,M22051–02019E15TCh-ISR 201911.6
Kudischewitsch,D2348Mikhalevski,V2581½–½2019E00TCh-ISR 201911.6
Huzman,A2580Vaissenberg,P22241–02019E06TCh-ISR 201911.6
Lurie,M2331Greenfeld,A25251–02019B27TCh-ISR 201911.6

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Yochanan was born (1952) and grew up in Tel-Aviv, and now lives in Amsterdam. He has been involved in nearly every aspect of chess, both as a professional and a volunteer, for the last 50 years, and remains an active player, composer, writer, organizer, trainer and commentator. He is an International Master and International Arbiter for chess as well as International Grandmaster for chess composition, and the author of Extreme Chess Tactics (Gambit 2017) and Practical Chess Beauty (Quality Chess 2018).

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