The international arena is back to Jerusalem, with yet another major event. The chess games of the 20th Maccabiah will be held On July 5-14, in Dan Hotel in the Israeli capital, 4 closed Invitational groups will be held and one open tournament. An additional open youth competition will be hosted by the town of Nesher nearby Haifa on July 9-14. Here is the line up after the drawing of lots in the Invitational groups:
Grandmasters A: 1.IM Gabriel Battaglini (France) 2475 2. GM Ilya Smirin 2669 3. GM Alexander Moisienko (Ukraine) 2657 4. GM Georg Meier (Germany) 2630 5. IM Eyal Deutsch 2334 6. GM Semen Dvoirys (Russia) 2534 7. Yair Farkhov 2400 8. GM Alexander Huzman 2557 9. GM Eduardas Rozenthalis (Lithuania) 2577 10. GM David Klein (Netherlands) 2504.
Grandmasters B: 1. IM Alon Mindlin 2436 2.GM Tal Baron 2540 3. GM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2458 4. GM Maxim Novik (Russia) 2482 5. IM Anthony Bellaiche (France) 2463 6.GM Yaacov Zilberman 2407 7.FM Saar Drori 2359 8.GM Gennady Ginsburg 2454 9.IM Ariel Ehrenberg 2370 10.GM Victor Mikhalevsky 2540
Masters tournament A: 1. FM Gleb Kagansky (Russia) 2294 2. Nisim Iliaguev 2301 3. FM Shaked Tifferet 2236 4. IM Michael Pasman 2355 5.FM Nathan Alfred (England) 2227 6. FM Nimrod Weinberg 2381 7. IM Alexander Alexikov (Ukraine) 2315 8. Shoham Cohen Revivo 2249 9. IM Igor Bitensky 2358 10.PP Philip Kumic (Serbia) 2304
Masters tournament B: 1. FM Or Bronstein 2324 2. WGM Maria Manakova (Serbia) 2291 3.IM Alexander Caspi 2433 4. FM Dan Poleg 2241 5. FM Anna-Maja Kazarian ( Netherlands) 2259 6. Or Globus 2210 7. IM Roman Bar 2489 8. FM Arie Axelrod 2262 9.IM Salomea Zaksayte (Lithuania) 2274 10. David Kudisc hevich 2364 (Russia)
The chairman of the organizing committee is Moshe Slav
The chief arbiter of the tournament is International arbiter Alon Cohen Revivo.
Round reports: Yochanan Afek Daily results: http://www.chess-results.com/