Maccabiah 2013(ISR) GM RRs;IM RRs and Open

Maccabiah 2013-Chess Results
There were four RRs, an open and a junior tournament.

Overall results

• GM-1-GM Dvoirys won with 6/9.
• GM-2-GM Avrukh won with 6/9.
• IM-1-WIM Efroimski ,FM Ofir and IM Battaglini shared first with 6.5/9.
• IM-2-IM Kaspi won with 6/9.
• Open-Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Official Site-Intro

Once every four years, the best Jewish sportsmen from all around the world come together to compete in the Maccabiah Games. Some of them even made Aliyah afterwards.

Avrukh(left)-Polar,J(right)

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Even though some people still dispute the fact that chess is a sport, the royal game has been recognized as a sport and included in the Maccabiah Games as early as 1935. In fact, it is the most successful branch in Israeli sport, regarding the quantity of world-class achievements. 

GM Polgar,J giving a simul

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After a long pause, the chess events in the Maccabiah were renewed in 1977 under the leadership of Almog Burstein, currently General Manager of the Israel Chess Federation. 

GM-1
GM Dvoirys won with 6/9.

The GM groups in rd7

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Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Dvoirys Semen I.	2538	RUS	*	½	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	6
2	IM	Raznikov Danny	2489	ISR	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	5.5
3	GM	Finkel Alexander	2500	ISR	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	5.5
4	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2552	ISR	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	5
5	IM	Givon Asaf	2438	ISR	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	0	4
6	GM	Ginsburg Gennadi	2513	GER	1	½	0	0	0	*	1	½	0	1	4
7	GM	Diamant Andre	2469	BRA	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	4
8	GM	Gruenfeld Yehuda	2442	ISR	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	1	1	4
9	IM	Steinberg Nitzan	2416	ISR	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	0	*	½	3.5
10	IM	Grunberg Mihai-Lucian	2411	ROU	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	½	*	3.5

GM-2
GM Avrukh won with 6/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Avrukh Boris	2576	ISR	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	6
2	GM	Golod Vitali	2578	ISR	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5.5
3	IM	Boruchovsky Avital	2441	ISR	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5.5
4	GM	Novik Maxim	2451	RUS	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	5.5
5	GM	Kantsler Boris	2430	ISR	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5
6	GM	Vaisser Anatoly	2544	FRA	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	5
7	IM	Szuhanek Ranko	2519	ROU	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	4.5
8	FM	Deutsch Eyal	2380	ISR	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	3.5
9	FM	Bitelmajer Martin	2343	ARG	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	3
10	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2296	ISR	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1.5

IM-1
WIM Efroimski ,FM Ofir and IM Battaglini shared first with 6.5/9.

IM Group in rd7

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Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	WIM	Efroimski Marsel	2297	ISR	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	6.5
2	FM	Aharon Ofir	2307	ISR	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	6.5
3	IM	Battaglini Gabriel	2451	FRA	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	6.5
4	IM	Alexikov Alexander	2381	UKR	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	5
5		Mindlin Alon	2263	ISR	1	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	5
6	IM	Bitensky Igor	2395	ISR	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	½	5
7	FM	Ujhazi Ivan	2221	SRB	0	1	0	½	0	0	*	½	½	1	3.5
8		Gal Moshe	2202	ISR	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	*	0	½	2.5
9		Kobo Ori	2307	ISR	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	½	2.5
10	WIM	Bezgodova Maria	2187	RUS	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	2

IM-2
IM Kaspi won with 6/9.

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	IM	Kaspi Alexander	2434	ISR	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	6
2		Reshef Omer	2235	ISR	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	5.5
3		Gindi Shachar	2278	ISR	½	1	*	0	½	1	0	½	1	1	5.5
4	FM	Arlinsky Uriel	2321	ISR	0	½	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	5
5		Gurbanov Andrei	2270	BLR	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	4.5
6	WFM	Shvayger Yuliya	2265	ISR	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	4.5
7	FM	Shutzman Joseph	2253	USA	0	0	1	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	4
8	FM	Litwak Aleksej	2229	GER	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	3.5
9	IM	Porat Ido	2441	ISR	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	3.5
10	IM	Kudischewitsch David	2344	RUS	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	3

Open
Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Intense action

Happy group

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		Erenberg Ariel	ISR	1970	7.5
2		D'Israel Davy	BRA	2210	7.5
3		Petrovski Igor	MKD	2185	7
4		Slonimskij Arkadij	ISR	2187	7
5		Poleg Matan	ISR	2058	7
6		Zlotogorsky Itay	ISR	1942	6.5
7		Kumic Filip	SRB	2243	6.5
8		Tartakovsky Daniel	ISR	1951	6.5
9		Orgad Dan	ISR	2017	6.5
10		Petrovski Alexandar	MKD	2226	6.5
11		Hochman Elnathan	ISR	2021	6.5
12	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	RUS	2093	6
13		Nareznoy David	ISR	2090	6
14		Klein Boris	ISR	2096	6
15		Lukovski Lev	GER	1889	6
16		Har Even Abir	ISR	2093	6
17		Vaisberg Michael	ISR	2057	6
18		Grujic Danijela	SRB	2124	6
19		Bronfman Shmuel	ISR	2173	6