Super-Tournaments

From July 12 to 17, 2009, alongside the other chess tournaments of the 18th Maccabiah, two super-tournaments will be held: Rapid (15 minutes per player + 5 seconds per move) and Blitz (4 minutes per player + 2 seconds per move).

Ten out of the twelve are among the top 100 players in the international rating list of FIDE: Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2733), Judit Polgar - the top woman player in the world (Hungary, 2693), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine, 2693), Evgeniy Najer (Russia, 2669), Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia, 2640) etc.

It is noteworthy that Gelfand, Avrukh, Roiz and Rodshtein were members of the Israeli team which took last year the second place and silver medals in the World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany.

Venue: Blue-Bay Hotel, 37 Hamelahim Street, Natanya.

Opening Ceremony: Monday, July 12 2009, at 15:30.

Tournament Schedule