Israeli Chess Championship 2008
December 21, 2008
Boris Avrukh is Israel's Chess Champion for 2008. The chess Grandmaster outplayed Israel's top chess players, his fellows to the silver medal winning chess team at the 2008 Chess Olympiad, and took home the1st prize, a cheque on 10,000 ILS donated by PlayE4 online chess software.
The biannual Israel Chess Championship took place between November 30th and December 11, 2008 at the Madatech chess club in Haifa, Israel with the elite of Israel's chess players including Boris Avrukh, Evgeny Postny, Michael Roiz, Maxim Rodshtein and Alon Greenfeld who represented the country at the recent Chess Olympiad, held in November in Dresden, Germany, and finished second, for the first time in Israel's chess history.
Israel's Chess Championship lasted for 9 days and consisted of 9 rounds. On break days, the Madatech chess club hosted side events such as the open active chess tournament, which was won by Arie Akselrod. The chess championship was broadcast online, live and free of charge on PlayE4 chess platform.
Thus, Israel's chess fans who have downloaded PlayE4 chess software in advance, watched in real time Israel's number 1 ranked chess player GM Michael Roiz suffering two successive losses on the 6th and 7th round. They can also view the suspenseful final round, in which four players – Victor Mikhalevski, Ilia Smirin, Avruck and Rodshtein – shared a score of 6.5 points. Thanks to the Buchholz tie-breaker, Avruck won the chess match with half a point advantage over his three secondaries.
Surprisingly, the Women's Chess Championship was also determined by the Buchholz tie-breaker, crowning WIM Olga Vasiliev as champion, Natalia Vovinkina as finalist, both with 3.5 points, and Maya Porat as semi finalist.
Boris Avrukh is Israel's Chess Champion for 2008. The chess Grandmaster outplayed Israel's top chess players, his fellows to the silver medal winning chess team at the 2008 Chess Olympiad, and took home the1st prize, a cheque on 10,000 ILS donated by PlayE4 online chess software.
The biannual Israel Chess Championship took place between November 30th and December 11, 2008 at the Madatech chess club in Haifa, Israel with the elite of Israel's chess players including Boris Avrukh, Evgeny Postny, Michael Roiz, Maxim Rodshtein and Alon Greenfeld who represented the country at the recent Chess Olympiad, held in November in Dresden, Germany, and finished second, for the first time in Israel's chess history.
Israel's Chess Championship lasted for 9 days and consisted of 9 rounds. On break days, the Madatech chess club hosted side events such as the open active chess tournament, which was won by Arie Akselrod. The chess championship was broadcast online, live and free of charge on PlayE4 chess platform.
Thus, Israel's chess fans who have downloaded PlayE4 chess software in advance, watched in real time Israel's number 1 ranked chess player GM Michael Roiz suffering two successive losses on the 6th and 7th round. They can also view the suspenseful final round, in which four players – Victor Mikhalevski, Ilia Smirin, Avruck and Rodshtein – shared a score of 6.5 points. Thanks to the Buchholz tie-breaker, Avruck won the chess match with half a point advantage over his three secondaries.
Surprisingly, the Women's Chess Championship was also determined by the Buchholz tie-breaker, crowning WIM Olga Vasiliev as champion, Natalia Vovinkina as finalist, both with 3.5 points, and Maya Porat as semi finalist.