Final top 8 standings
| 1 | Golod, Vitali | 2582 | 7.5/9 |
| 2 | Mikhalevski, Victor | 2602 | 6.5/9 |
| 3 | Nabaty, Tamir | 2529 | 6.5/9 |
| 4 | Kantarji, Pinchas | 2363 | 6.0/9 |
| 5 | Postny, Evgeny | 2604 | 6.0/9 |
| 6 | Berkovich, Mark A | 2392 | 5.5/9 |
| 7 | Gruenfeld, Yehuda | 2469 | 5.5/9 |
| 8 | Vydeslaver, Alik | 2388 | 5.5/9 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Where are the top players? Where’s Gelfand?
Gelfand never plas in the Israeli champinship since he is too strong, and prefered to play in the Tal memorial. Sutovsky is also a bit strong, Rodshtein is Gelfand’s second in the tal memorial. you could ask where are GM’s Roiz, Avrukh…