Israel Chess Championship
GM Mikhalevski and GM Golod leading after 5 rounds

The Israel Chess Championship takes place 8th-18th of November in Mount Caramel Hotel, Haifa, Israel. 32 players participate in the event, which will be 9 rounds Swiss competition. Top seeded are the 2600+ ELO players GM Evgeny Postny and Viktor Mikhalevski.

After 5 rounds, GM Mikhalevski has 4,5/5 and is sharing the lead with GM Vitaly Golod. They are closely followed by the GM elect and Bansko Grand Chess Open participant IM Tamir Nabaty at sole third place with 4,0/5. Scroll down for all results and pairings.

Round 1

Postny Evgeny 1/2 – 1/2 Kantargi Pinhas
Pruzhansky Genrih 0 – 1 MikhalevskiViktor
Golod Vitaly 1 – 0 Krayz Alexander
Galburd Yan 0 – 1 Nabaty Tamir
Zilberman Yackov 1 – 0 Zalts Dov
Shevelev Arkady 1/2 – 1/2 Gruenfeld Yehuda
Kantsler Boris 1 – 0 Rinberg Alexander
Kataev Simha 1 – 0 Zaslavsky Michael
Tseytlin Mark 1/2 – 1/2 Aaron Ofir
Porat Maya 1/2 – 1/2 Berkovich Mark
Videslaver Albert 1/2 – 1/2 Shaskin Matan
Mamut Igor 1 – 0 Birenboim Natan
Axelrod Arye 1 – 0 Gevaon Asaf
Zanan Evgeny 1/2 – 1/2 Shahar Ehud
Kudishevich David 0 – 1 Sorin Michael
Rashaf Omer 1/2 – 1/2 Pasman Michael

Round 2

Mikhalevski Viktor [1] 1 – 0 Kantsler Boris [1]
Axelrod Arye [1] 0 – 1 Golod Vitaly [1]
Nabaty Tamir [1] 1 – 0 Kataev Simha [1]
Sorin Michael [1] 1 – 0 Zilberman Yackov [1]
Gruenfeld Yehuda [0.5] 1 – 0 Mamut Igor [1]
Aaron Ofir [0.5] 0 – 1 Postny Evgeny [0.5]
Shaskin Matan [0.5] 0 – 1 Tseytlin Mark [0.5]
Berkovich Mark [0.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Shevelev Arkady [0.5]
Kantargi Pinhas [0.5] 1 – 0 Videslaver Albert [0.5]
Shahar Ehud [0.5] 1 – 0 Porat Maya [0.5]
Pasman Michael [0.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Zanan Evgeny [0.5]
Zaslavsky Michael 1 – 0 Rashaf Omer [0.5]
Birenboim Natan 1 – 0 Galburd Yan
Zalts Dov 1/2 – 1/2 Kudishevich David
Rinberg Alexander 1 – 0 Pruzhansky Genrih
Krayz Alexander 1/2 – 1/2 Gevaon Asaf

Round 3

Nabaty Tamir [2] 0 – 1 Mikhalevski Viktor [2]
Golod Vitaly [2] 1 – 0 Sorin Michael [2]
Postny Evgeny [1.5] 1 – 0 Shahar Ehud [1.5]
Tseytlin Mark [1.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Gruenfeld Yehuda [1.5]
Zilberman Yackov [1] 1/2 – 1/2 Kantargi Pinhas [1.5]
Kantsler Boris [1] 1 – 0 Pasman Michael [1]
Shevelev Arkady [1] 0 – 1 Zaslavsky Michael [1]
Kataev Simha [1] 0 – 1 Berkovich Mark [1]
Zanan Evgeny [1] 1 – 0 Birenboim Natan [1]
Mamut Igor [1] 0 – 1 Axelrod Arye [1]
Videslaver Albert [0.5] 1 – 0 Rinberg Alexander [1]
Kudishevich David [0.5] 0 – 1 Shaskin Matan [0.5]
Porat Maya [0.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Krayz Alexander [0.5]
Gevaon Asaf [0.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Zalts Dov [0.5]
Rashaf Omer [0.5] 1 – 0 Aaron Ofir [0.5]
Pruzhansky Genrih 0 – 1 Galburd Yan

Round 4

Mikhalevski Viktor [3] 1/2 – 1/2 Golod Vitaly [3]
Berkovich Mark [2] 1 – 0 Postny Evgeny [2.5]
Kantargi Pinhas [2] 0 – 1 Nabaty Tamir [2]
Gruenfeld Yehuda [2] 1 – 0 Axelrod Arye [2]
Sorin Michael [2] 1/2 – 1/2 Kantsler Boris [2]
Zaslavsky Michael [2] 1/2 – 1/2 Tseytlin Mark [2]
Shaskin Matan [1.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Zanan Evgeny [2]
Shahar Ehud [1.5] 0 – 1 Zilberman Yackov [1.5]
Rashaf Omer [1.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Videslaver Albert [1.5]
Birenboim Natan [1] 1 – 0 Shevelev Arkady [1]
Pasman Michael [1] 1 – 0 Rinberg Alexander [1]
Krayz Alexander [1] 1/2 – 1/2 Kataev Simha [1]
Galburd Yan [1] 1/2 – 1/2 Porat Maya [1]
Zalts Dov [1] 1 – 0 Mamut Igor [1]
Gevaon Asaf [1] 1/2 – 1/2 Kudishevich David [0.5]
Aaron Ofir [0.5] 1 – 0 Pruzhansky Genrih

Round 5

Gruenfeld Yehuda [3] 0 – 1 Mikhalevski Viktor [3.5]
Golod Vitaly [3.5] 1 – 0 Berkovich Mark [3]
Postny Evgeny [2.5] 0 – 1 Nabaty Tamir [3]
Zilberman Yackov [2.5] 1/2 – 1/2 Zaslavsky Michael [2.5]
Kantsler Boris [2.5] 1 – 0 Zanan Evgeny [2.5]
Tseytlin Mark [2.5] 1 – 0 Sorin Michael [2.5]
Videslaver Albert [2] 1/2 – 1/2 Zalts Dov [2]
Kantargi Pinhas [2] 1 – 0 Birenboim Natan [2]
Axelrod Arye [2] 0 – 1 Rashaf Omer [2]
Shaskin Matan [2] 0 – 1 Pasman Michael [2]
Kataev Simha [1.5] 0 – 1 Shahar Ehud [1.5]
Aaron Ofir [1.5] 1 – 0 Krayz Alexander [1.5]
Porat Maya [1.5] 1 – 0 Gevaon Asaf [1.5]
Shevelev Arkady [1] 0 – 1 Galburd Yan [1.5]
Rinberg Alexander [1] 0 – 1 Kudishevich David [1]
Mamut Igor [1] 0 – 1 Pruzhansky Genrih

Round 6 pairings

Nabaty Tamir [4] Golod Vitaly [4.5]
Mikhalevski Viktor [4.5] Tseytlin Mark [3.5]
Zilberman Yackov [3] Kantsler Boris [3.5]
Pasman Michael [3] Gruenfeld Yehuda [3]
Zaslavsky Michael [3] Kantargi Pinhas [3]
Berkovich Mark [3] Rashaf Omer [3]
Galburd Yan [2.5] Postny Evgeny [2.5]
Zanan Evgeny [2.5] Videslaver Albert [2.5]
Shahar Ehud [2.5] Aaron Ofir [2.5]
Zalts Dov [2.5] Porat Maya [2.5]
Sorin Michael [2.5] Axelrod Arye [2]
Birenboim Natan [2] Shaskin Matan [2]
Kudishevich David [2] Krayz Alexander [1.5]
Gevaon Asaf [1.5] Kataev Simha [1.5]
Pruzhansky Genrih [1] Shevelev Arkady [1]
Rinberg Alexander [1] Mamut Igor [1]

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