Israeli Chess Champions 2013: Tamir Nabaty and Olga Vasiliev
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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More chess news updates from national chess championships around the world: The Israeli Chess Championships 2013 for men and women took place on 6th-14th April at the Palm Beach Hotel in Acre, Israel, according to a Chessdom news post. In the main event, GM Tamir Nabaty took the winner’s trophy after showing a great 2681 rating performance and getting 6.5 points in the 9-round Swiss. He was undefeated and finished the event with two straight wins. Three players tied at 6/9. Veteran GM Ilia Smirin and GM Viktor Mikhalevski finished second and third, respectively. Among the women, WIM Olga Vasiliev stood out and got clear first place with 7/9 points, leaving her closest follower a whole point behind. The event counted with the support of the National Lottery, which donated 500.000 New Shekels to the Israeli Chess Federation recently. Tournament website.
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GM Tamir Nabaty from Israel wins Belgrade Trophy
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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GM Tamir Nabaty from Israel has won the Belgrade Chess Trophy. The 26th Belgrade International Open Championship (Belgrade Trophy) was held from 24th November to 2nd December in Obrenovac, near Belgrade, with 178 players competing over nine rounds, according to a chessdom.com report.
Grandmasters Tamir Nabaty (Israel) and Dalibor Stojanovic (BIH) emerged victorious in their last round matches against GM Miodrag Savic and GM Branko Damljanovic respectively to share the first place with 7,5 points each. Nabaty counted a slightly better tie-break and is awarded with the winner’s trophy.
The talented junior Marko Nenezic finished undefeated with 6,5 points to earn an IM norm. Ivan Sarenac lost in the final round to GM Peter Drenchev but he won the IM norm nevertheless.
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Vladimir Akopian Wins Albena Open Chess 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Vladimir Akopian
The International Open Chess Tournament Albena 2012 was held from 26th May to 3rd June at the Albena Sports Hall, in Albena, Bulgaria. The 9-round Swiss open is organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, Chess Club “Dobrich – Albena” and Albena JSCo.
The Armenian players enjoy a notable success as three of them, GM Vladimir Akopian, GM Tigran Petrosian and IM Karen Grigoryan, are among the joint winners, together with GM Ivan Cheparinov and GM Tamir Nabaty. They collected 7 points each, according to the latest chess news by Chessdom.
Vladimir Akopian took the winner’s trophy on best tiebreak score. Full standings bellow.
Nabaty continues with strong performances on the Bulgarian soil, having earlier achieved three GM norms there (Albena, Plovdiv, Bansko Open). Nabaty also spoiled the Armenian celebration a bit as he defeated the European blitz champion Hrant Melkumyan in the final round.
Albena is one of the most popular resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea. It is located 11 km south of Balchik and 30 km north of Varna – the sea capital of Bulgaria. Albena holds a “Blue Flag” certificate for its ecologically clean sea, beach and area. The soft sandy beach of Albena is more than 3.5 km long and up to 150 m wide. Official Chess Tournament website.
Top final standings:
1. GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2697 – 7
2. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2673 – 7
3. GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2657 – 7
4. GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2553 – 7
5. IM Grigoryan Karen H ARM 2517 – 7
6. GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2566 – 6.5
7. IM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2457 – 6.5
8. GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2553 – 6.5
9. IM Das Arghyadip IND 2482 – 6.5
10. IM Thejkumar M S IND 2450 – 6.5
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