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Netanya Masters (2019) The Netanya Masters was a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 23 June to 2 July 2019 in Netanya, Israel. Players received 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. (1) Boris Gelfand won on tie-break ahead of Leinier Dominguez Perez, both with 5.5/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Gelfand 2676 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2 Dominguez 2760 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5½ 3 Eljanov 2655 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 5 4 Dubov 2700 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 5 Rodshtein 2685 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 6 Svidler 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 4½ 7 Smirin 2594 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4½ 8 McShane 2688 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * 0 0 4 9 Nabaty 2678 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 4 10 Postny 2601 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 2½ Category: XVIII (2677). Chief arbiter: Almog Burstein The Netanya Open 2019 was won by Mikhail Antipov with 7.5/9 (http://chess-results.com/tnr436185....). Official site: http://imt.chess.org.il/. Pairings/results: http://chess-results.com/tnr437937.... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/gelfa... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... (1) chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gelfand vs D Dubov   ½-½ 21 2019 Netanya Masters A14 English 2. Svidler vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 19 2019 Netanya Masters A06 Reti Opening 3. M Rodshtein vs McShane 0-1 31 2019 Netanya Masters A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. Eljanov vs E Postny   ½-½ 38 2019 Netanya Masters C77 Ruy Lopez 5. T Nabaty vs Smirin   ½-½ 76 2019 Netanya Masters A48 King's Indian 6. L Dominguez vs M Rodshtein   1-0 29 2019 Netanya Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Gelfand vs Svidler   ½-½ 26 2019 Netanya Masters A15 English 8. D Dubov vs Smirin   ½-½ 47 2019 Netanya Masters C45 Scotch Game 9. E Postny vs T Nabaty 0-1 49 2019 Netanya Masters D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. McShane vs Eljanov 1-0 67 2019 Netanya Masters A14 English 11. Svidler vs D Dubov   ½-½ 21 2019 Netanya Masters B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 12. T Nabaty vs McShane 1-0 25 2019 Netanya Masters A48 King's Indian 13. Eljanov vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 28 2019 Netanya Masters C50 Giuoco Piano 14. M Rodshtein vs Gelfand   ½-½ 63 2019 Netanya Masters A36 English 15. Smirin vs E Postny   1-0 51 2019 Netanya Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 16. L Dominguez vs T Nabaty   1-0 60 2019 Netanya Masters C70 Ruy Lopez 17. McShane vs Smirin   ½-½ 48 2019 Netanya Masters B40 Sicilian 18. Svidler vs M Rodshtein   0-1 38 2019 Netanya Masters A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 19. D Dubov vs E Postny   1-0 38 2019 Netanya Masters D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 20. Gelfand vs Eljanov   ½-½ 29 2019 Netanya Masters E17 Queen's Indian 21. E Postny vs McShane   1-0 88 2019 Netanya Masters E00 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Smirin vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 10 2019 Netanya Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 23. T Nabaty vs Gelfand   ½-½ 60 2019 Netanya Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Eljanov vs Svidler   ½-½ 51 2019 Netanya Masters A48 King's Indian 25. M Rodshtein vs D Dubov 0-1 42 2019 Netanya Masters D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-24-19    diagonal: The city of Netanya already hosted an Invitational series, starting back in the 1960s, known most famously is the edition from 1968 when Bobby Fischer won: Netanya (1968). <Netanya Masters 2019> presents an even stronger round robin invitational Tournament: Ten players of which five are reputed world class players and the other five are form the Israeli top ones, meaning from the hosting nation, in traditional style. The invited participants in order of Elo in FIDE June list 2019: <GM Leinier Dominguez Perez USA, 2760 Elo, ranked no. 11 and top seeded GM Peter Svidler RUS, 2737 Elo GM Daniil Dubov RUS, 2700 Elo GM Luke McShane ENG GM Maxim Rodshtein ISR GM Tamir Nabaty ISR GM Boris Gelfand ISR GM Pavel Eljanov UKR GM Evgeny Postny ISR GM Ilya Smirin ISR> At the moment, McShane (former 2700+), Rodshtein (former 2700+), Nabaty, and Gelfand (longtime 2700+) are close to the notorious 2700 Elo border.. The total prize fund in the Masters is 100 thousands US dollars. The first prize is 25, 000 US dollars. The Open tournament will be held simultaneously with the Masters’ event, at the same venue. <Around 140 players had registered for the Open event. Top seeded is Korobov (former 2700+), followed by Kuzubov, both from Ukraine, both currently close to 2700 Elo as well.> Player portraits: http://imt.chess.org.il/participant... Live coverage: http://imt.chess.org.il/live-games-... After two rounds, 'Lucky Luke' is leading with two wins! Thanks at <Annie K.> for acting promptly and Chessgames for featuring this tournament. Jun-29-19    sonia91: I think this is the first strong tournament (held with standard time control) in Israel since the European Individual Championship (2015) in Jerusalem. Jul-01-19    botvinnik64: Dominguez has white tomorrow against Gelfand in the last round. Jul-02-19    SChesshevsky: Svidler finally gets a win. Hoping to finish strong and get 50%. Jul-02-19    botvinnik64: Draw on the top board - Gelfand wins on tie breaks! Jul-02-19    dwavechess: I think one of the best performances by a 51 years old in recent times Jul-02-19    PhilFeeley: It's good to see Gelfand doing well again. He and Anand should keep going. Jul-03-19    diagonal: Nice to see Gelfand (born in 1968) still winning a major international event, congrats for this fine win! Gelfand was also the only one to go the distance at <Netanya Masters> without a defeat. Mikhail Antipov, former World Junior Champion (2015) is clear first in the <Netanya Open>. The next big chess meeting in Israel will be this December, the fourth and last leg of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2019, held in Tel Aviv. The FIDE GP is a knock-out elimination where in every tournament 16 grandmasters fight for the spots in the following Candidate's Tournament 2020 to evaluate the next Challenger of Champion Carlsen. Each round consists of two games with classical time control, and a series of tie-breaks (rapid, blitz, and Armageddon) in case of a tie, combined with a highly sophisticated points and bonus points system.. 1st leg: May 16th – 30th - Moscow, Russia (played, Nepo won the final against Grischuk) 2nd leg: July 11th – 25th - Jurmala/Riga, Latvia 3rd leg: November 4th – 18th - Hamburg, Germany 4th leg: December 10th – 24th - Tel-Aviv, Israel NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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