DAY TWO – SVIDLER WINS CONVINCINGLY. SOKOLOVSKY TAKES THE OPEN

by Assi Philosoph Around 1000 chess players, of various ages and from all around the country, participated tonight, on September 26th, in a simultaneous game in Safra Square in Jerusalem as a closing event to the Jerusalem Chess Festival. The unique event called for the release of the kidnapped with a giant table construction of […]

To celebrate the end of the big tournament, which will be played on September 24th to 25th, a massive simultaneous game will be held on Thursday the 26th in Safra square, Jerusalem, with 1000 people playing against the best Israeli players! The Safra Square is a city square part of the Jerusalem Municipality complex, with […]

by Assi Philosoph In the 6th round, and the first of the second day, Svidler and Ivanchuk continued their run, winning smoothly against Gorshtein and Postny, and opening a gap of 1.5 points from Smirin, the 3rd place holder, with only 3 rounds to go. However, in the 7th round, things started to go wrong […]