Israeli Chess Championship
# Israeli Chess Championship

The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.

## History

From 1951 to 1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event. The 1998 Championship was held 8–24 November in Ramat Aviv. The single-elimination tournament, 32 players in the men's section and 16 in the women's, used an unusual time control of 100 minutes for 30 moves + 30 seconds per move. GM Eran Liss won the men's final over GM Victor Mikhalevski. After tying their 2-game match with one victory apiece, they then tied an active chess playoff with one win and two draws each. In a 5-minute blitz playoff, Liss won 2–0. Irina Yudasina won the women's final over Ella Pitem with one win and one draw.

## Winners

| #YearMen's Champion 11936Moshe Czerniak 21937Yosef Porat 31938Moshe Czerniak 41940Yosef Porat 51945Izak Aloni 61951Menachem Oren 71953Yosef Porat 81955Moshe Czerniak 91957Yosef Porat 101959Yosef Porat 111961Izak Aloni 121963Yosef Porat 131965Izak Aloni 141967Shimon Kagan 151969Shimon Kagan 161971Uzi Geller 171974Vladimir Liberzon 181976Nathan Birnboim 191978Roman Dzindzichashvili 201980Nathan Birnboim 211982Yehuda Gruenfeld 221984Alon Greenfeld 231986Nathan Birnboim 241988Gad Rechlis 251990Yehuda Gruenfeld 261992Ilya Smirin 271994Leonid Yudasin 281996Lev Psakhis 291998Eran Liss 302000Boris Avrukh Alik Gershon 312002Ilya Smirin 322004Sergey Erenburg 332006Maxim Rodshtein 342008Boris Avrukh 352010Vitali Golod 362013Tamir Nabaty 372014Victor Mikhalevski 382016Tamir Nabaty 392018Alon Greenfeld | #YearWomen's Champion 11955Ora Nodel Yaron 21957Rivka Lichtenfeld 31959Genia Gevenda 41961Clara Friedman 51963Clara Friedman 61965Clara Friedman 71967Sima Rabinovitz Forman 81969Frida Rabinovitz Schahar 91971Lidia Gal 101974Olga Podrazhanskaya 111976Olga Podrazhanskaya 121978Ljuba Kristol 131980Lena Glaz 141982Ljuba Kristol Olga Podrazhanskaya 151984Ljuba Kristol 161986Shlomit Vardi 171988Ljuba Kristol 181990Ljuba Kristol 191992Masha Klinova 201994Ludmila Tsifanskaya 211996Ludmila Tsifanskaya 221998Irina Yudasina 232000Ela Pitam 242002Irina Botvinnik 252004Bella Igla 262006Bela Atnilov 272008Olga Vasiliev 282010Masha Klinova 292013Olga Vasiliev 302014Olga Vasiliev 312016Michal Lahav 322018Yuliya Shvayger | #YearJunior Champion 11951Raaphi Persitz 21954Giora Peli 31958Yedael Stepak 41959Yehuda Oppenheim 51960Israel Gat 61961Daniel Mor 71962Israel Gelfer 81963Yaacov Bleiman 91964Yaacov Bleiman 101965Amikam Balshan 111966Abraham Neyman 121967Nathan Birnboim 131968Nathan Birnboim On Neyman 141969Yoel Temanlis 151970Arie Lev 161971Chagai Scheinwald 171972Chagai Scheinwald 181973David Bernstein 191974Yehuda Gruenfeld 201975Nir Greenberg 211976Ehud Lahav 221977Michael Pasman 231978Alon Greenfeld 241979Alon Greenfeld 251980Dan Lapan 261981Ran Shabtai 271982Moshe Pyernik 281983Ofer Brook 291984Ronen Lev 301985Ilan Manor 311986Danny Barash 321987Ronen Lev 331988Ilan Manor 341989Eran Liss 351990Dan Zoler 361991Victor Mikhalevski 371992Victor Mikhalevski 381993Eran Liss 391994Michael Oratovsky 401995Alik Vydeslaver 411996Boris Avrukh 421997Dimitri Tyomkin 431998Alexander Rabinovich 441999Michael Roiz 452000Alik Gershon 462001Evgeny Postny 472002Sergey Erenburg 482003Sergey Erenburg 492004Baruch Sternberg 502005Gaby Livshits 512006Maxim Rodshtein 52 2007 Sasha Kaplan 532008Gil Popilsky 54 2012 Asaf Givon 55 2014 Asaf Givon 56 2015 Nimrod Veinberg 57 2017 Avital Borochovsky 58 2018 Johnatan Bakalchuk 59 2019 Yair Parkhov 60 2020 Erez Kupervaser |
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