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Lloyd. Mate in three

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:20:00 +0000

Here is a nice puzzle of Samuel Lloyd:

White to play and mate in three

Study#27

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:05:00 +0000

Y.Afek for Wijk aan Zee 2012

White to play and win

Study#26

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:00 +0000

Kasparian,G

White to move and win

Study#25

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Study25

White to move and win

Michael Song wins the bronze medal!

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:35:00 +0000

My student, Michael Song, scored 7 out of 9 and won the Bronze medal in the recent World Youth Chess Championships Under 12. Congratulations!!!

Please find here the final cross table of his group: final standings

Study#24

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:20:00 +0000

Grigoriev,N (1934)

White to play and draw

The Israeli team championship has concluded in Ramat Aviv

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:56:00 +0000

The Israel team championship has concluded in Ramat Aviv, North Tel-Aviv on Friday, June 10th. After a collapse in the 10th round( 1.5-5.5 loss to Beer-Sheva A) my team from Ashdod didn't have real chances to fight for the first place. Nevertheless we managed to beat the third placed team Kfar Saba 6-1 in the eleventh round, while Beer-Sheva A beat a relatively weak team from Petakh Tikva 5.5-1.5 and took first, three points ahead of us.

The top three teams are:

Beer-Sheva A 61

Ashdod 58

Kfar Saba 44

Here you can find the full final standings. The last three teams will be relegated from the highest league. You can click on the teams and later on the players to see a more detailed information. The ratings next to each player are Israeli ratings.

The next team event is The Israeli Cup, which will take place in two weeks on June,24th in Rishon Lezion. Everyone is welcome to watch an root for their favorite players and teams. You may have a chance to see the top Israeli player, Boris Gelfand, who just won the candidate tournament and qualified for the World Championship match against Vishy Anand.

See you soon in Rishon Lezion.

The Israeli team championship 2011

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:47:00 +0000

The Israeli team championship 2011 is at his final stages. Tomorrow, June,9 2011 a missing match between two favourites Ashdod and Beer-Sheva A chess clubs will take place in Beer-Sheva. All other teams have already completed 10 matches. The last eleventh round will be played on Friday, June 10th.

Here are the top standings:

1.Ashdod 50.5

2.Beer-Sheva A 50

3.Kfar Saba 43

4.Rishon LeZion 33.5

5.Beer-Sheva B 33

6.Herzlia 32.5

Here you can find the crosstable

Study#23

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:31:00 +0000

Enjoy another early study of Yochanan Afek.

Y.Afek 1977

Win

Study#22

Mon, 16 May 2011 11:10:00 +0000

It has been a while since I last posted a study. So I decided to call it "study" instead of "weekly study" as it's not published weekly. Enjoy the study of my countryman Yochanan Afek, one of the best modern composers:

Afek,Y

White to move and win.