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The Netanya International Chess Festival took place 23rd June to 2nd July 2019. Players in the Masters: Dominguez Perez, Svidler, Dubov, McShane, Rodshtein, Nabaty, Gelfand, Eljanov, Postny and Smirin. Boris Gelfand edged out Leinier Dominguez Perez on tie-break after both scored 5.5/9. This is Gelfand's best result in some time. Mikhail Al. Antipov won the open with 7.5/9.

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Netanya Masters 2019 Netanya ISR (ISR), 23 vi-2 vii 2019															cat. XVIII (2677)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2676	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2757
2.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2760	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	5½	2748
3.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2655	½	½	*	1	0	½	1	0	1	½	5	2722
4.	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2700	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	5	2717
5.	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2685	½	0	1	0	*	1	½	0	1	½	4½	2676
6.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2737	½	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	½	1	4½	2670
7.	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2594	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	4½	2686
8.	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2688	0	1	1	½	1	0	½	*	0	0	4	2633
9.	Nabaty, Tamir	g	ISR	2678	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	1	4	2634
10.	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2601	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	*	2½	2519

Round 1 (June 23, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	21	A14	Reti Opening
Eljanov, Pavel	- Postny, Evgeny	½-½	38	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Rodshtein, Maxim	- McShane, Luke J	0-1	31	A29	English Four Knights
Svidler, Peter	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	19	A07	Barcza System
Nabaty, Tamir	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	76	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 2 (June 24, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	26	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Rodshtein, Maxim	1-0	29	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dubov, Daniil	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	47	C45	Scotch Game
McShane, Luke J	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	67	A14	Reti Opening
Postny, Evgeny	- Nabaty, Tamir	0-1	49	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (June 25, 2019)
Eljanov, Pavel	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	28	C50	Giuoco Piano
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	63	A36	English Botvinnik
Svidler, Peter	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	21	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Smirin, Ilia	- Postny, Evgeny	1-0	51	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Nabaty, Tamir	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	25	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 4 (June 26, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	29	E18	Queens Indian
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Nabaty, Tamir	1-0	60	C70	Ruy Lopez
Dubov, Daniil	- Postny, Evgeny	1-0	38	D20	QGA
Svidler, Peter	- Rodshtein, Maxim	0-1	38	A11	Reti Opening
McShane, Luke J	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	48	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 5 (June 27, 2019)
Eljanov, Pavel	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	51	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Dubov, Daniil	0-1	42	D33	Tarrasch Defence
Smirin, Ilia	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	10	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nabaty, Tamir	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	60	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Postny, Evgeny	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	88	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 6 (June 28, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris	- Smirin, Ilia	1-0	30	E97	King's Indian Classical
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Postny, Evgeny	1-0	39	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Dubov, Daniil	- McShane, Luke J	½-½	47	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	40	D35	QGD Exchange
Svidler, Peter	- Nabaty, Tamir	½-½	24	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 7 (June 30, 2019)
Eljanov, Pavel	- Dubov, Daniil	1-0	55	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Smirin, Ilia	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	33	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
McShane, Luke J	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	44	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nabaty, Tamir	- Rodshtein, Maxim	0-1	62	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Postny, Evgeny	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	44	E00	Catalan
Round 8 (July 1, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris	- McShane, Luke J	1-0	51	E94	King's Indian Classical
Eljanov, Pavel	- Nabaty, Tamir	1-0	40	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Dubov, Daniil	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	11	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Rodshtein, Maxim	- Smirin, Ilia	½-½	16	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Svidler, Peter	- Postny, Evgeny	1-0	46	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 9 (July 2, 2019)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	14	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Smirin, Ilia	- Eljanov, Pavel	0-1	55	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
McShane, Luke J	- Svidler, Peter	0-1	45	C45	Scotch Game
Nabaty, Tamir	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	35	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Postny, Evgeny	- Rodshtein, Maxim	½-½	61	D82	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4

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Netanya Open 2019 Netanya ISR Sun 23rd Jun 2019 - Tue 2nd Jul 2019 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	Antipov Mikhail Al.	GM	RUS	2582	7.5	2443	41.5	6
2	3	Moiseenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2642	7.0	2400	41.0	6
3	15	Baron Tal	GM	ISR	2524	7.0	2343	38.5	5
4	5	Efimenko Zahar	GM	UKR	2632	6.5	2453	42.5	4
5	7	Zubov Alexander	GM	UKR	2597	6.5	2451	41.5	5
6	1	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2687	6.5	2423	38.5	5
7	10	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	ISR	2579	6.5	2405	39.5	6
8	4	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	GM	ROU	2638	6.5	2390	40.0	5
9	25	Gorodetzky David	IM	ISR	2461	6.5	2388	39.0	5
10	24	Grinberg Eyal	IM	ISR	2474	6.5	2381	39.5	6
11	11	Sivuk Vitaly	GM	UKR	2547	6.5	2380	40.5	4
12	6	Roiz Michael	GM	ISR	2603	6.5	2374	38.5	4
13	19	Dvoirys Semen I.	GM	RUS	2502	6.5	2359	40.5	5
14	28	Erenberg Ariel	IM	ISR	2434	6.5	2323	37.0	5
15	30	Kantsler Boris	GM	ISR	2420	6.5	2312	34.5	4
16	23	Flom Gabriel	IM	FRA	2480	6.0	2404	40.5	4
17	32	Birnboim Nathan	IM	ISR	2379	6.0	2343	38.0	5
18	21	Bar Roman	IM	ISR	2497	6.0	2342	38.0	4
19	12	Rozentalis Eduardas	GM	LTU	2540	6.0	2338	38.5	4
20	27	Abergel Thal	GM	FRA	2450	6.0	2298	37.5	6
21	22	Khmelniker Ilya	GM	ISR	2483	6.0	2282	34.5	5
22	39	Parkhov Yair	FM	ISR	2354	6.0	2211	32.5	4
23	31	Veinberg Nimrod	IM	ISR	2401	6.0	2201	31.5	4
24	14	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2532	5.5	2458	44.5	5
25	33	Bronstein Or	FM	ISR	2378	5.5	2406	38.0	4
26	20	Zoler Dan	GM	ISR	2499	5.5	2378	38.5	3
27	2	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	UKR	2671	5.5	2355	36.0	3
28	35	Gorshtein Ido	FM	ISR	2367	5.5	2351	38.0	5
29	8	Huzman Alexander	GM	ISR	2588	5.5	2350	38.5	3
30	37	Emanuel Yahav	FM	ISR	2359	5.5	2315	35.0	4
31	29	Shubin Kirill	FM	RUS	2426	5.5	2297	35.5	4
32	16	Greenfeld Alon	GM	ISR	2513	5.5	2291	36.0	4
33	56	Parligras Cosmin		ROU	2198	5.5	2271	35.5	4
34	34	Krayz Alexander	IM	ISR	2377	5.5	2266	36.0	4
35	18	Zanan Evgeny	IM	ISR	2505	5.5	2242	36.0	2
36	40	Globus Or	FM	ISR	2352	5.5	2241	32.5	4
37	52	Aleksikov Oleksandr	IM	UKR	2234	5.5	2210	35.5	5
38	44	Gorodetzky Matan		ISR	2303	5.5	2207	33.5	5
39	41	Sivan Yaacov	IM	ISR	2320	5.5	2161	35.5	4
40	46	Friedland Moshe	FM	ISR	2298	5.5	2137	33.0	4
41	13	Kogan Arthur	GM	ISR	2535	5.0	2327	39.0	3
42	17	Rechlis Gad	GM	ISR	2506	5.0	2296	37.5	4
43	59	Musyuk Lior		ISR	2190	5.0	2264	37.0	3
44	45	Aharon Ofir	FM	ISR	2302	5.0	2259	36.5	5
45	48	Tzidkiya Yeshaayahu		ISR	2265	5.0	2234	35.0	5
46	43	Rozen Eytan	FM	ISR	2317	5.0	2217	34.5	4
47	49	Prraneeth Vuppala	CM	IND	2264	5.0	2198	36.0	5
48	51	Cohen Revivo Shoham		ISR	2240	5.0	2195	37.0	4
49	53	Aroesti Roee	FM	ISR	2233	5.0	2156	36.0	3
50	71	Yaniv Yuval		ISR	2120	5.0	2156	30.5	4
143 players

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