The 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament 2014 has a surprising leader. After 3 rounds Omer Reshef (ELO 2275) is sole leader with 3,0/3, leaving behind multiple GMs and titled players. See the full standings below.
The tournament is part of a large festival, where one of the headliner events is the match Gelfand – Svidler.
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Playing venue
GM Alexander Khuzman (2589) is top seeded in the Open Tournament
Cups and flowers are expecting the winners
The Gelfand – Svidler Arena seems completely prepared
Standings after 3 rounds:
1 Reshef Omer ISR 2275 3
2 Zanan Evgeny ISR 2283 2,5
3 Mindlin Alon ISR 2280 2,5
4 Zaltz Dov ISR 2254 2,5
5 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2589 2,5
6 GM Soffer Ram ISR 2472 2,5
7 IM Birnboim Nathan ISR 2335 2,5
8 IM Battaglini Gabriel FRA 2430 2,5
9 Malisov Boris ISR 2264 2,5
10 FM Kobo Ori ISR 2308 2,5
11 Gindi Shahar ISR 2319 2
12 IM Alexikov Alexander UKR 2380 2
13 Zisman Philip ISR 2232 2
14 IM Kaspi Alexandr ISR 2438 2
15 Grinberg Eyal ISR 2201 2
16 Kraus Yair ISR 2102 2
17 Slonimskij Arkadij RUS 2207 2
18 Axelrod Arie ISR 2285 2
19 Gamayev Oleg ISR 2181 1,5
20 Erenberg Ariel ISR 2131 1,5
21 Bakalchuk Jonathan ISR 2273 1,5
22 Gukhvat Peter ISR 2255 1,5
23 Bar Aviv ISR 2167 1,5
24 FM Gershkowich David ISR 2146 1,5
25 GM Gruenfeld Yehuda ISR 2449 1,5
26 FM Aharon Ofir ISR 2367 1,5
27 Kali Omer ISR 2025 1,5
28 Zlatin Alexander ISR 1933 1,5
29 Iskhakabeev Alon ISR 2008 1
30 Shohat Yotam ISR 1880 1
31 Kerner Michael ISR 2034 1
32 Vaisberg Michael ISR 2122 1
33 Calabrese Gabriel ISR 2049 1
34 IM Haimovich Tal ISR 2369 1
35 Shimonovich Yoav ISR 2102 1
36 Parkhov Yair ISR 1935 1
37 Poleg Matan ISR 2157 1
38 Poleg Dan ISR 1999 1
39 Klar Nir ISR 2064 1
40 Gal Moshe ISR 2192 0,5
41 Hochman Elnatan ISR 2010 0,5
42 Sasson Roei ISR 1688 0,5
43 Altshul Limor ISR 1918 0
44 Hazernov Nahum ISR 0 0
45 Yerushalmi Eran ISR 1902 0
46 Ritvo Dan ISR 1877 0