Shredding Chess Moves at Maccabiah

In 18th Maccabiah Games is a Super rapid tournament of 13 grandmasters, happening in Israel. Evgeniy Najer won after 13 round and this is the second trophy for Najer since he just clinched the World Open in US a week ago. Joining the tournament is part of Israel succesful Olympiad team, Boris Gelfand, Boris Avrukh, Michael Roiz and Maxim Rodshtein. Other interesting participant is the come back Judith Polgar. For Judith seems like she is still in warm ups mode and she ended up in the middle position. Late comer Ian Nepomniachi doing well and ended at no.2. However on round 13 Ian get shredded by Boris Avrukh, a good collection to my "1.d4 opening" label .

Final standings
1. Evgeniy Najer Russia 2663 - 9.5
2. Ian Nepomniachi Russia 2632 - 8.5
3. Alexander Beliavsky Slovenia 2662 - 7.0
4. Boris Gelfand Israel 2755 - 6.5
5. Pavel Eljanov Ukraine 2716 - 6.5
6. Ilia Smirin Israel 2650 - 6.5
7. Judit Polgar Hungary 2687 - 6.0
8. Maxim Rodshtein Israel 2623 - 6.0
9. Michael Roiz Israel 2658 - 5.5
10. Boris Avrukh Israel 2641 - 5.5
11. Vitali Golod Israel 2599 - 5.0
12. Daniel Fridman Germany 2665 - 3.5
13. Emil Sutovsky Israel 2675 - 2.0

Barusan usai adalah turnamen catur cepat di Israel yang bernama Maccabiah Games ke 18. Diikuti oleh 13 grandmaster top, turnamen dimenangkan oleh pecatur Rusia Evgenij Najer, yang juga barusan menang di World Open di Amerika Serikat minggu lalu. Beberapa anggota tim sukses Olimpiade Israel turut turun yaitu Boris Gelfand, Boris Avrukh, Michael Roiz dan Maxim Rodshtein. Selanjutnya ikutan juga Judith Polgar yang udah lama nggak main dan sepertinya dia masih belum panas melihat prestasinya yang cuma ada di papan tengah. Pecatur muda Ian Nepomniachi yang diundang terakhir tampil baik untuk mencapai peringkat kedua, namun di partai terakhir melawan Boris Avrukh dia disikat dengan gaya Shredding Chess Moves. Berikut mari kita ikuti partainya :

Boris Avrukh - Ian Nepomniachi 1-0, D45

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