By Assi Philosoph It’s 10 o’clock in Herzliya Chess Club. The clocks starts the final round of the 22nd Maccabiah, and the room is in complete silence. You can hear the milkman on the street shouting “I’m leaving! It’s Shabbat”.… Read More
By Assi Philosoph After seven rounds in the closed tournament, the two grandmasters are also the top two in the table, both without any losses.GM Dvoirys (RUS, 5 points) handed IM Bulmaga her first loss, showing a good defense with… Read More
By Assi Philosoph Yesterday, the closed tournament witnessed a long yet stunning struggle between two young, promising players and friends: Azoulay and Zakin. White opened with his beloved Alapin variation of the Sicilian, achieving a development advantage. FM Azoulay,Y (ISR)… Read More
By Assi Philosoph Saturday the 4th was the day of the blitz tournament at the Maccabiah, an event open to all players and played in 9 rounds in the Swiss system, with a rate of play of 3 min +… Read More
by Dr. Shlomo Kandelshein Background: In November 1941, the Nazis set up a concentration camp in Theresienstadt (Terezin), a historic fortress town in Western Bohemia (60 km from Prague). It was here that Czech Jews, as well as Jews from… Read More
By Assi Philosoph After three rounds of the Open section, only three players won all three games: the GM Yehuda Gruenfeld (check out his interview here) and the young players Yonatan Weber and Nir Askenazy. Weber has been playing smoothly… Read More
By Assi Philosoph Grandmaster Yehuda Gruenfeld is the highest rated player competing in the 22th Maccabiah. At 70 years old, with a long, rich chess career, he is still fighting passionately on the board, and is a great source of… Read More
By Assi Philosoph After being postponed for a year due to the war, the Maccabiah Games have now finally begun. Today’s kickoff is all the more meaningful as, up until the very last moment, it was unclear whether the event… Read More
Appeals in the 22nd Maccabiah Chess Tournaments Players who wish to appeal the decision of the chief arbiter in the Maccabiah tournaments must submit the appeal in writing only, or via email, through the main arbiter, to the chairman of… Read More
The history of chess events in the Maccabiah