Israeli Chess Championship
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The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.
David Ben-Gurion at the closing ceremony of the first Israeli Chess Championship, 1951.
Ilya Smirin
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Ilya Smirin is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Champion of Israel in 1992, 2002 and 2023.
Israeli Chess Championship
…20 1980 Nathan Birnboim 21 1982 Yehuda Gruenfeld 22 1984 Alon Greenfeld 23 1986 Nathan Birnboim 24 1988 Gad Rechlis 25 1990 Yehuda Gruenfeld 26 1992 Ilya Smirin 27 1994 Leonid Yudasin 28 1996 Lev Psakhis 29 1998 Eran Liss 30 2000 Boris Avrukh Alik Gershon 31 2002 Ilya Smirin 32 2004 Sergey Erenburg 33 2006 Maxim…
Smirin winning at Athens 2007