In the third round a couple of sharp and fascinating battles were witnessed which left at the end of the day just five grandmasters with a perfect score: Navara (Czech Republic), Y. Vovk and Korobov (Ukraine), Najer (Russia) and Lupulescu (Romania). Not less than 37 players had dropped just half a point each.
A special guest was yesterday GM Alik Gershon who replaced GM Ronen Har-Zvi at the live commentary studio. He plays very little these days however the local chess community still remembers his double world junior championship title (for u-14 in 1994 and for u-16 in 1996) as well as his magnificent world record for simultaneous display in 2010 when he played in the centre of Tel-Aviv against 523 opponents at the very same time.
Yochanan Afek
Uitslagen Ronde 3
| IM | Barnaure Vlad-Victor | ROU | 2508 | 0 – 1 | GM | Van Kampen Robin | NED | 2626 |
| FM | Veinberg Nimrod | ISR | 2350 | ½ – ½ | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2587 |
| FM | Zalkind Konstantin | ISR | 2222 | 0 – 1 | GM | Klein David | NED | 2505 |
| Katzir Moshe | ISR | 2196 | 0 – 1 | IM | Ducarmon Quinten | NED | 2482 | |
| IM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2460 | 1 – 0 | Henseler Jorgen | NED | 2123 |
Speelzaal tijdens de derde ronde (foto: Yoav Nis)
Stand na ronde 3
| Positie | Titel | Naam | Land | Rating | Punten |
| 1 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2735 | 3 |
| 2 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2687 | 3 |
| 3 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2634 | 3 |
| 4 | GM | Vovk Yuri | UKR | 2588 | 3 |
| 5 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 | 3 |
| 6 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2573 | 2.5 |
| 7 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2579 | 2.5 |
| 8 | GM | Godena Michele | ITA | 2502 | 2.5 |
| 9 | GM | Rombaldoni Axel | ITA | 2488 | 2.5 |
| 10 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | TUR | 2592 | 2.5 |
| .. | .. | … | .. | .. | .. |
| 29 | GM | Van Kampen Robin | NED | 2626 | 2.5 |
| 81 | GM | Klein David | NED | 2505 | 2 |
| 89 | IM | Ducarmon Quinten | NED | 2482 | 2 |
| 158 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2587 | 1.5 |
| 186 | Henseler Jorgen | NED | 2123 | 1 |
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[Event “16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015”]
[Site “Jerusalem ISR”]
[Date “2015.02.26”]
[Round “3.40”]
[White “Barnaure, Vlad-Victor”]
[Black “Van Kampen, Robin”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D70”]
[WhiteElo “2508”]
[BlackElo “2626”]
[PlyCount “80”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. e4 e6 10. Bd3 exd5 11. exd5 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. O-O Na6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15.
Ng5 Qd8 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Nac7 19. Re1 b6 20. h4 h6 21. Qd2 f5
22. Bxh6 fxe4 23. Bg5 Nf6 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25. h5 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qd7 27. hxg6 Rae8
28. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxf5 30. Be7 Re8 31. Re3 Qxg6 32. Kf1 Be5 33. Rxe5 dxe5
34. Qxe5 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. d6 Kf7 37. f4 Rxe7 38. dxe7 Kxe7 39. Ke2 Ne8
40. Kd3 Nd6 0-1
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[Event “16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015”]
[Site “Jerusalem ISR”]
[Date “2015.02.26”]
[Round “3.56”]
[White “Veinberg, Nimrod”]
[Black “Bok, Benjamin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D85”]
[WhiteElo “2350”]
[BlackElo “2587”]
[PlyCount “44”]
[EventDate “2015.02.24”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qd6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. d5 Ne5
15. O-O Rfc8 16. Bd2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Be5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Qe3 Qf6 21.
Kg2 Kg8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 1/2-1/2
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[Event “EICC 2015 Jerusalem”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2015.02.26”]
[Round “3.70”]
[White “Zalkind, Konstantin”]
[Black “Klein, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E98”]
[WhiteElo “2222”]
[BlackElo “2505”]
[PlyCount “104”]
[EventDate “2015.??.??”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Ndf2
b6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. f4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne6+ Bxe6 27. dxe6 Nf5
28. Be4 Rae8 29. Bd5 Ne7 30. Rf7+ Rxf7 31. exf7 Rf8 32. Be6 Nc6 33. a3 Nd8 34.
Bd5 Nxf7 35. b4 Ne5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Rb1 c6 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Be4 Rc8 40. c5
dxc5 41. Ra7 Nc4 42. a4 Nd2 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. Bb3 Na3 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. Rf3 Rb8
47. Bf7 Rf8 48. Kf2 g5 49. g4 Nc2 50. Rf5+ Kd6 51. Bc4 Rxf5+ 52. gxf5 Ke5 0-1
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[Event “EICC 2015 Jerusalem”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2015.02.26”]
[Round “3.73”]
[White “Katzir, Moshe”]
[Black “Ducarmon, Quinten”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B47”]
[WhiteElo “2196”]
[BlackElo “2482”]
[PlyCount “140”]
[EventDate “2015.??.??”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. a5 Rac8 14. f4 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Bf6 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be5 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Qd3
Bd7 22. b3 Qc5 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Ne6 Qc6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Bf4 Qc5 27. Red1 Re7 28.
h3 Nf6 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Bf2 Rce8 31. Re1 Qc8 32. Kh2 h5 33. Ra2 h4 34. Ne2 Nh5
35. Qf3 g6 36. Nf4 hxg3+ 37. Bxg3 Nxg3 38. Qxg3 Kg7 39. Rf1 Rh8 40. Kg1 Qc5+
41. Kh2 Rh7 42. Rd2 Qxa5 43. Rd5 Qa2 44. Rf2 Qa1 45. Rf1 Qb2 46. Rf2 Qa1 47.
Rf1 Qa3 48. Qg5 Re8 49. Rxe5 dxe5 50. Nd5 Qd6 51. c5 Qe6 52. Rf6 Rxh3+ 53. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 54. Kg1 Qg4+ 55. Qxg4 Bxg4 56. Rb6 Bc8 57. Rd6 Be6 58. Rb6 Rc8 59. b4 a5
60. Ne7 Rc7 61. Nd5 Rd7 62. Rd6 axb4 63. Rxd7 Bxd7 64. Nxb4 Bc6 65. Nd3 Kf6 66.
Nf2 Kg5 67. Kf1 Kf4 68. Nh3+ Kg4 69. Nf2+ Kf3 70. Nh3 f6 0-1
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[Event “EICC 2015 Jerusalem”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2015.02.26”]
[Round “3.79”]
[White “Sanal, Vahap”]
[Black “Henseler, Jorgen”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B13”]
[WhiteElo “2460”]
[BlackElo “2123”]
[PlyCount “55”]
[EventDate “2015.??.??”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. a3 Qd7 8. g3
Rd8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bg2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. c5 h5 13. h4 Bh6 14. Nge2 Rg8 15.
f4 Kf8 16. Kf2 Rg6 17. b4 Bg4 18. b5 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Na5 20. Qd3 e5 21. Bh3 Qc7
22. Bf5 e4 23. Qc3 e3+ 24. Qxe3 Re8 25. Qf3 Nc4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rhe1 Qd7 28.
Nc3 1-0
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