10.07.2014
Матч Б.Гельфанд - П.Свидлер
Boris Gelfand and Peter Svidler to play Rapid Chess match in Jerusalem
GM Peter Svidler, seven times Russian champion, is coming to Jerusalem
to play GM Boris Gelfand, , Vice World Champion 2012
in July 20-24 2014
Grandmasters Boris Gelfand (2725) and Peter
Svidler (2793) will play a Rapid Chess match of 8 games on July 20-24 2014 in
Jerusalem, Israel.
The match, open to the general public, is the highlight of the 2nd
Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament, to take place in Jerusalem on
July 16-24. The tournament is organized by the Jeruchess Club of Jerusalem and
the Japhet family represented by Gilad Japhet, CEO of MyHeritage.com. The
tournament has been named Chess Event of the Year in Israel by GM Ram Soffer on
the homepage of the Israel Chess Federation.
The Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess
Tournament includes 4 categories covering the full spectrum from grandmasters
to unranked amateurs and is expected to draw more than 200 chess players this
year from Israel and overseas. Total prize fund is $16,000. Registration is
still open and details are available in English, Hebrew and Russian on the tournament’s website. The
tournament is part of a chess festival that includes a simultaneous exhibition
by GM Alexander Huzman (Israel Vice Champion 2014), a
FIDE Chess Arbiters Seminar, and Israel’s Chess Problem Solving Championship
2014.
The 8 games between Gelfand and Svidler will
be held 2 per day, per the schedule below:
Sunday July 20, 12:30 - 15:00 GMT
Monday July 21, 11:00 - 13:30 GMT
Wednesday July 23, 11:00 - 13:30 GMT
Thursday July 24, 8:00 - 11:00 GMT
The games will be broadcasted live (including video stream) and can be watched
in real time by chess enthusiasts worldwide on this page. Following
each pair of games, grandmasters Gelfand and Svidler will be interviewed and
will commentate their games; the interview videos will be available through the
link above as well.
The tournament is held in memory of Gideon Japhet, a lover of chess and sports.
