Super-Tournaments
From July 12 to 17, 2009, alongside the other chess tournaments of the 18th Maccabiah, two super-tournaments will be held: Rapid (15 minutes per player + 5 seconds per move) and Blitz (4 minutes per player + 2 seconds per move).
Ten out of the twelve are among the top 100 players in the international rating list of FIDE.
Official site: http://mchess.co.il/
| 1. | GM | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 2733 |
| 2. | GM | Judit Polgar | Hungary | 2693 |
| 3. | GM | Pavel Eljanov | Ukraine | 2693 |
| 4. | GM | Evgeny Najer | Russia | 2669 |
| 5. | GM | Emil Sutovsky | Israel | 2660 |
| 6. | GM | Boris Avrukh | Israel | 2647 |
| 7. | GM | Daniel Fridman | Germany | 2646 |
| 8. | GM | Ilia Smirin | Israel | 2641 |
| 9. | GM | Alexander Beliavsky | Slovenia | 2640 |
| 10. | GM | Michael Roiz | Israel | 2635 |
| 11. | GM | Maxim Rodshtein | Israel | 2627 |
| 12. | GM | Vitali Golod | Israel | 2587 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good luck Judit!