Israeli Chess Championship

The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.

History

From 1951 to 1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event.

Winners

#	Year	Men's Champion
# Year Men's Champion 1 1936 Moshe Czerniak 2 1937 Yosef Porat 3 1938 Moshe Czerniak 4 1940 Yosef Porat 5 1945 Izak Aloni 6 1951 Menachem Oren 7 1953 Yosef Porat 8 1955 Moshe Czerniak 9 1957 Yosef Porat 10 1959 Yosef Porat 11 1961 Izak Aloni 12 1963 Yosef Porat 13 1965 Izak Aloni 14 1967 Shimon Kagan 15 1969 Shimon Kagan 16 1971 Uzi Geller 17 1974 Vladimir Liberzon 18 1976 Nathan Birnboim 19 1978 Roman Dzindzichashvili 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 Rodshtein 34 2008 Boris Avrukh 35 2010 Vitali Golod 36 2013 Tamir Nabaty 37 2014 Victor Mikhalevski 38 2016 Tamir Nabaty 39 2018 Alon Greenfeld	# Year Women's Champion 1 1955 Ora Nodel Yaron 2 1957 Rivka Lichtenfeld 3 1959 Genia Gevenda 4 1961 Clara Friedman 5 1963 Clara Friedman 6 1965 Clara Friedman 7 1967 Sima Rabinovitz Forman 8 1969 Frida Rabinovitz Schahar 9 1971 Lidia Gal 10 1974 Olga Podrazhanskaya 11 1976 Olga Podrazhanskaya 12 1978 Ljuba Kristol 13 1980 Lena Glaz 14 1982 Ljuba Kristol Olga Podrazhanskaya 15 1984 Ljuba Kristol 16 1986 Shlomit Vardi 17 1988 Ljuba Kristol 18 1990 Ljuba Kristol 19 1992 Masha Klinova 20 1994 Ludmila Tsifanskaya 21 1996 Ludmila Tsifanskaya 22 1998 Irina Yudasina 23 2000 Ela Pitam 24 2002 Irina Botvinnik 25 2004 Bella Igla 26 2006 Bela Atnilov 27 2008 Olga Vasiliev 28 2010 Masha Klinova 29 2013 Olga Vasiliev 30 2014 Olga Vasiliev 31 2016 Michal Lahav 32 2018 Yuliya Shvayger	# Year Junior Champion 1 1951 Raaphi Persitz 2 1954 Giora Peli 3 1958 Yedael Stepak 4 1959 Yehuda Oppenheim 5 1960 Israel Gat 6 1961 Daniel Mor 7 1962 Israel Gelfer 8 1963 Yaacov Bleiman 9 1964 Yaacov Bleiman 10 1965 Amikam Balshan 11 1966 Abraham Neyman 12 1967 Nathan Birnboim 13 1968 Nathan Birnboim On Neyman 14 1969 Yoel Temanlis 15 1970 Arie Lev 16 1971 Chagai Scheinwald 17 1972 Chagai Scheinwald 18 1973 David Bernstein 19 1974 Yehuda Gruenfeld 20 1975 Nir Greenberg 21 1976 Ehud Lahav 22 1977 Michael Pasman 23 1978 Alon Greenfeld 24 1979 Alon Greenfeld 25 1980 Dan Lapan 26 1981 Ran Shabtai 27 1982 Moshe Pyernik 28 1983 Ofer Brook 29 1984 Ronen Lev 30 1985 Ilan Manor 31 1986 Danny Barash 32 1987 Ronen Lev 33 1988 Ilan Manor 34 1989 Eran Liss 35 1990 Dan Zoler 36 1991 Victor Mikhalevski 37 1992 Victor Mikhalevski 38 1993 Eran Liss 39 1994 Michael Oratovsky 40 1995 Alik Vydeslaver 41 1996 Boris Avrukh 42 1997 Dimitri Tyomkin 43 1998 Alexander Rabinovich 44 1999 Michael Roiz 45 2000 Alik Gershon 46 2001 Evgeny Postny 47 2002 Sergey Erenburg 48 2003 Sergey Erenburg 49 2004 Baruch Sternberg 50 2005 Gaby Livshits 51 2006 Maxim Rodshtein 52 2007 Sasha Kaplan 53 2008 Gil Popilsky 54 2012 Asaf Givon 55 2014 Asaf Givon 56 2015 Nimrod Veinberg 57 2017 Avital Borochovsky 58 2018 Johnatan Bakalchuk 59 2019 Yair Parkhov 60 2020 Erez Kupervaser
1	1936	Moshe Czerniak
2	1937	Yosef Porat
3	1938	Moshe Czerniak
4	1940	Yosef Porat
5	1945	Izak Aloni
6	1951	Menachem Oren
7	1953	Yosef Porat
8	1955	Moshe Czerniak
9	1957	Yosef Porat
10	1959	Yosef Porat
11	1961	Izak Aloni
12	1963	Yosef Porat
13	1965	Izak Aloni
14	1967	Shimon Kagan
15	1969	Shimon Kagan
16	1971	Uzi Geller
17	1974	Vladimir Liberzon
18	1976	Nathan Birnboim
19	1978	Roman Dzindzichashvili
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 Rodshtein
34	2008	Boris Avrukh
35	2010	Vitali Golod
36	2013	Tamir Nabaty
37	2014	Victor Mikhalevski
38	2016	Tamir Nabaty
39	2018	Alon Greenfeld
#	Year	Women's Champion
1	1955	Ora Nodel Yaron
2	1957	Rivka Lichtenfeld
3	1959	Genia Gevenda
4	1961	Clara Friedman
5	1963	Clara Friedman
6	1965	Clara Friedman
7	1967	Sima Rabinovitz Forman
8	1969	Frida Rabinovitz Schahar
9	1971	Lidia Gal
10	1974	Olga Podrazhanskaya
11	1976	Olga Podrazhanskaya
12	1978	Ljuba Kristol
13	1980	Lena Glaz
14	1982	Ljuba Kristol Olga Podrazhanskaya
15	1984	Ljuba Kristol
16	1986	Shlomit Vardi
17	1988	Ljuba Kristol
18	1990	Ljuba Kristol
19	1992	Masha Klinova
20	1994	Ludmila Tsifanskaya
21	1996	Ludmila Tsifanskaya
22	1998	Irina Yudasina
23	2000	Ela Pitam
24	2002	Irina Botvinnik
25	2004	Bella Igla
26	2006	Bela Atnilov
27	2008	Olga Vasiliev
28	2010	Masha Klinova
29	2013	Olga Vasiliev
30	2014	Olga Vasiliev
31	2016	Michal Lahav
32	2018	Yuliya Shvayger
#	Year	Junior Champion
1	1951	Raaphi Persitz
2	1954	Giora Peli
3	1958	Yedael Stepak
4	1959	Yehuda Oppenheim
5	1960	Israel Gat
6	1961	Daniel Mor
7	1962	Israel Gelfer
8	1963	Yaacov Bleiman
9	1964	Yaacov Bleiman
10	1965	Amikam Balshan
11	1966	Abraham Neyman
12	1967	Nathan Birnboim
13	1968	Nathan Birnboim On Neyman
14	1969	Yoel Temanlis
15	1970	Arie Lev
16	1971	Chagai Scheinwald
17	1972	Chagai Scheinwald
18	1973	David Bernstein
19	1974	Yehuda Gruenfeld
20	1975	Nir Greenberg
21	1976	Ehud Lahav
22	1977	Michael Pasman
23	1978	Alon Greenfeld
24	1979	Alon Greenfeld
25	1980	Dan Lapan
26	1981	Ran Shabtai
27	1982	Moshe Pyernik
28	1983	Ofer Brook
29	1984	Ronen Lev
30	1985	Ilan Manor
31	1986	Danny Barash
32	1987	Ronen Lev
33	1988	Ilan Manor
34	1989	Eran Liss
35	1990	Dan Zoler
36	1991	Victor Mikhalevski
37	1992	Victor Mikhalevski
38	1993	Eran Liss
39	1994	Michael Oratovsky
40	1995	Alik Vydeslaver
41	1996	Boris Avrukh
42	1997	Dimitri Tyomkin
43	1998	Alexander Rabinovich
44	1999	Michael Roiz
45	2000	Alik Gershon
46	2001	Evgeny Postny
47	2002	Sergey Erenburg
48	2003	Sergey Erenburg
49	2004	Baruch Sternberg
50	2005	Gaby Livshits
51	2006	Maxim Rodshtein
52	2007	Sasha Kaplan
53	2008	Gil Popilsky
54	2012	Asaf Givon
55	2014	Asaf Givon
56	2015	Nimrod Veinberg
57	2017	Avital Borochovsky
58	2018	Johnatan Bakalchuk
59	2019	Yair Parkhov
60	2020	Erez Kupervaser

Notes

Bibliography

Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 104, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (results through 1982)
Crowther, Mark (30 November 1998), , London Chess Center
Wolsza, Tadeusz (2007), Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy. Słownik biograficzny szachistów polskich, vol. 5, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo DiG, ISBN 83-7181-495-X