Ilya Smirin, the grandmaster from the Ashdod club, finished with 10 points, beating Avital Boruchovsky and Michael Kahlenburg by a tiebreaker in the Israeli Bezeq Chess Championship held in Afula. Noga Orian won the women's category, and 14-year-old Avital Shilon Rahav finished fifth and was crowned the Israeli champion under the age of 18.
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Ilya Smirin, the grandmaster from the Ashdod club, finished with 10 points, beating Avital Boruchovsky and Michael Kahlenburg by a tiebreaker in the Israeli Bezeq Chess Championship held in Afula. Noga Orian won the women's category, and 14-year-old Avital Shilon Rahav finished fifth and was crowned the Israeli champion under the age of 18.