The festival consists of two main events: A crown group, The Masters and Netanya Open tournament. The venue for all events is The V.I.P main hall in Netanya Football Stadium, Hamaccabiah street, Netanya

The Masters
Netanya Masters is a round robin invitational tournament with 10 players of which five are world class players and the other five are the Israeli top ones.

The Open Tournament
The open section is open to all and will be held in the same venue with the same schedule. Prize fund is 170 thousand Israeli Shekels. More details will be posted here soon. Stay tuned!

It has been quite a while since Netanya last hosted a strong International chess event. In fact the city has a long and respectable tradition of grandmaster tournaments .They were initially organized by Hapoel sports organization and the Israel chess federation starting from 1961 alongside with the popular Shah- Kait festival, founded just 3 years earlier to mark the first decade of the state of Israel. The basic idea was to combine a quality chess event with a decent summer vacation and Netanya as a highly popular holiday resort in the centre of the country, was a natural choice to serve as its host.

The registration is now closed. 

You can still register to a stand-by list by writing the Israeli Chess Federation offices at: account2@chessfed.org.il

Origin: http://imt.chess.org.il/