Youth League 2026 B 1-2

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35 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 11 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025 in Israel, Israel. 9 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2199, and top seed was Roy Vagman (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2387).

Ofek Margolin-Herman (🇮🇱 ISR, 1754) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Adi Menahem (2.0) and Ilay Zakin (1.0). Margolin-Herman won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Omer Mendler (1877) beat Yehonatan Azoulay (FM, 2142), a +265-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Israel, Israel

Dates

11 Sept 2025 → 27 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱IMRoy Vagman2387

Avg top 10

2,199

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×1

FM×4

CM×2

WIM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇮🇱Israel×34

🇰🇷South Korea×1

Top 3

🥇
Ofek Margolin-Herman
🇮🇱ISR·1754
2.0pts·2704perf+50.0
🥈
FMAdi Menahem
🇮🇱ISR·2162
2.0pts·2951perf+30.8
🥉
FMIlay Zakin
🇮🇱ISR·2293
1.0pts·2180perf-7.2

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Margolin-Herman, Ofek	1754	ISR	+21B	+4B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2704	+50.0
2	Menahem, AdiFM	2162	ISR	+32B	+3N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2951	+30.8
3	Zakin, IlayFM	2293	ISR	+24N	−2B	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.50	2180	-7.2
4	Mendler, Omer	1877	ISR	+25N	−1N	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.50	1995	+12.0
5	Ashkenazy, Nir	1751	ISR	−15N	+10B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	2004	+22.0
6	Ribstein, Orel	2128	ISR	−7N	+12B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1943	-22.0
7	Pogoreltsev, Arsenii	1947	ISR	+6B	−11B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	2014	+4.4
8	Shilon Rahav, EliranFM	2206	ISR	=29N	=9B	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.75	2290	+4.8
9	Vagman, RoyIM	2387	ISR	=22B	=8N	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.75	2237	-4.0
10	Gadasi, NoamWCM	2016	ISR	+27B	−5N	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1839	-18.4
11	Brenner, Bar	1868	ISR	F	+7N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2770	+25.6
12	Najjar, Munib	1849	ISR	+34B	−6N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2032	+11.2
13	David, Idan	2009	ISR	=30B	=23N	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.50	2104	+14.4
14	Triger, Eitan	2065	ISR	+23N	F	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.50	2803	+17.6
15	Semo, Sagy	1991	ISR	+5B	—	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.00	2590	+9.6
16	Bercovici, Yaniv	2040	ISR	+26B	—	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.50	2792	+17.2
17	Taragan, Uri	2028	ISR	+33B	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2833	+21.6
18	Roth, Elai	1647	ISR	+31B	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2558	+24.4
19	Qasem, Muhamad Mody	1875	ISR	F	+31N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2558	+13.6
20	Aharonoff, Yair	1728	ISR	+35B	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2522	+17.6
21	Feigin, Daniel	1920	KOR	−1N	=28B	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.25	1638	-32.4
22	Orian, NogaWIM	2202	ISR	=9N	F	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	2387	+8.4
23	Golan, Ori	2003	ISR	−14B	=13B	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1812	-20.0
24	Zuev, Ilya	2098	ISR	−3B	=27B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1909	-20.4
25	Azoulay, YehonatanFM	2142	ISR	−4B	=26N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1735	-44.4
26	Rinberg, David	1978	ISR	−16N	=25B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1917	-7.6
27	Sapir, Omri	1929	ISR	−10N	=24N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1869	-2.0
28	Goren, Yonathan	1763	ISR	F	=21N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1944	+5.2
29	Duchan, YoavCM	2159	ISR	=8B	—	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.50	2246	+2.8
30	Sason, NoamCM	2205	ISR	=13N	—	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.50	1961	-12.0
31	Shunami, Tomer	1695	ISR	−18N	−19B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	976	-38.0
32	Weber, Yonatan	1986	ISR	−2N	—	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.00	1453	-7.2
33	Hanein, Avri	2104	ISR	−17N	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	1202	-21.6
34	Gavriel, Adam	1905	ISR	−12N	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	1115	-19.2
35	Galmidi, Ram	1730	ISR	−20N	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	965	-17.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Margolin-Herman, OfekISR
+50.0
2.0 pts · #1
2Menahem, AdiFMISR
+30.8
2.0 pts · #2
3Brenner, BarISR
+25.6
1.0 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Azoulay, YehonatanFMISR
-44.4
0.5 pts · #27
2Shunami, TomerISR
-38.0
0.0 pts · #32
3Feigin, DanielKOR
-32.4
0.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R1+265 Elo gap
Mendler, Omer1877 beat FMAzoulay, Yehonatan2142
R2+265 Elo gap
Ashkenazy, Nir1751 beat WCMGadasi, Noam2016
R1+181 Elo gap
Pogoreltsev, Arsenii1947 beat Ribstein, Orel2128