Artzit 2026 D 1-2

Open SwissStandard

39 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 11 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025 in Israel, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1801, and top seed was Michal Moscovitch (🇮🇱 ISR, 1894).

Guy Venturero (🇮🇱 ISR, 1665) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Shelly Moscovitch (2.0) and Dotan Cohen (1.5). Venturero won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Daniel Freifeld (1582) beat Yoav Gal (1769), a +187-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

Avg top 10

1,801

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇮🇱Israel×33

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Guy Venturero
🇮🇱ISR·1665
2.0pts·2514perf+47.2
🥈
Shelly Moscovitch
🇮🇱ISR·1672
2.0pts·2371perf+14.0
🥉
Dotan Cohen
🇮🇱ISR·1741
1.5pts·1777perf+6.4

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Venturero, Guy	1665	ISR	+22N	+27B	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2514	+47.2
2	Moscovitch, Shelly	1672	ISR	+34B	+28N	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2371	+14.0
3	Cohen, Dotan	1741	ISR	=26B	+6N	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	1777	+6.4
4	Chalopoviz, Ilay	1780	ISR	=25N	+7B	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	1857	+5.6
5	Freifeld, Daniel	1582	ISR	=23B	+29N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1903	+33.6
6	Danai, Elon	1561	ISR	+9N	−3B	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.00	1651	+7.6
7	Bishara, Salem	1499	ISR	+37B	−4N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1025	-5.2
8	Regev, Berry	1579	ISR	−14N	+13N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1614	+0.8
9	Dorfman, Michael	1583	ISR	−6B	+11B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	783	-20.8
10	Shushan, Tamir	1553	ISR	−16B	+30B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1681	+13.6
11	Nasser, Lamar	0	ISR	+31B	−9N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	796	0.0
12	Maimin, Leonid	1891	RUS	−15N	+32B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1017	-24.0
13	Haskia, Mustafa	1467	ISR	+36N	−8B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	807	-12.4
14	Blumenthal, Michael	1764	ISR	+8B	—	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.00	2407	+11.6
15	Ginsbourg, Dan	1818	ISR	+12B	—	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.00	2691	+24.0
16	Merensky, Daniel	1709	ISR	+10N	—	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.00	2353	+10.0
17	Shamir, Alon	1889	ISR	+24B	—	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.50	2450	+8.0
18	Opler, Ziv	1678	ISR	+30N	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2416	+15.2
19	Gavriel, Inbal	1754	ISR	F	+33B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2367	+10.4
20	Khatib, Mahmood	1696	ISR	+38N	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2330	+11.2
21	Ghelerter, Ofir	1779	ISR	+35N	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2552	+18.0
22	Evron, Lior	1715	ISR	−1B	=24B	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.25	1456	-27.2
23	Ken-Dror, Renana	1671	ISR	=5N	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1581	-3.6
24	Nadolsky, Mark	1650	ISR	−17N	=22N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1609	-4.4
25	Darhi, Yuval	1829	ISR	=4B	—	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.75	1825	-0.4
26	Cohen, Dolev Shlomo	1584	ISR	=3N	—	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.75	1706	+6.8
27	Gal, Yuval	1669	ISR	F	−1N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	848	-23.6
28	Afadeli, Ahmad	0	ISR	F	−2B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	883	0.0
29	Gal, Yoav	1769	ISR	F	−5B	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	781	-30.0
30	Fishov, Matan	1616	ISR	−18B	−10N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	828	-38.8
31	FIDE 2889072	0	—	−11N	−?B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1094	0.0
32	FIDE 2889064	0	—	F	−12N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1091	0.0
33	Sharoni, Itay	1567	ISR	F	−19N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	948	-10.4
34	Sagi, Alon	1555	ISR	−2N	—	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.00	883	-14.0
35	Shimony, Omri	1701	ISR	−21B	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	987	-18.0
36	FIDE 2882230	0	—	−13B	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	666	0.0
37	FIDE 2879328	0	—	−7N	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	699	0.0
38	Nawas, Raheem	1530	ISR	−20B	—	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.00	896	-11.2
39	FIDE 2889110	0	—	F	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	875	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Venturero, GuyISR
+47.2
2.0 pts · #1
2Freifeld, DanielISR
+33.6
1.5 pts · #4
3Ginsbourg, DanISR
+24.0
1.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Fishov, MatanISR
-38.8
0.0 pts · #23
2Gal, YoavISR
-30.0
0.0 pts · #31
3Evron, LiorISR
-27.2
0.5 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R2+187 Elo gap
Freifeld, Daniel1582 beat Gal, Yoav1769