Ramat Gan Winter Masters B 2025-2026

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38 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Dec 2025 to 09 Feb 2026 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1684, and top seed was Yair Ramot (🇮🇱 ISR, 1751).

Ilan Ronin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1617) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Uri Aharon Landa (5.5) and Ron Pozner (5.0). Ronin won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Itay Uralevich (1530) beat Guy Hoch (1736), a +206-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel

Dates

01 Dec 2025 → 09 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱Yair Ramot1751

Avg top 10

1,684

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇱Israel×38

Top 3

🥇
Ilan Ronin
🇮🇱ISR·1617
6.5pts·1997perf+92.4
🥈
Uri Aharon Landa
🇮🇱ISR·1687
5.5pts·1777perf+33.2
🥉
Ron Pozner
🇮🇱ISR·1611
5.0pts·1758perf+58.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ilan Ronin led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ronin6.5Landa5.5Fajngold5Pozner5Fusman5Cohen4.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ilan Ronin never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ilan Ronin drew with Uri Aharon Landa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ilan Ronin 6 wins (R1–R6)Uri Aharon Landa 3 wins (R1–R3)Felipe Fajngold 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ilan Ronin	*	½	—	1
2Uri Aharon Landa	½	*	—	0
3Felipe Fajngold	—	—	*	—
4Ron Pozner	0	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ronin, Ilan	1617	ISR	+25B	+8N	+16B	+15N	+3N	+9B	=2B	6.5	25.5	28.5	25.75	1997	+92.4
2	Landa, Uri Aharon	1687	ISR	+19N	+12B	+24N	−3B	+6N	+11B	=1N	5.5	27.5	30.5	22.25	1777	+33.2
3	Pozner, Ron	1611	ISR	+22B	+18N	+13B	+2N	−1B	−15N	+8N	5.0	27.0	30.5	20.50	1758	+58.8
4	Fajngold, Felipe	0	ISR	−6N	+31B	+10B	+24N	−9N	+12B	+11N	5.0	23.5	25.5	17.00	1634	0.0
5	Fusman, Noam	1567	ISR	+32N	−16B	−15B	+30N	+33B	+24N	+6B	5.0	18.5	20.0	13.00	1624	-45.2
6	Nadolsky, Mark	1646	ISR	+4B	=30N	+20B	+16N	−2B	+17B	−5N	4.5	26.0	28.0	16.50	1718	+19.2
7	Cohen, Dotan	1694	ISR	+11N	−24B	+17N	=8B	−14N	+10B	+25N	4.5	22.5	25.5	16.50	1671	+17.6
8	Aziza, Nathanel	1534	ISR	+28B	−1B	+26N	=7N	+16B	=19N	−3B	4.0	26.0	29.0	13.50	1544	-0.2
9	Hoch, Guy	1736	ISR	+35B	−15N	+30B	+13N	+4B	−1N	−10B	4.0	25.0	26.0	12.00	1438	-42.0
10	Ben-Haim, Harel	1601	ISR	+37N	+17B	−4N	−11B	+20B	−7N	+9N	4.0	24.5	25.0	11.50	1664	+4.8
11	Goz, Liat	1500	ISR	−7B	+36N	+23B	+10N	+31B	−2N	−4B	4.0	24.5	25.0	10.00	1639	+17.6
12	Shiloah, Eylon	1489	ISR	+36B	−2N	−18B	+27N	+21B	−4N	+24B	4.0	23.5	24.0	10.00	1606	+10.6
13	Asraf, Gili	0	ISR	+26N	+14B	−3N	−9B	−17N	+27B	+15B	4.0	23.0	26.0	13.50	1582	-35.6
14	Eden, Dana	1727	ISR	=30B	−13N	=22B	+25N	+7B	+20N	F	4.0	22.0	24.0	13.75	1744	-2.4
15	Uralevich, Itay	1530	ISR	=31N	+9B	+5N	−1B	−19N	+3B	−13N	3.5	28.0	30.0	15.00	1641	+19.6
16	Yofe, Eyal	1493	ISR	+27B	+5N	−1N	−6B	−8N	+29B	=18N	3.5	26.5	29.0	12.25	1514	-2.4
17	Avraham, Eyal	1539	ISR	+38B	−10N	−7B	+23N	+13B	−6N	=21B	3.5	24.0	24.0	9.25	1590	+15.2
18	Ramot, Yair	1751	ISR	+23B	−3B	+12N	−21N	−24B	+28N	=16B	3.5	22.5	25.5	12.25	1395	-68.0
19	Bar Zeev, Lavie	1487	ISR	−2B	F	+29N	+32N	+15B	=8B	F	3.5	21.5	21.5	10.00	1584	+19.6
20	Venturero, Guy	1706	ISR	=34N	+33B	−6N	+31B	−10N	−14B	+29N	3.5	18.5	20.0	6.75	1555	-40.4
21	Bleicher, Noam	1599	ISR	−33N	=37B	+34N	+18B	−12N	=22B	=17N	3.5	17.5	18.0	8.75	1525	-26.8
22	Fire, Nesli	1516	ISR	−3N	=29B	=14N	−35B	+36N	=21N	+34B	3.5	17.5	18.0	7.00	1602	+29.6
23	Rosenfeld, Elazar	0	ISR	−18N	+34B	−11N	−17B	=26N	+37B	+35N	3.5	16.5	17.0	4.50	1352	0.0
24	Cooper, Oded	0	ISR	+29N	+7N	−2B	−4B	+18N	−5B	−12N	3.0	27.5	30.0	10.50	1584	+21.2
25	Dayan, Shai	1518	ISR	−1N	+32B	+33N	−14B	−29N	+26B	−7B	3.0	22.5	24.0	6.50	1534	+3.2
26	Rozovsky, Yonatan	1413	ISR	−13B	+35N	−8B	+33N	=23B	−25N	=31N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.25	1440	+4.8
27	Shats, Yair	0	ISR	−16N	+28B	−31N	−12B	+37B	−13N	+33N	3.0	18.0	18.5	5.00	1340	-49.2
28	Ungar, Lavi	0	ISR	−8N	−27N	+36B	−29B	+34N	−18B	+30N	3.0	16.5	17.0	4.00	1416	-11.6
29	Steinberg, Dor	0	ISR	−24B	=22N	−19B	+28N	+25B	−16N	−20B	2.5	20.0	23.0	7.75	1326	0.0
30	Rosenfeld, Binyamin	0	ISR	=14N	=6B	−9N	−5B	+32N	F	−28B	2.0	22.5	24.5	6.25	1528	0.0
31	Bisa, Yair	1608	ISR	=15B	−4N	+27B	−20N	−11N	F	=26B	2.0	22.0	24.0	6.25	1330	-57.2
32	Shats, Nir	1424	ISR	−5B	−25N	+37N	−19B	−30B	−34N	+36B	2.0	15.5	16.0	1.00	758	-56.8
33	Gorodetsky, Alex	0	ISR	+21B	−20N	−25B	−26B	−5N	=36N	−27B	1.5	21.0	21.5	3.75	1368	-51.6
34	Macchia-Shahar, Yali	1479	ISR	=20B	−23N	−21B	F	−28B	+32B	−22N	1.5	19.0	19.5	3.75	1306	-17.2
35	Klein, Ido	1416	ISR	−9N	−26B	F	+22N	F	F	−23B	1.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1378	0.0
36	Bleicher, Tamir	1403	ISR	−12N	−11B	−28N	F	−22B	=33B	−32N	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	1179	0.0
37	Fire, Britt	1418	ISR	−10B	=21N	−32B	F	−27N	−23N	—	0.5	16.0	17.5	1.75	1435	-10.0
38	Miorov, Ronen	1662	ISR	−17N	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.00	739	-13.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ronin, IlanISR
+92.4
6.5 pts · #1
2Pozner, RonISR
+58.8
5.0 pts · #4
3Landa, Uri AharonISR
+33.2
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Ramot, YairISR
-68.0
3.5 pts · #24
2Bisa, YairISR
-57.2
2.0 pts · #32
3Shats, NirISR
-56.8
2.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R2+206 Elo gap
Uralevich, Itay1530 beat Hoch, Guy1736
R4+152 Elo gap
Bleicher, Noam1599 beat Ramot, Yair1751
R2+140 Elo gap
Pozner, Ron1611 beat Ramot, Yair1751