Ramat Gan Winter Masters B 2025-2026
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×38
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsIlan 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
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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+92.46.5 pts · #1
- 2Pozner, RonISR+58.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Landa, Uri AharonISR+33.25.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Ramot, YairISR-68.03.5 pts · #24
- 2Bisa, YairISR-57.22.0 pts · #32
- 3Shats, NirISR-56.82.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R2+206 Elo gap
- R4+152 Elo gap
- R2+140 Elo gap