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Itzhak Shlakman memorial 2026 B

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Dec 2025 to 12 Jan 2026 in Netanya, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Vyacheslav Yevdayev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1655).

Sami Hafizov (🇮🇱 ISR, 1638) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Amit Oring (5.0) and Shachar Hochshtad (5.0). Hafizov shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Nikolay Maryanovich (1472) beat Igor Lurie (1636), a +164-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Netanya, Israel
Dates
01 Dec 2025 → 12 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Vyacheslav Yevdayev1655
Avg top 10
1,596
Participants
20
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Sami Hafizov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Hafizov takes lead
Hafizov5.5Hochshtad5Oring5Har zion5Rodin4.5Yevdayev4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 Dec

Sami Hafizov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sami Hafizov beat Shachar Hochshtad (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Shachar Hochshtad won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sami Hafizov*
1
½
—
2Shachar Hochshtad
0
*
1
0
3Amit Oring
½
0
*—
4Ron Har zion—
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hafizov, Sami1638ISR+14B+8N=2B+3N+12B=7N=5B5.525.528.521.751806+29.0
2Oring, Amit1552ISR+10N+13B=1N+5B=6N−3N+7B5.027.030.020.001796+38.4
3Hochshtad, Shachar1619ISR+17N+12B+5N−1B+8N+2B−4N5.027.029.519.001852+33.2
4Har zion, Ron0ISR+19B−5B+17N−12B+18N+14N+3B5.019.020.012.501627-7.6
5Yevdayev, Vyacheslav1655ISR+15B+4N−3B−2N+13N+6B=1N4.528.031.018.251587-9.2
6Rodin, Michael0ISR+9B+7B−13N+11N=2B−5N+8B4.525.028.018.0016200.0
7Tenenbaum, Aharon1612ISR+18B−6N+16B=15N+9B=1B−2N4.025.026.012.251535-8.4
8Kartashevsky, Moty1608ISR+20N−1B+10N+13B−3B+12N−6N4.024.525.510.501661+26.8
9Maryanovich, Nikolay1472RUS−6N+20B−15N+10B−7N+13B+14N4.021.022.010.501595+33.6
10Kolkunov, Evgeny1449ISR−2B+11N−8B−9N=17N+19B+18N3.520.021.06.751376-19.2
11Botvinnik, Roman1562ISR−12N−10B+20N−6B+16N=15B+19N3.518.019.06.501234-24.2
12Marchenko, Yury1592ISR+11B−3N+14B+4N−1N−8B−15B3.026.029.011.501423-54.0
13Lurie, Igor1636ISR+16B−2N+6B−8N−5B−9N+20B3.025.026.08.50761-49.2
14Yaron yuster, Amit1424ISR−1N+17B−12N+16B+15N−4B−9B3.023.526.08.501459+3.4
15Margulis, Michael1484ISR−5NF+9B=7B−14B=11N+12N3.022.023.010.751553+23.6
16Zelekman, Arkady0ISR−13N+19B−7N−14N−11B+18B+17N3.017.018.04.5013040.0
17Weisserman, Miroslav1477ISR−3B−14N−4B+19N=10B+20N−16B2.520.521.53.751227-36.8
18FIDE 28817560—−7NF−19N+20B−4B−16N−10B1.019.520.51.007310.0
19FIDE 28872230—−4N−16N+18B−17B−20N−10N−11B1.018.519.51.006940.0
20FIDE 28947500—−8B−9N−11B−18N+19B−17B−13N1.018.019.01.007430.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets