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Israel Championship 1 4 Final in Rishon LeZion

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 24 Feb 2026 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Dori Rubinstein (🇮🇱 ISR, 2075).

Dori Rubinstein (🇮🇱 ISR, 2075) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Robert Andreev (6.5) and Nadejda Reprun (6.0). Rubinstein won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ido Shalev (1774) beat Asaf Shimshovich (1997), a +223-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
23 Dec 2025 → 24 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Dori Rubinstein2075
Avg top 10
1,985
Participants
24
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇱Israel×20
🇷🇺Russia×2
🇲🇨Monaco×1
🇱🇻Latvia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
3
1
1
3
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Rubinstein takes lead
Rubinstein6.5Andreev6.5Shapira6Reprun6Levy6Segev5.5— ex-leaders:Reznikled R3, #12
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

Dori Rubinstein takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Rubinstein takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dori Rubinstein lost to Robert Andreev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Dori Rubinstein*
0
1
0
2Robert Andreev
1
*
½
½
3Avner Shapira
0
½
*
1
4WFMNadejda Reprun
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rubinstein, Dori2075ISR+18B+14N=13B+5N+12B+6N−2B−3N+4N6.542.045.030.502079+8.8
2Andreev, Robert2046ISR+21N+20B=6N=12B=9N+7B+1N=4B=3B6.541.043.530.252118+35.2
3Reprun, NadejdaWFM1950ISR+23B=8N=14B−4N+13B+9N=6B+1B=2N6.043.045.028.252043+23.4
4Shapira, Avner1855ISR−8B+23N+24B+3B=6N+12N+5B=2N−1B6.042.044.026.002066+50.4
5Levy, Omer2000ISR+15N−12B+20N−1B+11B+17N−4N+13B+7N6.037.540.023.502021+13.2
6Aronin, Pavel1976MNC+10B+9N=2B+13N=4B−1B=3N−7B+14N5.544.048.026.752014+10.2
7Zrihan, Dan1925ISR=11B=10N=9B+8N+14B−2N+12B+6N−5B5.541.545.526.002047+30.2
8Segev, Oz1934ISR+4N=3B−12N−7B+22N+19BF+16B+9N5.536.539.022.502013+34.0
9Zakin, Lior1933ISR+17B−6B=7N+10N=2B−3B+14N+11N−8B5.042.045.022.001979+19.8
10Segal, Naum1874LAT−6N=7B+15N−9B+21N−16B+17B=12N=11B4.535.037.516.501898+6.0
11Shimshovich, Asaf1997ISR=7N−13B=19N+21B−5N+20B+16N−9B=10N4.533.536.014.751889-25.8
12Reznik, Vladimir0RUS+16B+5N+8B=2N−1N−4B−7N=10B−13N4.044.548.020.501883-20.6
13Shalev, Ido1774ISR+22B+11N=1N−6B−3N=14BF−5N+12B4.042.044.516.251960+74.4
14Flaum, Mark1976ISR+19N−1B=3N+16B−7N=13N−9B+17N−6B4.039.041.514.001844-30.6
15Merensky, Daniel1756ISR−5B=22N−10B=24NF=23N=18B+20N+19B4.025.027.09.751812+22.0
16Shamir, Alon1855ISR−12N=19B+17B−14N+18B+10N−11B−8NF3.531.033.011.751820-16.0
17Terentev, Yan1746RUS−9N+21B−16N+19B+20N−5B−10N−14B−23N3.030.532.57.501761+2.0
18Berger, Yuval1656ISR−1N=24N+22B−20B−16N−21B=15N+23B—3.023.525.57.501764+35.6
19Raiko, Gal1749ISR−14B=16N=11B−17N+24B−8N=20BF−15N2.529.531.57.251740-2.8
20Raiko, Yossi1963ISR+24B−2N−5B+18N−17B−11N=19N−15B—2.529.531.56.251705-53.0
21Khairova, Evelina1924ISR−2B−17N+23B−11N−10B+18N=22B——2.524.026.06.251720-76.0
22Selictar, Ori1737ISR−13N=15B−18N+23B−8B=24N=21NF—2.523.525.56.251693-9.8
23Doctori, Shimri Leshem1696ISR−3N−4B−21N−22NF=15B=24B−18N+17B2.031.033.06.001613-34.4
24Karov, Roy1819ISR−20N=18B−4N=15B−19N=22B=23NFF2.026.026.05.751616-39.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets