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Preparation for the league 2026

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Dec 2025 to 12 Dec 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2157, and top seed was Mikhail Linker (🇷🇺 RUS, 2235).

Mikhail Linker (🇷🇺 RUS, 2235) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Noga Orian (3.5) and Tal Levitan (2.5). Linker shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇮🇱Haifa, Israel
Dates
08 Dec 2025 → 12 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Mikhail Linker2235
Avg top 10
2,157
Participants
6
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×5
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
2
2
3
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Linker3.5Orian3.5Levitan2.5Gurevich2Shtemler2Gruzman1.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Mikhail Linker held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Linker takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mikhail Linker drew with WIM Noga Orian (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mikhail Linker*
½
½
1
2WIMNoga Orian
½
*
1
½
3FMTal Levitan
½
0
*
0
4Yosef Gurevich
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Linker, Mikhail2235RUS+5N=6B=2N+4B=3N3.510.011.57.752291+7.2
2Orian, NogaWIM2157ISR=4B=5N=1B+3B+6N3.510.011.57.752306+40.4
3Levitan, TalFM2178ISR+6B−4N+5B−2N=1B2.511.012.55.252153-3.4
4Gurevich, Yosef2081ISR=2N+3B=6N−1N−5B2.011.513.05.002101+2.4
5Shtemler, Lavi2159ISR−1B=2B−3N=6B+4N2.011.513.04.502085-10.2
6Gruzman, IlyaCM2134ISR−3N=1N=4B=5N−2B1.511.513.53.752013-16.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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