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Nat.ch. Quarter-final Haifa-Nesher 2026

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Dec 2025 to 22 Feb 2026 in Haifa, Israel. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2069, and top seed was Tal Levitan (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2178).

Tal Levitan (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2178) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ilya Gruzman (8.0) and Ronit Levitan (7.0). Levitan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Munib Najjar (1845) beat Alexander Zavialov (2089), a +244-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Haifa, Israel
Dates
28 Dec 2025 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMTal Levitan2178
Avg top 10
2,069
Participants
20
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Levitan8Gruzman8Levitan7Najjar5.5Marks5Pogoreltsev5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Levitan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Tal Levitan drew with CM Ilya Gruzman (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Tal Levitan 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)CM Ilya Gruzman 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMTal Levitan*
½
½
1
2CMIlya Gruzman
½
*
1
—
3WFMRonit Levitan
½
0
*
1
4Munib Najjar
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Levitan, TalFM2178ISR+6B+11N+7B=2N=3B+5N+17B+4N+8B8.043.546.038.502353+30.4
2Gruzman, IlyaCM2134ISR+19N+10B+3N=1B=7N+9B+8N+5B+6N8.043.044.538.252377+44.8
3Levitan, RonitWFM2098ISR+17B+5N−2B+4N=1N+7B+6B=8N+9B7.045.047.533.252221+27.4
4Najjar, Munib1845ISR=18N+19B+9N−3B−8N+15B+11N−1B+10N5.538.540.019.252109+122.0
5Pogoreltsev, Arsenii1984ISR+16N−3B=10N+20B=9N−1B+18N−2N+7B5.042.043.516.002070+20.6
6Marks, Ariel1968ISR−1N+16B−20N+14B+18N+10B−3N+13B−2B5.040.041.517.002027+14.6
7Weintraub, Amit1961ISR+12N+18B−1N+11B=2B−3N−10N+14B−5N4.544.046.518.002027+16.0
8Kerner, Michael2083ISR+20N=9B−11N=10B+4B+17N−2B=3B−1N4.544.045.517.502024-13.4
9Shlaen, Rem1998ISR+15B=8N−4B+13N=5B−2N+12B=10B−3N4.542.045.518.001935-12.8
10Zavialov, Alexander2089ISR+13B−2N=5B=8N+16B−6N+7B=9N−4B4.540.543.518.001937-32.4
11Zuev, Ilya2082ISR+14N−1B+8B−7NF+16N−4B=17N=19N4.034.035.513.001933-29.8
12Diab, Hadi1721ISR−7B=17N−13B−16N+19B+20B−9N+15N=14B4.026.528.09.501819+45.2
13Haddad, Sharbel1685ISR−10N=20B+12N−9B=14N=18B+15N−6NF3.530.031.511.251888+70.8
14Keren, Jonatan1881ISR−11B=15N−17B−6N=13B+19N+16B−7N=12N3.530.031.510.001777-25.6
15Tselenko, Michael1781ISR−9N=14B−18N+19B+20N−4N−13B−12B+16N3.528.029.57.751786-0.4
16Shehtman, Yair1775ISR−5B−6N+19N+12B−10N−11B−14N+20B−15B3.031.032.57.001800+6.4
17Mendler, Omer1860ISR−3N=12B+14N=18BF−8B−1N=11BF2.538.541.08.751915+14.0
18Taieb, Ariel2076ISR=4B−7N+15B=17N−6B=13N−5BF—2.529.531.09.251767-55.4
19Blumenthal, Yonatan1878ISR−2B−4N−16B−15N−12N−14B+20NF=11B1.534.035.53.501643-47.6
20Cherikovsky, Yuri1937ISR−8B=13N+6B−5N−15B−12N−19B−16N—1.528.530.06.751608-65.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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