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Mark Center winter A 2026

Open SwissStandard

16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Jan 2026 to 10 Mar 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Uri Taragan (🇮🇱 ISR, 2060).

Eran Nochimowski (🇮🇱 ISR, 1933) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Uri Taragan (5.0) and Efi Lavie (4.5). Nochimowski shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ido Erez (1617) beat Ornan Bar-Or (1803), a +186-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Tel Aviv, Israel
Dates
13 Jan 2026 → 10 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Uri Taragan2060
Avg top 10
1,858
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇮🇱ISR·1933
    5.0pts·1976perf+16.8
  • 🥈
    🇮🇱ISR·2060
    5.0pts·2106perf+12.4
  • 🥉
    🇮🇱ISR·1803
    4.5pts·1933perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

Uri Taragan held the sole lead from R2 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Nochimowski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Uri Taragan drew with Eran Nochimowski (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Uri Taragan*
½
—
1
2Eran Nochimowski
½
*
½
½
3Efi Lavie
—
½
*
½
4Eli Amit
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nochimowski, Eran1933ISR+5B=6N=4N+7B=2B+14N=3N5.025.026.517.751976+16.8
2Taragan, Uri2060ISR+11N+4B+8N+6B=1NF=5N5.024.527.018.002106+12.4
3Lavie, Efi1803ISR=8N+13B+9N=4B+5NF=1B4.524.025.514.501933+17.6
4Amit, Eli1853ISR+15B−2N=1B=3N+11B−12N+7B4.023.024.011.751877+5.4
5Levi, Idan1796ISR−1N+15B+13N+10B−3B=7N=2B4.022.523.59.751805+26.8
6Amitai, Ido1803ISR+16B=1B=7N−2NF+13N+12B4.017.517.58.251881+10.4
7Gurevich, Dov1623ISR=14B+12N=6B−1N+9N=5B−4N3.522.524.010.251774+42.8
8Hurwitz, Guy1780ISR=3B=10N−2B+15NF=9B=11B3.019.019.07.501800+2.0
9Evgrafov, Evgenii0ISR=10B+14N−3B+11N−7B=8N—3.016.518.07.0017540.0
10Ben Assa, Omri1573ISR=9N=8B−11N−5N−12B+16N+13B3.016.516.54.501615+8.0
11Fusman, Noam1889ISR−2B+16N+10B−9B−4NF=8N2.519.019.04.501730-34.0
12Bar-Or, Ornan1803ISR−13N−7B=14BF+10N+4B−6N2.517.517.57.751664-22.6
13Erez, Ido1617ISR+12B−3N−5B=14NF−6B−10N1.519.520.53.251568-15.6
14Bosis, Ariel1856ISR=7N−9B=12N=13BF−1BF1.515.515.53.751659-41.6
15Scharf, Saar1672ISR−4N−5N+16B−8BFF—1.015.015.00.00987-20.6
16Wartheim, Menachem0ISR−6N−11B−15NFF−10BF0.015.016.00.009350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Mark Center winter A 2026 — Tel Aviv, Israel | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats