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Israel Chess Championship Round of 1 4 in PT

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 17 Feb 2026 in Petah Tikva, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1950, and top seed was Yosef Rozhanski (🇮🇱 ISR, 2101).

Idan David (🇮🇱 ISR, 1992) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Idan Adar (7.0) and Yair Bodenshtein (6.5). David shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Oren Gavriel (1611) beat Asaf Goldstein (1937), a +326-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Petah Tikva, Israel
Dates
23 Dec 2025 → 17 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Yosef Rozhanski2101
Avg top 10
1,950
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Idan David led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Adar takes leadDavid takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

Idan Adar takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Idan David lost to Idan Adar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Idan David 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R8)Idan Adar 3 wins (R7–R9)Yair Bodenshtein 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1David, Idan1992ISR+13B+5N+11B2N+4B+3N+10B+6N=7N7.541.544.034.752195+90.0
2Adar, Idan2057ISR+8B+7N=4B+1B=3N6B+5N+9N+11B7.044.047.536.752113+15.2
3Bodenshtein, Yair1919ISR+12B=11N+5B=4N=2B1B+7N+8N+6B6.543.547.031.252056+35.8
4Berlad, Asaf2008ISR+9B+10N=2N=3B1N+8B+6N5B+12N6.044.047.527.251994+1.6
5Martianov, Andrey2048ISR+6N1B3N+14B+9N+7B2B+4N+16B6.043.045.024.0020360.0
6Brenner, Bar1836ISR5B+13N+10B+8N=7B+2N4B1B3N4.545.548.019.751943+48.8
7Rozhanski, Yosef2101ISR+15N2B+14N=9B=6N5N3B+10N=1B4.542.044.516.751895-44.0
8Haber, Aviv1740ISR2N+15B+16N6B=10N4N+14B3B+13N4.535.037.011.251851+49.2
9Fire, Teddy1685ISR4N=16B+15N=7N5B=13B+12N2B+14N4.534.536.513.001842+61.6
10Goldstein, Asaf1937ISR+16N4B6N+11N=8B+12B1N7B15N3.536.538.511.251729-92.8
11Yankilevich, Amit Haim1711ISR+14N=3B1N10B12N+16B13N+15B2N3.535.537.510.251729+1.2
12Gelis, Naama1473ISR3N14B=13B+15N+11B10N9B+16N4B3.531.533.59.251689+81.2
13Larioshin, Ariel1683ISR1N6B=12N16B=15B=9N+11BF8B2.533.035.08.751584-43.6
14Ballas, Eyal1863ISR11B+12N7B5N=16N+15B8NF9B2.531.533.57.001624-48.6
15Gavriel, Oren1611ISR7B8N9B12B=13N14N+16B11N+10B2.529.031.06.751595-9.0
16Sheffer, Itzhak1741ISR10B=9N8B+13N=14B11N15N12B5N2.030.533.06.001531-48.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets