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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
  • 🥇
    Idan David
    🇮🇱ISR·1992
    7.5pts·2195perf+90.0
  • 🥈
    Idan Adar
    🇮🇱ISR·2057
    7.0pts·2113perf+15.2
  • 🥉
    Yair Bodenshtein
    🇮🇱ISR·1919
    6.5pts·2056perf+35.8

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
David7.5Adar7Bodenshtein6.5Martianov6Berlad6Brenner4.5
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
Player1234
1Idan David*
0
1
1
2Idan Adar
1
*
½
1
3Yair Bodenshtein
0
½
*
1
4Andrey Martianov
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1David, Idan1992ISR+13B+5N+11B−2N+4B+3N+10B+6N=7N7.541.544.034.752195+90.0
2Adar, Idan2057ISR+8B+7N=4B+1B=3N−6B+5N+9N+11B7.044.047.536.752113+15.2
3Bodenshtein, Yair1919ISR+12B=11N+5B=4N=2B−1B+7N+8N+6B6.543.547.031.252056+35.8
4Berlad, Asaf2008ISR+9B+10N=2N=3B−1N+8B+6N−5B+12N6.044.047.527.251994+1.6
5Martianov, Andrey2048ISR+6N−1B−3N+14B+9N+7B−2B+4N+16B6.043.045.024.0020360.0
6Brenner, Bar1836ISR−5B+13N+10B+8N=7B+2N−4B−1B−3N4.545.548.019.751943+48.8
7Rozhanski, Yosef2101ISR+15N−2B+14N=9B=6N−5N−3B+10N=1B4.542.044.516.751895-44.0
8Haber, Aviv1740ISR−2N+15B+16N−6B=10N−4N+14B−3B+13N4.535.037.011.251851+49.2
9Fire, Teddy1685ISR−4N=16B+15N=7N−5B=13B+12N−2B+14N4.534.536.513.001842+61.6
10Goldstein, Asaf1937ISR+16N−4B−6N+11N=8B+12B−1N−7B−15N3.536.538.511.251729-92.8
11Yankilevich, Amit Haim1711ISR+14N=3B−1N−10B−12N+16B−13N+15B−2N3.535.537.510.251729+1.2
12Gelis, Naama1473ISR−3N−14B=13B+15N+11B−10N−9B+16N−4B3.531.533.59.251689+81.2
13Larioshin, Ariel1683ISR−1N−6B=12N−16B=15B=9N+11BF−8B2.533.035.08.751584-43.6
14Ballas, Eyal1863ISR−11B+12N−7B−5N=16N+15B−8NF−9B2.531.533.57.001624-48.6
15Gavriel, Oren1611ISR−7B−8N−9B−12B=13N−14N+16B−11N+10B2.529.031.06.751595-9.0
16Sheffer, Itzhak1741ISR−10B=9N−8B+13N=14B−11N−15N−12B−5N2.030.533.06.001531-48.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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