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Israel 1 4 final 2025 - 2026 Beer Sheva

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Beer Sheva, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2018, and top seed was Ram Ofek (🇮🇱 ISR, 2119).

Andrei Mirzabaev (🇮🇱 ISR, 2000) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Erik Blech (6.0) and Shalev Hasson Schrager (6.0). Mirzabaev shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Erik Blech (1898) beat Arkadij Slonimskij (2082), a +184-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Beer Sheva, Israel
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Ram Ofek2119
Avg top 10
2,018
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×14
🇷🇺Russia×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Andrei Mirzabaev led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
6
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Blech takes leadMirzabaev takes lead
Mirzabaev6.5Slonimskij6Blech6Mamut6Hasson Schrager6Ofek5.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

Erik Blech takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andrei Mirzabaev beat Arkadij Slonimskij (White).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Andrei Mirzabaev won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Andrei Mirzabaev*
1
½
½
2Arkadij Slonimskij
0
*
0
½
3Erik Blech
½
1
*
½
4Igor Mamut
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mirzabaev, Andrei2000ISR+16N=7N=4B−3B+12N+6N+5B=2B+9N6.542.544.530.002161+39.0
2Blech, Erik1898ISR=6B+11N=7B+10N=4B+5B=3N=1N=8B6.044.048.031.002130+110.0
3Hasson Schrager, Shalev2045ISR−14B+10N+6B+1N=5N=4B=2B+8N=7B6.044.047.032.502118+18.0
4Mamut, Igor2043ISR+13N=5B=1N+8B=2N=3N=7B=6B+15N6.043.045.027.502124+19.6
5Slonimskij, Arkadij2082RUS+15B=4N+9B+7N=3B−2N−1N+10B+13B6.041.043.024.502083+1.4
6Ofek, Ram2119ISR=2N=8B−3N+14B+9N−1B+13B=4N+16B5.540.042.021.002029-18.6
7Yartsev, Pavel2094ISR+12N=1B=2N−5B=8N=10B=4N+15B=3N5.043.045.022.252004-20.8
8Shahar, Oren2024ISR=10B=6N+14B−4N=7B+9B+11N−3B=2N5.041.044.021.752009-6.4
9Roisman, Mario1995ISR=11B+14N−5N+12B−6B−8N+15B+16N−1B4.535.537.512.501940-13.0
10Porat, Shahar1811ISR=8N−3B+13N−2B+16N=7N+12B−5N−11B4.038.540.513.501903+40.8
11Ginsburg, Zeev1822ISR=9N−2B−16B=13N=15B=12N−8B+14N+10N4.031.033.013.501847+6.2
12Chernov, Viktor1882RUS−7B+16N=15B−9N−1B=11B−10N=13N+14B3.532.034.09.501822-15.4
13Idesis, Yaacov1868ISR−4B=15N−10B=11B+14N=16B−6N=12B−5N3.034.036.08.751796-18.0
14Aleksandrova, AleksandraWFM1865ISR+3N−9B−8N−6N−13B+15N+16B−11B−12N3.033.535.510.001811-13.8
15Reem, Meir1865ISR−5N=13B=12N=16B=11N−14B−9N−7N−4B2.035.037.06.251719-33.0
16Erez, Eitan1802ISR−1B−12B+11N=15N−10B=13N−14N−9B−6N2.034.036.06.501694-47.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets