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Herzliya Open Seniors 60 championship 2026

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in Herziliya, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Uri Malin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1914).

Uri Malin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1914) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Gideon Shoval (6.5) and Eli Siti (6.0). Malin shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇮🇱Herziliya, Israel
Dates
05 Jan 2026 → 09 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Uri Malin1914
Avg top 10
1,669
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×15
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇮🇱ISR·1914
    6.5pts·1789perf-21.2
  • 🥈
    🇮🇱ISR·1670
    6.5pts·1829perf+37.6
  • 🥉
    🇮🇱ISR·1731
    6.0pts·1775perf+10.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Malin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gideon Shoval lost to Uri Malin (Black).

R5–R9 · UNBEATEN

Gideon Shoval went unbeaten across 5 games (R5–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Gideon Shoval*
0
½
½
2Uri Malin
1
*
½
½
3Eli Siti
½
½
*
1
4Uri Dobkin
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Malin, Uri1914ISR+5N=4B+12N+2B=10B=3N=6B=7N+8N6.543.548.034.751789-21.2
2Shoval, Gideon1670ISR+11N+8B=4N1N=3B+6B+10N=5B+7N6.543.548.033.001829+37.6
3Siti, Eli1731ISR=7B=6N+13B=11N=2N=1B+4N+10B=5N6.043.547.030.251775+10.8
4Dobkin, Uri1668ISR+13B=1N=2B6N=9B+12N3B+16N+10B5.542.042.021.501675+0.8
5Dor, Avigdor1642ISR1B+7N+14B10N=13B+9N+12B=2N=3B5.541.544.025.001674+5.2
6Levy, Avner1581ISR+16N=3B10N+4B=11B2N=1N+14B+15N5.537.037.017.501668+15.2
7Avron, Arnon1571ISR=3N5B11N+15B+16N+14B+13N=1B2B5.036.036.013.251588+1.0
8Rotshtein, Maxim1597ISR+14B2N+9B13N12B+15N+16B+11N1B5.034.034.013.001611+1.2
9Krohmalnik, Andrei1593ISR+15N10B8N+12B=4N5B+14N=13B+16B5.032.032.012.501474-15.4
10Shwarchbard, Zvi1721ISR12N+9N+6B+5B=1N+11B2B3N4N4.545.049.523.751708-2.2
11Botvinnik, Roman1545ISR2B+14N+7B=3B=6N10N+15B8B=13N4.538.539.516.001562+2.6
12Meister, Emil0ISR+10B+16N1B9N+8N4B5N+15B=14N4.535.535.511.7515990.0
13Galman, Haim1536ISR4N+15B3N+8B=5NF7B=9N=11B3.537.537.513.501551+2.4
14Maor, Moshe1440ISR8N11B5N+16B+15N7N9B6N=12B2.536.036.03.2512530.0
15Barzilai, Moshe1430ISR9B13N+16B7N14B8B11N12N6B1.035.535.50.00767-76.0
16FIDE 289600106B12B15N14N7BF8N4B9N0.036.537.50.007700.0

Key insights

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