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Winter Chess Competition 2026

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Feb 2026 to 18 Apr 2026 in Kfar Saba, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1683, and top seed was Eli Kopelevitch (🇮🇱 ISR, 1771).

Barak Golan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1659) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Eli Siti (5.0) and Amitai Segal (5.0). Golan took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Benjamin Feigin (1467) beat Eli Kopelevitch (1771), a +304-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
08 Feb 2026 → 18 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Eli Kopelevitch1771
Avg top 10
1,683
Participants
30
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×28
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Barak Golan
    🇮🇱ISR·1659
    5.5pts·1822perf+46.0
  • 🥈
    Eli Siti
    🇮🇱ISR·1731
    5.0pts·1774perf+6.6
  • 🥉
    Amitai Segal
    🇮🇱ISR·1678
    5.0pts·1786perf+20.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Barak Golan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Golan takes lead
Golan5.5Segal5Hochshtad5Shemer5Siti5Hamoudi4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Mar

Barak Golan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Barak Golan drew with Amitai Segal (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Barak Golan 4 wins (R2–R5)Amitai Segal 3 wins (R2–R4)Shachar Hochshtad 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Barak Golan*
½
——
2Amitai Segal
½
*
1
—
3Shachar Hochshtad—
0
*—
4Yehonatan Shemer———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Golan, Barak1659ISR=7B+15N+27B+14N+6N=8B=3B5.524.526.019.001822+46.0
2Siti, Eli1731ISR+30B=9N=7B+16N=3B=10N+6N5.025.025.516.751774+6.6
3Segal, Amitai1678ISR−12N+18B+28N+4B=2N+24B=1N5.024.025.016.251786+20.6
4Hochshtad, Shachar1635ISR+21B+11N−8B−3N+15B+16N+9B5.023.526.016.501780+18.6
5Shemer, Yehonatan1632ISR−22B+23N+11B+9N−7B+14N+10B5.022.024.517.501763+50.0
6Eden, Dana1704ISR+10B+12N+16B+8N−1B=7N−2B4.527.030.017.251732+5.6
7Pupko, Oz1602ISR=1N+25B=2N+22B+5N=6B−8N4.527.029.017.001780+61.2
8Hamoudi, Nour1603ISR+18N+28B+4N−6BF=1N+7B4.526.027.016.251848+72.4
9Gorelikov, Israel1630ISR+19N=2B=14N−5B+18N+11B−4N4.025.028.014.001658+6.0
10Steinberg, Ido1622ISR−6N=21B+25N+17B+13N=2B−5N4.023.525.512.251673+20.8
11Dambin, Einav1676ISR+17N−4B−5N+28B+14B−9N+12B4.023.524.510.501652-13.6
12Guy, Itamar1506ISR+3B−6B=29N+24NF+17B−11N3.523.024.010.501700+56.8
13Shtern, Shmuel1593ISR−24B=20N−15B+30N−10B+26N+21B3.516.016.56.001509-15.6
14Shiloah, Eylon1470ISR+20B+24N=9B−1B−11N−5B=17N3.024.526.58.501575+15.4
15Lubish, Mordechai1656ISR=29N−1B+13N=19B−4N+23B−20N3.022.523.58.001492-24.6
16Erez, Ido1617ISR+26B+22N−6N−2B+19N−4BF3.022.023.57.001649+10.4
17Kass bergman, Adam1586ISR−11B+26N=22B−10N+21B−12N=14B3.019.521.06.751530-27.6
18Agmon, Michael1520ISR−8B−3N+26B+27N−9B=21N=25B3.019.521.05.251460-27.6
19Feigin, Benjamin1467KOR−9B+30N−24B=15N−16B+22N=23B3.017.017.55.751494-4.4
20Bacall, Udi1624ISR−14N=13B=21NF−23N+27B+15B3.016.017.07.501552-7.6
21Fichman, Sean1502ISR−4N=10N=20B+25B−17N=18B−13N2.521.523.57.001513+12.8
22Kopelevitch, Eli1771ISR+5N−16B=17N−7NF−19B+26N2.520.021.58.001516-40.4
23Wattad, Sami0ISR−28N−5B=30B=26N+20B−15N=19N2.516.517.05.5014660.0
24Ganot, Yoav1528ISR+13N−14B+19N−12BF−3NF2.021.022.06.501488-17.6
25Moscovitch, Shelly1625ISR=27B−7N−10B−21NF+28B=18N2.016.517.03.251441-50.4
26Margulis, Michael1463ISR−16N−17B−18N=23B+28N−13B−22B1.517.518.52.251363-32.4
27Kuzmin, Nikita0ISR=25N+29B−1N−18BF−20N—1.516.017.02.0014680.0
28Alon, Bar1682ISR+23B−8N−3B−11N−26B−25N—1.018.019.52.50820-117.2
29Bisa, Yair1633ISR=15B−27N=12BFF——1.011.513.03.251586-3.2
30FIDE 28905930—−2N−19B=23N−13BF——0.514.016.01.258120.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets