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1 4 final Israel chemp Netanya zone

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Jan 2026 to 23 Mar 2026 in Netanya, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2031, and top seed was Arie Axelrod (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2170).

Arie Axelrod (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2170) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Itai Gal On (5.5) and Yuri Volkov (5.5). Axelrod won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: David Klevinskiy (1788) beat Alexander Bichuch (2024), a +236-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Netanya, Israel
Dates
19 Jan 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMArie Axelrod2170
Avg top 10
2,031
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Arie Axelrod led from R3; +2.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Arie Axelrod never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Arie Axelrod beat Itai Gal On (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Arie Axelrod 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)Alexander Bichuch 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMArie Axelrod*
1
1
2Itai Gal On
0
*
0
½
3Alexander Bichuch
0
1
*
4Yuri Volkov
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Axelrod, ArieFM2170ISR+15B+10N+7B+2N=8B=9N+11B+12N+4B8.037.039.535.002340+14.7
2Gal On, Itai2090ISR=3N+12B+11N1B+14B=8N+9B4N=7B5.540.544.023.252059-10.4
3Volkov, Yuri1852ISR=2B=5N+18B=14N=11B7N+10B=6N+12B5.536.037.521.502034+43.8
4Bichuch, Alexander2024ISR10B18N+16B+17N+5B=11N+7B+2B1N5.535.537.021.002062+10.2
5Lipes, Yosef2055ISR=12N=3B+6N9B4N+16B+14B=7N=8N5.037.039.019.752002-12.6
6Brio, Konstantin1928ISR+18B7N5B15N+13B=10N+16N=3B+11B5.032.033.516.501976+11.2
7Chazan, Yonatan2109ISR+16N+6B1N=8B9N+3B4N=5B=2N4.543.545.520.002006-24.4
8Feldman, Gidi2094ISR=14B+17N+13B=7N=1N=2B12NF=5B4.539.041.019.252044-9.2
9Klevinskiy, Konstantin1929ISR17B+16N+10B+5N+7B=1B2NFF4.538.040.020.002130+38.0
10Desyatnikov, Ilya1983ISR+4N1B9N11B+18N=6B3N+16B+15N4.537.038.514.001930-26.4
11Zuker, Zivi1806ISR=13B+15N2B+10N=3N=4B1N=14B6N4.041.544.016.251931+36.0
12Epstein, Vadim1906ISR=5B2N+15B+13NF=14N+8B1B3N4.038.540.515.251998+18.4
13Zelikov, Anatoly1926ISR=11N=14B8N12B6N+18B+17N+15BF4.030.031.59.751905-5.2
14Moroz, Mark1878ISR=8N=13N+17B=3B2N=12B5N=11NF3.534.536.013.001913+6.2
15Mdivani, Maka1915ISR1N11B12N+6B16N+17B=18N13N10B2.533.535.07.751761-37.8
16Babushkin, Alexey1914ISR7B9B4N+18N+15B5N6B10N17B2.033.535.04.001736-40.0
17Kremer, Eli1874ISR+9N8B14N4BF15N13BF+16N2.030.532.06.501796-14.8
18Klevinskiy, David1788ISR6N+4B3N16B10B13N=15BFF1.532.534.56.751705-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets