Artzit Hol 2026 6-8
SwissStandard
68 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 28 May 2026 to 20 Jun 2026 in Israel, Israel. 24 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2372, and top seed was Li Min Peng (🇨🇠SUI, GM, 2535).
David Rinberg (🇮🇱 ISR, 2034) won with 3.0/8, ahead of Guy Tsirilman (2.5) and Michael Lurie (2.5). Rinberg clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Nir Ashkenazy (1822) beat Felix Vaisman (2064), a +242-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Israel, Israel
Dates
28 May 2026 → 20 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 24
GM×2
IM×7
FM×13
CM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇮🇱Israel×62
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsDavid Rinberg led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 69 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
69
69
69
69
69
18
4
1
R8–R8 · LEAD HELD
David Rinberg held the sole lead from R8 through R8 without losing it.
R6–R8 · WIN STREAK
David Rinberg won 3 in a row (R6–R8).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David Rinberg | * | — | — | — |
| 2FMArie Axelrod | — | * | — | — |
| 3Guy Tsirilman | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Michael Lurie | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rinberg, David | 2034 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +59N | +60B | +55N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2778 | +50.8 |
| 2 | Tsirilman, Guy | 2081 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +9B | =3B | +43N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.75 | 2454 | +55.2 |
| 3 | Lurie, Michael | 2289 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | =2N | +54B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2315 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Axelrod, ArieFM | 2170 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =16N | +58B | +57N | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2398 | +8.2 |
| 5 | Margulis, Evgeny | 2158 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | −21N | +19B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 2230 | +5.6 |
| 6 | Zhizmer, YuriIM | 2272 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +8B | +29B | — | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 3010 | +8.3 |
| 7 | Nedobora, MikhailIM | 2317 | UKR | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | F | +32N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2984 | +6.7 |
| 8 | Steiner-Prozhanski, GioraFM | 2310 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | +63B | +30N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2299 | -0.6 |
| 9 | Tarnopolsky, AnatolyFM | 2266 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +54N | +53N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 2155 | -7.6 |
| 10 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | 2335 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | +28B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2920 | +9.2 |
| 11 | Shemer, Oz | 1960 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +61N | =18B | =46N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2190 | +37.2 |
| 12 | Menahem, AdiFM | 2330 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +43N | +27B | — | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2832 | +6.2 |
| 13 | Shilon Rahav, EliranFM | 2340 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =48N | =44B | +45N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 2271 | -4.6 |
| 14 | Brezis, AriCM | 2121 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +66N | +53B | F | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2820 | +28.8 |
| 15 | Ashkenazy, Nir | 1822 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +64N | +34B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2796 | +57.6 |
| 16 | Pevzner, Maks | 2189 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =4B | =43N | =31B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2082 | -8.6 |
| 17 | Kantarji, PinchasIM | 2423 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =29B | +31N | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 2292 | -2.4 |
| 18 | Shiff, Johnatan | 2121 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =27B | =11N | =50N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 2108 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Lipes, Yosef | 2065 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +55B | =23B | −5N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 2168 | +8.0 |
| 20 | Poleg, DanFM | 2189 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | =24N | +62B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 2069 | -7.6 |
| 21 | Temnik, Igor | 2061 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +5B | =47B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 2298 | +12.4 |
| 22 | Iakymov, VolodymyrIM | 2378 | UKR | F | F | F | F | F | −37N | +32B | =49N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2255 | -4.4 |
| 23 | Rinberg, AlexanderFM | 2280 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | =19N | −36N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 2099 | -13.4 |
| 24 | Aharon, OfirFM | 2236 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | =20B | — | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2299 | +3.2 |
| 25 | Frenkel, Ran | 2173 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | =27N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2227 | +2.4 |
| 26 | Levitan, Shon | 1999 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =51B | +67N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2071 | +3.6 |
| 27 | Hasidovsky, Michael | 2074 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | −12N | =25B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 2083 | +0.4 |
| 28 | David, Idan | 2082 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | +45B | −10N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 2139 | +7.2 |
| 29 | Gal On, Itai | 2109 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =17N | −6N | =52N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 2217 | +14.4 |
| 30 | Frolov, Aleksey G. | 2157 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +53N | −10N | −8B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 2082 | -6.2 |
| 31 | Izrailov, Zecharia | 2088 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =45N | −17B | =16N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 2125 | +1.8 |
| 32 | Poleg, MatanFM | 2286 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +68B | −22N | −7B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 2180 | -8.4 |
| 33 | Taieb, Ariel | 2010 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | F | +44N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 2266 | +12.6 |
| 34 | Rosenzweig, Itzhak | 1927 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +47B | F | −15N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1937 | +0.6 |
| 35 | Peng, Li MinGM | 2535 | SUI | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +65N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2977 | +1.0 |
| 36 | Osinovsky, StepanFM | 2238 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 3080 | +11.2 |
| 37 | Flom, GabrielGM | 2418 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | — | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 3178 | +4.4 |
| 38 | Gurevich, NeriaCM | 2219 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +65B | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 2977 | +17.6 |
| 39 | Faust, Roi | 1807 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +62B | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2614 | +10.2 |
| 40 | Sorin, Michael | 2106 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2793 | +7.0 |
| 41 | Solomon, AsifFM | 2152 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +61B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2852 | +7.2 |
| 42 | Shnaider, David | 2151 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +58B | F | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2882 | +8.0 |
| 43 | Zalkind, KonstantinFM | 1989 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | =16B | −2B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1927 | -4.6 |
| 44 | Gurevich, Gregory | 2242 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13N | −33B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1982 | -13.2 |
| 45 | Chernomordik, PavelFM | 2139 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =31B | −28N | −13B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1897 | -17.8 |
| 46 | Liflyand, Elijah | 2022 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | F | =11B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1905 | -6.4 |
| 47 | Zuev, Ilya | 2052 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −34N | F | =21N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1801 | -13.2 |
| 48 | Chazan, Yonatan | 2057 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | — | — | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2340 | +6.8 |
| 49 | Kerner, Michael | 2061 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2378 | +7.4 |
| 50 | Galojan, LilitIM | 2290 | ARM | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2121 | -2.2 |
| 51 | Pinhasov, Ilan | 1935 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26N | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1999 | +1.8 |
| 52 | Grinshpun, EduardIM | 2332 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =29B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2109 | -2.8 |
| 53 | Laor, Jason Ethan | 1975 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −30B | −14N | −9B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1381 | -14.2 |
| 54 | Aroeta, Benny | 2035 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | −3N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1478 | -8.0 |
| 55 | Kirsch, Yahel David | 2066 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | F | −1B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1250 | -41.6 |
| 56 | Khanin, Nikita | 1993 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | −25N | −40N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1386 | -15.4 |
| 57 | Leopold, Shilo | 2105 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1370 | -8.2 |
| 58 | Lotan, Barak | 2082 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −42N | −4N | — | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1361 | -15.6 |
| 59 | Afgin, David | 1885 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | — | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1234 | -6.0 |
| 60 | Bichuch, Alexander | 1983 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1234 | -8.6 |
| 61 | Zilbershtein, Michael | 2052 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | −41N | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1256 | -19.8 |
| 62 | Leopold, Moria | 1814 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −39N | F | −20N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1198 | -24.0 |
| 63 | Gurevich, Yosef | 2092 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1510 | -4.4 |
| 64 | Vaisman, Felix | 2064 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1022 | -16.0 |
| 65 | Shchori, Dotan | 2177 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −38N | −35B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1577 | -10.8 |
| 66 | Kravchenko, Yan | 2065 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | — | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1321 | -8.4 |
| 67 | Lagun, Michael | 1821 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −26B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1199 | -5.4 |
| 68 | Gurbanov, AndreiIM | 2221 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −32N | — | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1486 | -8.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ashkenazy, NirISR+57.62.0 pts · #11
- 2Tsirilman, GuyISR+55.22.5 pts · #3
- 3Rinberg, DavidISR+50.83.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Kirsch, Yahel DavidISR-41.60.0 pts · #56
- 2Leopold, MoriaISR-24.00.0 pts · #62
- 3Zilbershtein, MichaelISR-19.80.0 pts · #64
Biggest upsets
- R7+242 Elo gap
- R8+232 Elo gap
- R6+185 Elo gap