Artzit A 2026 6-8
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72 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 28 May 2026 to 20 Jun 2026 in Israel, Israel. 19 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2333, and top seed was Shay Porat (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2489).
Shachar Rivlin (🇮🇱 ISR, 2098) won with 3.0/8, ahead of Michelle Katkov (3.0) and Michael Iskhakov (2.5). Rivlin shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Gur Hochman (1787) beat Daniel Leib (1968), a +181-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 · 19
IM×7
FM×8
CM×1
WIM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇱Israel×65
🇷🇺Russia×3
🇿🇦South Africa×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 3.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 76 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
76
76
76
76
76
19
5
2
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/8. Rivlin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
WFM Michelle Katkov 3 wins (R6–R8)Shachar Rivlin 3 wins (R6–R8)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivlin, Shachar | 2098 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | +63B | +61B | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2957 | +35.0 |
| 2 | Katkov, MichelleWFM | 2041 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +60B | +62N | +56B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2702 | +19.0 |
| 3 | Iskhakov, Michael | 2183 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +18B | =16N | +27B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2440 | +18.6 |
| 4 | Arlinsky, UrielFM | 2262 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +20B | +19B | — | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2993 | +16.2 |
| 5 | Kunin, Pavel | 2219 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =41N | +44N | =16B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 2385 | +13.4 |
| 6 | Zakin, Lior | 2091 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56N | +8B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2766 | +26.4 |
| 7 | Vainerchuk, Barys | 2162 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | F | +28B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2934 | +18.8 |
| 8 | Segev, Oz | 2012 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +59N | +64B | −6N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2156 | +23.2 |
| 9 | Maryasin, BorisIM | 2200 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +57B | −26N | +41N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 2453 | +10.1 |
| 10 | Lahav, MichalWIM | 2158 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | +65B | +57B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2255 | +7.8 |
| 11 | Levi, Netanel | 2180 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +41N | +43N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 3010 | +21.6 |
| 12 | Zemach, RoeeFM | 2286 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +66B | +57N | F | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 3071 | +19.2 |
| 13 | Kaganskiy, GlebFM | 2202 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | F | +58B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2878 | +13.2 |
| 14 | Adamchuk, Vlad | 1996 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | F | +59N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2775 | +19.0 |
| 15 | Lukin, Elisha | 2139 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +10B | =23N | −17N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.75 | 2195 | +4.6 |
| 16 | Diker, Michael | 2265 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =46N | =3B | =5N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 2146 | -9.2 |
| 17 | Ribstein, NatiIM | 2228 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −30N | =48B | +15B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.75 | 2300 | +2.6 |
| 18 | Martianov, Andrey | 2053 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | +58N | =50B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 2099 | +3.8 |
| 19 | Tartakovsky, Daniel | 2140 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +58N | −4N | =44N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 2181 | +3.4 |
| 20 | Kundin, AlexanderIM | 2246 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | =47N | +68N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 2131 | -4.5 |
| 21 | Kulikov, Alexander | 2042 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | F | =25N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2124 | +4.8 |
| 22 | Hachatrian, Edward | 2156 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | =49B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 2136 | -0.4 |
| 23 | Barak, GilCM | 2198 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +67B | =15B | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2415 | +11.4 |
| 24 | Kaspi, AlexanderIM | 2345 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =45B | +42N | — | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2378 | +1.1 |
| 25 | Andreev, Robert | 2075 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | =53N | =21B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1954 | -19.6 |
| 26 | Mikhalevski, AlexanderIM | 2409 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +9B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 3000 | +2.3 |
| 27 | Savinov, Mikhail | 2184 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | =43B | =54N | −3N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1895 | -20.8 |
| 28 | Ben-Shemesh, Doron | 1928 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | F | −7N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2127 | +10.2 |
| 29 | Azoulay, YehonatanFM | 2340 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | F | +46B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2099 | -11.8 |
| 30 | Pelech, Roee | 2272 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +17B | F | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 3028 | +8.8 |
| 31 | Rubinstein, Dori | 2049 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +69N | −22N | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2069 | +2.4 |
| 32 | Hochman, Gur | 1787 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | F | +70N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2005 | +22.0 |
| 33 | Triger, Eitan | 2091 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −28N | +72B | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1863 | -22.8 |
| 34 | Fleish, FelixFM | 2121 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2806 | +6.8 |
| 35 | Dvir, Ofir | 2049 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =52B | F | =42B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2080 | +1.8 |
| 36 | Dinkin, Simyon | 2006 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | +64B | F | −34B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2048 | +2.4 |
| 37 | Elbaum, Almog | 2103 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2893 | +9.8 |
| 38 | Merzbach, Evyatar | 1881 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +71B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2784 | +12.8 |
| 39 | FIDE 2895552 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2281 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Iliaguev, Daniel | 2236 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +60N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2679 | +2.2 |
| 41 | Porat, IdoIM | 2326 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =5B | −11B | −9B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1927 | -15.2 |
| 42 | Tsafrir, Itay | 2063 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | −24B | =35N | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1926 | -9.8 |
| 43 | Hochberg, Eran | 2093 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | −37N | −11B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1883 | -30.0 |
| 44 | Grossman, Michael | 2189 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | =19B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1987 | -10.6 |
| 45 | Goroshkov, MaksymFM | 0 | SLO | F | F | F | F | F | =24N | F | — | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 2345 | +1.0 |
| 46 | Zholti, Alon | 2036 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =16B | F | −29N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 2110 | +3.0 |
| 47 | Erbaktanov, Tagar | 2132 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2246 | +3.2 |
| 48 | Porat, ShayIM | 2489 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17N | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2228 | -3.2 |
| 49 | Goodinger, David | 1836 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2156 | +7.4 |
| 50 | Orgad, Dan | 2020 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2053 | +1.0 |
| 51 | Freidzon, Daniel | 2092 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =55N | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 2042 | -1.4 |
| 52 | Triger, Ramon | 2096 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | =35N | — | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2049 | -1.4 |
| 53 | Nasi, Eli | 2098 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25B | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2075 | -0.6 |
| 54 | Friedlich, Eyal | 1777 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27B | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2177 | +16.8 |
| 55 | Belkovsky, Guy | 2042 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =51B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2092 | +2.8 |
| 56 | Pindiur, Igor | 1920 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | −6B | −2N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1243 | -20.2 |
| 57 | Kraizman, Evgeny | 2250 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | −12B | −10N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1415 | -33.0 |
| 58 | Stolyarsky, Yegor | 2093 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −19B | −18B | −13N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1332 | -26.8 |
| 59 | Ben-Natan, Yigal | 2029 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | F | −14B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1204 | -21.4 |
| 60 | Kuritz, Zvi | 1879 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | F | −40B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1339 | -8.0 |
| 61 | Gutmakher, OlgaWIM | 2212 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1298 | -13.2 |
| 62 | Hochman, Yuval | 1906 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1241 | -6.4 |
| 63 | Belytsky, AlexandrFM | 2183 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1298 | -12.4 |
| 64 | Dvoskin, Vadim | 1974 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −36N | −8N | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1209 | -18.2 |
| 65 | Zrihan, Dan | 2002 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1358 | -5.8 |
| 66 | Milyavsky, MaximFM | 2291 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | — | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1486 | -10.2 |
| 67 | Epelbaum, Maksim | 2305 | UKR | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | — | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1398 | -13.0 |
| 68 | Goldberg, Shmuel | 1999 | RSA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1446 | -3.8 |
| 69 | Kunin, Michael | 1982 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | −31B | — | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1249 | -8.2 |
| 70 | Leib, Daniel | 1968 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −32B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 987 | -14.8 |
| 71 | Lapushnian, Eran | 1984 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −38N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1081 | -12.8 |
| 72 | Yehoshua, Azgad | 1798 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | −33N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1291 | -3.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rivlin, ShacharISR+35.03.0 pts · #2
- 2Zakin, LiorISR+26.42.0 pts · #8
- 3Segev, OzISR+23.22.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Kraizman, EvgenyISR-33.00.0 pts · #68
- 2Hochberg, EranISR-30.00.5 pts · #45
- 3Stolyarsky, YegorISR-26.80.0 pts · #58
Biggest upsets
- R8+181 Elo gap
- R6+178 Elo gap
- R6+163 Elo gap