Artzit B 2026 2-3

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62 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Israel, Israel. 13 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2264, and top seed was Omer Reshef (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2462).

Uri Shefer (🇮🇱 ISR, CM, 2189) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Udi Weisbuch (2.0) and Matan Abitbul (2.0). Shefer shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ofek Magen (2071) beat Yair Judkovsky (2266), a +195-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Israel, Israel

Dates

29 Jan 2026 → 14 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱IMOmer Reshef2462

Avg top 10

2,264

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×1

IM×3

FM×5

CM×3

WIM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇮🇱Israel×59

🇺🇸United States of America×2

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
CMUri Shefer
🇮🇱ISR·2189
2.0pts·2946perf+35.2
🥈
FMUdi Weisbuch
🇮🇱ISR·2169
2.0pts·2945perf+18.6
🥉
Matan Abitbul
🇮🇱ISR·2059
2.0pts·2775perf+30.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Weisbuch2Shefer2Abitbul2Ehrlich2Hanein1.5Vardi1.5

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 2.0/3. Shefer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.5).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Shefer, UriCM	2189	ISR	F	+33B	+17N	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2946	+35.2
2	Weisbuch, UdiFM	2169	ISR	F	+16N	+53B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2945	+18.6
3	Abitbul, Matan	2059	ISR	F	+14B	+56B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2775	+30.8
4	Ehrlich, Roy	2231	ISR	F	+54B	+34N	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2914	+13.8
5	Vardi, Daniel	2028	ISR	F	+18B	=9B	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.75	2147	+12.0
6	Ben Noam, Itamar	1987	ISR	F	+20B	=7B	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.75	2286	+31.6
7	Sabag, Matan	2079	ISR	F	+19B	=6N	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.75	2157	+7.2
8	Shutzman, JosephFM	2212	USA	F	=35N	+15B	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.25	2257	+2.4
9	Semo, Sagy	1967	ISR	F	+51B	=5N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2202	+24.4
10	Selictar, Dor	2099	ISR	F	=38B	+37N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.75	2261	+8.2
11	Hanein, Avri	1880	ISR	F	+57N	=39B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2217	+41.6
12	Leibovich, Semion	2097	ISR	F	+50N	=33B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2354	+13.6
13	Aronovich, Igor	2130	ISR	F	+52B	=36N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2228	+4.8
14	Westreich, Itay	1993	ISR	F	−3N	+24B	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	2092	+5.4
15	Horesh, Tal	1981	ISR	F	+23B	−8N	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	2172	+9.8
16	Grabinsky, Yoni	2129	ISR	F	−2B	+40N	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	2162	+2.0
17	Magen, Ofek	2071	ISR	F	+61N	−1B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	2228	+16.4
18	Gerber, Nick	1941	ISR	F	−5N	+60B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	2076	+7.2
19	Nochimowski, Eran	1933	ISR	F	−7N	+51B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	2035	+10.4
20	Duchan, YoavCM	2106	ISR	F	−6N	+62N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	2091	-1.6
21	Philosoph, Assi	2056	ISR	F	F	+25N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2859	+10.0
22	Meirovich, Ilay	2150	ISR	F	=34B	=42B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.50	2108	-4.8
23	Medovoy, Yaniv	2131	ISR	F	−15N	+52N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2010	-13.2
24	Afek, Itay	2124	ISR	F	+55N	−14N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2033	-10.0
25	Weber, Yonatan	2098	ISR	F	+59B	−21B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1256	-20.0
26	Kraus, Ohad	2258	ISR	F	F	+41B	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	3003	+8.4
27	Shachar, EhudIM	2267	ISR	F	F	+35N	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2946	+3.4
28	Yaniv, OriCM	2206	ISR	F	+36B	—	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2832	+5.4
29	Reshef, OmerIM	2462	ISR	F	F	+50N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2901	+1.0
30	Golberg, Igor	2209	ISR	F	F	+55B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2872	+6.4
31	Lahtonen, Sampsa juhani	0	ISR	F	−?N	+?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1951	0.0
32	Tratatovici, Dan	2008	ISR	F	+58B	—	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2784	+9.4
33	Shoham, Asaf	2221	ISR	F	−1N	=12N	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1950	-14.2
34	Magen, Amnon	2056	ISR	F	=22N	−4B	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.50	1998	-2.8
35	Granot, Nir	2146	ISR	F	=8B	−27B	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.75	2047	-5.0
36	Manyevich, Rom	2032	ISR	F	−28N	=13B	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.75	1975	-5.6
37	Golan, Ori	1964	ISR	F	=43N	−10B	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.25	1970	-2.4
38	Green, Golan	2143	ISR	F	=10N	—	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2099	-1.2
39	Sagi, Elisha	1993	ISR	F	F	=11N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1810	-9.6
40	Kochavi, DanaFM	2156	ISR	F	=49N	−16B	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	1988	-8.6
41	Nepomniachi, Alexander	2203	ISR	F	=48B	−26N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	2021	-9.4
42	Cohen, OrFM	2160	ISR	F	F	=22N	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	2150	-0.2
43	Zak, UrielIM	2226	ISR	F	=37B	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1992	-2.9
44	Zilberman, YaacovGM	2264	ISR	F	=46B	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2071	-2.5
45	Dayan, Yonatan	1856	ISR	F	F	=47N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1858	0.0
46	Gorshtein, Asaf	2071	ISR	F	=44N	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2264	+5.0
47	Gordin, Nick Lior	1858	ISR	F	F	=45B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1857	0.0
48	Gilboa, Amos	2170	ISR	F	=41N	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2203	+1.0
49	Hershkovich, Erez	2232	ISR	F	=40B	—	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2155	-2.2
50	Rozhanski, Yosef	2101	ISR	F	−12B	−29B	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1480	-12.2
51	Berlad, Asaf	1976	ISR	F	−9N	−19N	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1154	-44.0
52	Mark, Ian	2038	USA	F	−13N	−23B	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1331	-29.6
53	Mond, Omri	2159	ISR	F	F	−2N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1369	-19.6
54	Michaeli, Omri	2171	ISR	F	−4N	—	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1431	-8.4
55	Gershkowich, DavidFM	2072	ISR	F	−24B	−30N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1367	-15.0
56	Pearl, Oliver	1957	ISR	F	F	−3N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1259	-14.4
57	Gilor, Amit	2055	ISR	F	−11B	—	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1010	-32.0
58	Nachshoni, Yehoshua	1984	ISR	F	−32N	—	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1208	-9.4
59	Neimer, Leonid	0	ISR	F	−25N	—	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1259	0.0
60	Karpova, YuliaWIM	2124	RUS	F	F	−18N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1141	-14.8
61	Judkovsky, Yair	2266	ISR	F	−17B	—	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1271	-15.0
62	Peer, Kobi	2194	ISR	F	F	−20B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1306	-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hanein, AvriISR
+41.6
1.5 pts · #5
2Shefer, UriCMISR
+35.2
2.0 pts · #2
3Ben Noam, ItamarISR
+31.6
1.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Berlad, AsafISR
-44.0
0.0 pts · #51
2Gilor, AmitISR
-32.0
0.0 pts · #55
3Mark, IanUSA
-29.6
0.0 pts · #58

Biggest upsets

R2+195 Elo gap
Magen, Ofek2071 beat Judkovsky, Yair2266
R3+183 Elo gap
Gerber, Nick1941 beat WIMKarpova, Yulia2124
R2+175 Elo gap
Hanein, Avri1880 beat Gilor, Amit2055