Alef Hol A 2026 2-3

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47 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Israel, Israel. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2042, and top seed was Mayan Paz (🇮🇱 ISR, 2307).

Ivan Savchenko (🇺🇦 UKR, 1991) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Yoav Klein (2.0) and Viacheslav Avshalomov (1.5). Savchenko shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Asher Luvlevsky (1869) beat Mark Gleizer (FM, 2093), a +224-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

Team · 3 rounds

Avg top 10

2,042

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇮🇱Israel×45

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Savchenko
🇺🇦UKR·1991
2.0pts·2900perf+25.8
🥈
Yoav Klein
🇮🇱ISR·1831
2.0pts·2598perf+18.2
🥉
Viacheslav Avshalomov
🇮🇱ISR·1740
1.5pts·1963perf+11.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
2	Savchenko, Ivan	🇺🇦UKR	1991	2.0	2100	2900	+25.8
1	Klein, Yoav	🇮🇱ISR	1831	2.0	1798	2598	+18.2
7	Avshalomov, Viacheslav	🇮🇱ISR	1740	1.5	1770	1963	+11.6
6	Luvlevsky, Asher	🇮🇱ISR	1869	1.5	1926	2119	+25.2
8	Levy, Benyamin	🇮🇱ISR	1982	1.5	2009	2202	+11.6
9	Bloch, Yarden	🇮🇱ISR	1605	1.5	1798	1991	+20.0
4	Gordon, Evgeny	🇮🇱ISR	1900	1.5	1870	2063	+8.4
10	Barkai, Uri	🇮🇱ISR	1776	1.5	1700	1893	+5.8
5	Kats, Amir	🇮🇱ISR	1881	1.5	1876	2069	+9.6
3	Najjar, Munib	🇮🇱ISR	1844	1.5	1983	2176	+34.8
11	Halamish, Arnon	🇮🇱ISR	2037	1.0	1914	1914	-6.6
18	Klevinskiy, David	🇮🇱ISR	1788	1.0	1754	1754	-1.8
24	CMKatzir, Moshe	🇮🇱ISR	2153	1.0	1959	1959	-10.0
25	Tsofe, Yossi	🇮🇱ISR	1759	1.0	1835	1835	+4.2
40	Lisha, Shlomi	🇮🇱ISR	1808	1.0	1607	807	-15.2
20	Volkov, Yuri	🇮🇱ISR	1852	1.0	1961	1961	+5.4
15	Eisemberg, Gabriel	🇦🇷ARG	1823	1.0	1825	1825	+0.2
22	FMShachar, Yoram	🇮🇱ISR	2098	1.0	1933	1933	-8.6
31	Rosenberg, Dov	🇮🇱ISR	1800	1.0	1759	1759	-1.2
13	FMGleizer, Mark	🇮🇱ISR	2093	1.0	1874	1874	-11.0
14	Menkes, Shlomo	🇮🇱ISR	1981	1.0	1840	1840	-6.8
23	Ashkenazi, Dror	🇮🇱ISR	1762	1.0	1774	1774	+0.6
19	Zelikov, Anatoly	🇮🇱ISR	1926	1.0	1994	1994	+3.4
39	Lavi, Ariel	🇮🇱ISR	0	1.0	1808	1008	0.0
12	Hertz, Yaniv	🇮🇱ISR	1898	1.0	1947	2747	+11.4
21	Babushkin, Alexey	🇮🇱ISR	1914	1.0	1798	2598	+6.8
16	Allouch, Gavriel	🇮🇱ISR	1832	1.0	1983	2783	+14.0
17	Protkin, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	2022	1.0	1983	2783	+9.0
30	Rabinovich, Yoav	🇮🇱ISR	2046	0.5	1969	1776	-28.8
33	Aharonoff, Yair	🇮🇱ISR	1750	0.5	1869	1676	-12.4
27	Radovilsky, Yan	🇮🇱ISR	1952	0.5	1889	1696	-13.4
35	Goren, Yonathan	🇮🇱ISR	1890	0.5	1917	1724	-15.6
28	Kremer, Eli	🇮🇱ISR	1874	0.5	1881	1881	+0.2
34	Polak, Alexander	🇮🇱ISR	1947	0.5	1973	1780	-8.6
26	Hayohamo, Raz	🇮🇱ISR	2014	0.5	2098	2098	+2.4
29	Baumann, Yuval	🇮🇱ISR	0	0.5	1800	1800	0.0
32	Gurevich, Dov	🇮🇱ISR	1623	0.5	1817	1817	+10.0
36	Schwepi, Tomer	🇮🇱ISR	1817	0.5	1623	1623	-10.0
42	Hornfeld, Ariel	🇮🇱ISR	1694	0.0	1831	1031	-10.8
44	Fridkovsky, Lev	🇮🇱ISR	1937	0.0	1831	1031	-12.8
46	Desyatnikov, Ilya	🇮🇱ISR	1983	0.0	1927	1127	-46.0
37	Klevinskiy, Konstantin	🇮🇱ISR	1929	0.0	1845	1045	-12.4
45	Golan, Barak	🇮🇱ISR	1659	0.0	1776	976	-13.6
38	Ofir, Nevo	🇮🇱ISR	1847	0.0	1926	1126	-15.2
41	Kravchenko, Danny	🇮🇱ISR	1699	0.0	1981	1181	-6.4
43	Tadmor, Maya	🇮🇱ISR	1807	0.0	1763	963	-11.2
47	Moroz, Mark	🇮🇱ISR	1878	0.0	2093	1293	-4.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Najjar, MunibISR
+34.8
1.5 pts · #3
2Savchenko, IvanUKR
+25.8
2.0 pts · #2
3Luvlevsky, AsherISR
+25.2
1.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Desyatnikov, IlyaISR
-46.0
0.0 pts · #46
2Rabinovich, YoavISR
-28.8
0.5 pts · #30
3Goren, YonathanISR
-15.6
0.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R2+224 Elo gap
Luvlevsky, Asher1869 beat FMGleizer, Mark2093
R2+203 Elo gap
Bloch, Yarden1605 beat Lisha, Shlomi1808
R2+162 Elo gap
Savchenko, Ivan1991 beat CMKatzir, Moshe2153