Bet Merkaz Hol 2026 1
Team SwissStandard
33 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held from 15 Jan 2026 to 17 Jan 2026 in Israel, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was Yehuda Erentroy (🇮🇱 ISR, 1933).
Leonid Feigel (🇮🇱 ISR, 1870) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Daniel Potravnyy (1.0) and Kobi Shitrit (1.0). Feigel won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Daniel Potravnyy (1612) beat Nisan Levi (1859), a +247-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Israel, Israel
Dates
15 Jan 2026 → 17 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 1 rounds
Avg top 10
1,862
Participants
33
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×30
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feigel, Leonid | 🇮🇱ISR | 1870 | 1.0 | 1709 | 2509 | +5.8 |
| 2 | Potravnyy, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1612 | 1.0 | 1859 | 2659 | +32.4 |
| 3 | Shitrit, Kobi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1777 | 1.0 | 1679 | 2479 | +7.4 |
| 4 | Pinhasov, Albert | 🇮🇱ISR | 1674 | 1.0 | 1672 | 2472 | +20.0 |
| 5 | Welt, Chanan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1700 | 1.0 | 1926 | 2726 | +15.8 |
| 6 | Rubin, Yehoshua | 🇮🇱ISR | 1709 | 1.0 | 1639 | 2439 | +8.0 |
| 7 | Roth, Elai | 🇮🇱ISR | 1746 | 1.0 | 1537 | 2337 | +10.8 |
| 8 | Gefen, Itamar | 🇮🇱ISR | 1848 | 1.0 | 1862 | 2662 | +10.4 |
| 9 | FIDE 2879913 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1615 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Lifshits, Almog | 🇮🇱ISR | 1738 | 1.0 | 1611 | 2411 | +13.2 |
| 11 | Solomon, Tomer | 🇮🇱ISR | 1715 | 0.5 | 1880 | 1880 | +8.8 |
| 12 | Shoham, Yaron | 🇮🇱ISR | 1816 | 0.5 | 1778 | 1778 | -2.0 |
| 13 | Shavit, Tzahi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1880 | 0.5 | 1715 | 1715 | -4.4 |
| 14 | Aziza, Nathanel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1548 | 0.5 | 1719 | 1719 | +4.6 |
| 15 | Ben-Ari, Hogel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1846 | 0.5 | 1751 | 1751 | -2.6 |
| 16 | Zilbershatz, Noam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1846 | 0.5 | 1865 | 1865 | +0.6 |
| 17 | Fishler, Dov | 🇮🇱ISR | 1778 | 0.5 | 1816 | 1816 | +2.0 |
| 19 | Ballas, Eyal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1863 | 0.5 | 1846 | 1846 | -0.6 |
| 20 | Shaashua, Hadar | 🇮🇱ISR | 1719 | 0.5 | 1546 | 1546 | -4.6 |
| 21 | Vinokur, Alexander | 🇮🇱ISR | 1752 | 0.5 | 1846 | 1846 | +2.6 |
| 18 | FIDE 2895005 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1562 | 1562 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Levi, Nisan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1859 | 0.0 | 1611 | 811 | -16.2 |
| 24 | Peleg, Meir | 🇮🇱ISR | 1709 | 0.0 | 1870 | 1070 | -5.8 |
| 25 | Lev, Noam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1679 | 0.0 | 1777 | 977 | -14.8 |
| 28 | Sompolinsky, Yoni | 🇮🇱ISR | 1639 | 0.0 | 1709 | 909 | -16.0 |
| 29 | Levinsky, Shilo | 🇮🇱ISR | 1522 | 0.0 | 1716 | 916 | -10.8 |
| 30 | Armon, Eli | 🇮🇱ISR | 1611 | 0.0 | 1738 | 938 | -6.6 |
| 31 | Ginzburg, Igor | 🇮🇱ISR | 1926 | 0.0 | 1700 | 900 | -15.8 |
| 32 | Baruch, Dror | 🇮🇱ISR | 1672 | 0.0 | 1673 | 873 | -10.0 |
| 33 | Galmidi, Ram | 🇮🇱ISR | 1870 | 0.0 | 1848 | 1048 | -20.8 |
| 23 | Bachar, Roee | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1642 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2894998 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1768 | 968 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Ofir, Miron | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1549 | 749 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Potravnyy, DanielISR+32.41.0 pts · #2
- 2Pinhasov, AlbertISR+20.01.0 pts · #4
- 3Welt, ChananISR+15.81.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Galmidi, RamISR-20.80.0 pts · #33
- 2Levi, NisanISR-16.20.0 pts · #22
- 3Sompolinsky, YoniISR-16.00.0 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R1+247 Elo gap
- R1+226 Elo gap