Bet Haifa 2026 1
Team SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held from 15 Jan 2026 to 17 Jan 2026 in Israel, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1824, and top seed was Amit Weintraub (🇮🇱 ISR, 1961).
Fadi Abuelhijaa (🇮🇱 ISR, 1778) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Liel Levitan (1.0) and Sagi Hilel (1.0). Abuelhijaa won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ram Mawasi (1512) beat Alex Benzger (1679), a +167-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
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
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 | Abuelhijaa, Fadi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1778 | 1.0 | 1832 | 2632 | +11.2 |
| 2 | WCMLevitan, Liel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1651 | 1.0 | 1511 | 2311 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Hilel, Sagi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1674 | 1.0 | 1670 | 2470 | +9.8 |
| 4 | Shinkarenko, Ron | 🇮🇱ISR | 1687 | 1.0 | 1752 | 2552 | +25.6 |
| 5 | Qais, Anan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1720 | 1.0 | 1602 | 2402 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Shehtman, Yair | 🇮🇱ISR | 1775 | 1.0 | 1846 | 2646 | +19.6 |
| 7 | Mawasi, Ram | 🇮🇱ISR | 1512 | 1.0 | 1679 | 2479 | +26.4 |
| 8 | Badarna, Ali | 🇮🇱ISR | 1694 | 1.0 | 1637 | 2437 | +16.8 |
| 9 | Engel, Leonard | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 1.0 | 1657 | 2457 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Erenburg, Mark | 🇮🇱ISR | 1870 | 1.0 | 1761 | 2561 | +14.0 |
| 11 | Weintraub, Amit | 🇮🇱ISR | 1961 | 1.0 | 1781 | 2581 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Goldberg, Yoni | 🇮🇱ISR | 1551 | 0.5 | 1675 | 1675 | +6.8 |
| 13 | Khir, Basheer | 🇮🇱ISR | 1645 | 0.5 | 1538 | 1538 | -6.0 |
| 14 | Nashashibi, Iliya | 🇮🇱ISR | 1538 | 0.5 | 1645 | 1645 | +6.0 |
| 15 | Smilovich, Eli | 🇮🇱ISR | 1676 | 0.5 | 1550 | 1550 | -3.4 |
| 16 | Mendler, Omer | 🇮🇱ISR | 1860 | 0.5 | 1730 | 1730 | -6.8 |
| 17 | Faradiz, Yuval | 🇮🇱ISR | 1730 | 0.5 | 1852 | 1852 | +3.4 |
| 18 | Saxon, Boris | 🇮🇱ISR | 1846 | 0.0 | 1851 | 1051 | -19.6 |
| 19 | Flesler, Adrian | 🇮🇱ISR | 1802 | 0.0 | 1653 | 853 | -25.6 |
| 20 | Tzur, Ofir | 🇮🇱ISR | 1535 | 0.0 | 1662 | 862 | -12.0 |
| 21 | Gordover, Sergey | 🇮🇱ISR | 1670 | 0.0 | 1674 | 874 | -19.6 |
| 23 | Benzger, Alex | 🇮🇱ISR | 1679 | 0.0 | 1558 | 758 | -26.4 |
| 24 | Hasson, Adam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1637 | 0.0 | 1694 | 894 | -16.8 |
| 25 | Livshits, Yigal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1832 | 0.0 | 1789 | 989 | -22.4 |
| 27 | Gal, Erez | 🇮🇱ISR | 1729 | 0.0 | 1870 | 1070 | -7.0 |
| 28 | Tselenko, Michael | 🇮🇱ISR | 1781 | 0.0 | 1961 | 1161 | -5.2 |
| 29 | Vednin, Sergey | 🇮🇱ISR | 1674 | 0.0 | 1611 | 811 | -11.2 |
| 30 | Faran, Yair | 🇮🇱ISR | 1635 | 0.0 | 1720 | 920 | -13.6 |
| 22 | Khalaf, Nada | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1514 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Roicman, Alex | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1677 | 877 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 2894963 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1685 | 885 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mawasi, RamISR+26.41.0 pts · #7
- 2Shinkarenko, RonISR+25.61.0 pts · #4
- 3Engel, LeonardISR+22.41.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Benzger, AlexISR-26.40.0 pts · #23
- 2Flesler, AdrianISR-25.60.0 pts · #19
- 3Livshits, YigalISR-22.40.0 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R1+167 Elo gap
- R1+115 Elo gap