Bet Merkaz Shabbat 2026 2-3
Team SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Israel, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1887, and top seed was Dmitry Yakovlev (🇮🇱 ISR, 2042).
Dmitry Yakovlev (🇮🇱 ISR, 2042) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Tatiana Yakovleva (1.5) and Irma Bejashvili (1.5). Yakovlev broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Yoav Gal (1787) beat Irina Len (WFM, 1970), a +183-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
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×44
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yakovlev, Dmitry | 🇮🇱ISR | 2042 | 2.0 | 1787 | 2587 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Yakovleva, Tatiana | 🇮🇱ISR | 1882 | 1.5 | 1714 | 1907 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Bejashvili, Irma | 🇮🇱ISR | 1743 | 1.5 | 1610 | 1803 | +3.0 |
| 4 | Nadolsky, Mark | 🇮🇱ISR | 1663 | 1.0 | 1681 | 1681 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Regev, Berry | 🇮🇱ISR | 1755 | 1.0 | 1775 | 1775 | +2.0 |
| 15 | Haitovich, Avital | 🇮🇱ISR | 1873 | 1.0 | 1634 | 2434 | +4.0 |
| 16 | Zaslavsky, Oleg | 🇮🇱ISR | 1702 | 1.0 | 1663 | 2463 | +9.0 |
| 22 | Cohen, Dotan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1755 | 1.0 | 1763 | 2563 | +24.8 |
| 24 | Gavriel, Inbal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1693 | 1.0 | 1834 | 2634 | +27.6 |
| 6 | Geva Brodt, Yoav | 🇮🇱ISR | 1634 | 1.0 | 1830 | 1830 | +20.0 |
| 8 | Magril, Ronen | 🇮🇱ISR | 1834 | 1.0 | 1707 | 1707 | -6.8 |
| 19 | Elinav, Dror | 🇮🇱ISR | 1659 | 1.0 | 1672 | 1672 | +1.2 |
| 23 | Goldberg, Alon | 🇮🇱ISR | 1763 | 1.0 | 1702 | 1702 | -3.4 |
| 13 | Barzilai, Moran | 🇮🇱ISR | 1746 | 1.0 | 1642 | 2442 | +7.2 |
| 5 | Shifrin, Evgeny | 🇮🇱ISR | 1770 | 1.0 | 1838 | 2638 | +11.8 |
| 7 | Lian, Marina | 🇮🇱ISR | 1929 | 1.0 | 1694 | 2494 | +4.2 |
| 9 | Dahan, Or | 🇮🇱ISR | 1809 | 1.0 | 1838 | 2638 | +10.8 |
| 10 | Gal, Yoav | 🇮🇱ISR | 1787 | 1.0 | 1970 | 2770 | +29.6 |
| 11 | Ribstein, Itael | 🇮🇱ISR | 1537 | 1.0 | 1491 | 2291 | +17.2 |
| 12 | Kahn, Mark | 🇮🇱ISR | 1709 | 1.0 | 1458 | 2258 | +7.6 |
| 14 | Shumilov, Ariel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1752 | 1.0 | 1544 | 2344 | +9.2 |
| 17 | Aranovski, Lev | 🇮🇱ISR | 1615 | 1.0 | 1714 | 2514 | +25.6 |
| 20 | Kamber, Yair | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 1.0 | 1538 | 1558 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Feigin, Itay | 🇮🇱ISR | 1529 | 1.0 | 1625 | 2425 | +25.2 |
| 25 | Venturero, Guy | 🇮🇱ISR | 1664 | 0.5 | 1743 | 1743 | +3.6 |
| 28 | Gal, Yuval | 🇮🇱ISR | 1678 | 0.5 | 1882 | 1882 | +10.8 |
| 26 | Opler, Ziv | 🇮🇱ISR | 1650 | 0.5 | 1771 | 1578 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Tamir, Roee | 🇮🇱ISR | 1795 | 0.5 | 1642 | 1642 | -4.2 |
| 35 | Ronin, Ilan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1685 | 0.0 | 1851 | 1051 | -25.2 |
| 40 | Botvinnik, Roman | 🇮🇱ISR | 1545 | 0.0 | 1748 | 948 | -9.4 |
| 38 | Sassoon, Roei | 🇮🇱ISR | 1894 | 0.0 | 2042 | 1242 | -6.0 |
| 39 | Shandalov, Gavriel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1838 | 0.0 | 1790 | 990 | -22.6 |
| 29 | Cohen, Moti | 🇮🇱ISR | 1785 | 0.0 | 1634 | 834 | -28.0 |
| 30 | Tsarfati, Ohn | 🇮🇱ISR | 1721 | 0.0 | 1834 | 1034 | -7.0 |
| 31 | Hilb, Lior | 🇮🇱ISR | 1491 | 0.0 | 1538 | 738 | -17.2 |
| 33 | WFMLen, Irina | 🇮🇱ISR | 1970 | 0.0 | 1787 | 987 | -14.8 |
| 34 | Svyatets, Liron | 🇮🇱ISR | 1458 | 0.0 | 1709 | 909 | -7.6 |
| 36 | Danai, Elon | 🇮🇱ISR | 1680 | 0.0 | 1529 | 729 | -25.2 |
| 41 | Kabakov, Iddo | 🇮🇱ISR | 1726 | 0.0 | 1763 | 963 | -9.0 |
| 42 | Asraf, Gili | 🇮🇱ISR | 1694 | 0.0 | 1929 | 1129 | -8.4 |
| 43 | Freifeld, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1713 | 0.0 | 1615 | 815 | -25.6 |
| 44 | Aranovski, Maximilian | 🇮🇱ISR | 1672 | 0.0 | 1756 | 956 | -15.2 |
| 32 | Fajngold, Felipe | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1739 | 939 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Tichover, Sahar | 🇮🇱ISR | 0 | 0.0 | 1746 | 946 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 2884798 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1843 | 1043 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gal, YoavISR+29.61.0 pts · #10
- 2Gavriel, InbalISR+27.61.0 pts · #24
- 3Aranovski, LevISR+25.61.0 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Cohen, MotiISR-28.00.0 pts · #29
- 2Freifeld, DanielISR-25.60.0 pts · #43
- 3Danai, ElonISR-25.20.0 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R2+183 Elo gap
- R2+151 Elo gap
- R2+151 Elo gap