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Winter 2026 Haifa-Nesher A

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Jan 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Nesher, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1776, and top seed was Andrey Gadyokov (🇮🇱 ISR, 1900).

Lina Kaadan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1704) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Fadi Abuelhijaa (5.5) and Liel Levitan (5.0). Kaadan took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ahmad Iktelat (1437) beat Fadi Abuelhijaa (1789), a +352-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Nesher, Israel
Dates
11 Jan 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Andrey Gadyokov1900
Avg top 10
1,776
Participants
25
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×24
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Lina Kaadan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Kaadan takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

Lina Kaadan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lina Kaadan drew with Fadi Abuelhijaa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Lina Kaadan 5 wins (R2–R6)Fadi Abuelhijaa 4 wins (R3–R6)WCM Liel Levitan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lina Kaadan*
½
1
1
2Fadi Abuelhijaa
½
*
1
3WCMLiel Levitan
0
0
*
1
4Andrey Gadyokov
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kaadan, Lina1704ISR=6N+17B+9N+8B+3N+4B=2N6.027.029.524.751965+75.2
2Abuelhijaa, Fadi1789ISR+25N9B+6N+14B+7N+3B=1B5.526.026.019.002077+29.6
3Levitan, LielWCM1665ISR+12B+7B+10N+4N1B2N+8B5.028.031.520.001921+96.8
4Gadyokov, Andrey1900ISR+18N+20B=8N3B+11N1N+13B4.525.027.014.001702-27.2
5Engel, Leonard1611ISR+11N10B7N=20N+19B+18B+6N4.521.023.014.001715+26.8
6Shorosh, Lana1594ISR=1B+16N2B=11B+17N+9N5B4.027.029.514.501672+24.4
7Sorin, Boris1862RUS+19B3N+5B=12N2B+10B=11N4.026.529.014.751702-24.8
8Bloch, Yarden1605ISR+14N+15B=4B1N+9B=13N3N4.026.029.014.001668+6.2
9Iktelat, Ahmad1437ISR+21B+2N1B+10B8N6B+18N4.026.028.014.0016760.0
10Vorobyev, Vladimir1780ISR+24B+5N3B9N+12B7N+15B4.024.024.011.001855+12.0
11Serhan, Moneb1672ISR5B+24N+21B=6N4B+12N=7B4.022.522.59.501752+14.2
12Shapira, Shahked1696ISR3N+19N+20B=7B10N11B+17N3.522.024.09.001649-17.2
13Mawasi, Ram1558ISR20N=18B=17N+25B+14N=8B4N3.518.518.57.501627+14.8
14Aslanian, David0ISR8B+22N+16B2N13B15N+21B3.021.022.06.0016270.0
15Kalejman, Hector1874ISRF8N+22B19N+21B+14B10N3.016.516.56.001660-21.0
16Vednin, Sergey1656ISR=17N6B14N18B+24N+22B=20N3.015.015.03.251713+8.2
17Abu sinni, Rosol1596ISR=16B1N=13B+21N6B=19N12B2.522.524.56.501506-28.4
18Nikitin, Anton0ISR4B=13N19B+16N+20B5N9B2.522.024.06.7516770.0
19Merih, Husein0ISR7N12B+18N+15B5N=17BF2.520.021.06.7515790.0
20Biadsy, Bashar1661ISR+13B4N12N=5B18NF=16B2.021.521.57.251612-14.8
21Branskii, Daniel1576ISR9N+25B11N17B15N+24B14N2.016.516.50.001638+14.8
22Frenkel, Alex1677ISR23N14B15N+24NF16NF1.012.512.50.001547-27.2
23Flesler, Adrian1751ISR+22B1.00.01.01.002477+16.0
24Smilovich, Eli1673ISR10N11BF22B16B21N0.014.014.00.00873-50.6
25Boulos, Boulos1731ISR2B21NF13NFF0.014.014.00.00841-74.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets