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Quarterfinals of Israel Chess Championships 2025 26. Kiryat Bialik

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Feb 2026 to 28 May 2026 in Kiryat Bialik, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1994, and top seed was Semion Leibovich (🇮🇱 ISR, 2086).

Ariel Taieb (🇮🇱 ISR, 2065) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adi Akman (7.0) and Matan Sabag (6.0). Taieb shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Ilya Broytman (1793) beat Dmitry Shcipko (1970), a +177-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Bialik, Israel
Dates
05 Feb 2026 → 28 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Semion Leibovich2086
Avg top 10
1,994
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×14
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Ariel Taieb
    🇮🇱ISR·2065
    7.0pts·2195perf+28.0
  • 🥈
    Adi Akman
    🇮🇱ISR·1904
    7.0pts·2188perf+65.6
  • 🥉
    Matan Sabag
    🇮🇱ISR·1987
    6.0pts·2106perf+57.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
6
2
4
5
3
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Akman7Taieb7Sabag6Dvorzhitsky5.5Gershkowich5.5Portnoy5
R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Adi Akman held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Taieb takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Adi Akman lost to Ariel Taieb (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Adi Akman*
0
1
1
2Ariel Taieb
1
*
½
½
3Matan Sabag
0
½
*
1
4Alexander N. Dvorzhitsky
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Taieb, Ariel2065ISR+12B=5N+2B=7N=4B+6N=3B+10N+9B7.041.544.033.252195+28.0
2Akman, Adi1904ISR=8N+14B−1N+10B+3N+5B+4B=6N+11B7.039.541.029.502188+65.6
3Sabag, Matan1987ISR+9B=4N+7B−6N−2B+12N=1N+13B+5B6.041.043.024.752106+57.6
4Gershkowich, DavidFM2064ISR+10N=3B=5N+8B=1N+7B−2NF+6B5.543.045.526.752132+14.0
5Dvorzhitsky, Alexander N.1965ISR+11N=1B=4B+9N=6B−2N+8N+7B−3N5.543.045.523.752054+22.4
6Portnoy, Mikhail1988ISR=13N=8B+14N+3B=5N−1B+9N=2B−4N5.041.042.520.752012+5.2
7Leibovich, Semion2086ISR=14N+13B−3N=1B=8N−4N+11B−5N+10B4.536.538.014.751962-29.2
8Shcipko, Dmitry1970ISR=2B=6N+12B−4N=7B=9N−5B−11N+14B4.036.538.014.251907-30.0
9Rakita, Efim1906ISR−3N=10B+13N−5B+11N=8B−6B+14N−1N4.036.037.510.001911+1.8
10Dayan, Prosper1958ISR−4B=9N+11B−2N=12B+14N+13B−1B−7N4.035.036.59.251912-11.0
11Broytman, Ilya1793ISR−5B−12N−10N+14B−9B=13N−7N+8B−2N2.533.535.06.501786-2.6
12Mishkovsky, Israel1919ISR−1N+11B−8N+13B=10N−3B−14BF—2.531.032.56.501845-14.6
13Tamarin, Yefim1931ISR=6B−7N−9B−12N+14N=11B−10N−3N—2.028.530.05.251752-37.0
14Cohen, Israel1924ISR=7B−2N−6B−11N−13B−10B+12N−9B−8N1.533.535.54.751667-112.8

Key insights

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