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Kiryat Ono Winter-Spring 2026 A

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Feb 2026 to 29 Apr 2026 in Kiryat Ono, Israel. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2071, and top seed was Semen I. Dvoirys (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2367).

Semen I. Dvoirys (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2367) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Yaniv Medovoy (5.0) and Yair Bodenshtein (5.0). Dvoirys shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Yisgav Cohen (1782) beat Boris Kantsler (GM, 2352), a +570-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Ono, Israel
Dates
11 Feb 2026 → 29 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMSemen I. Dvoirys2367
Avg top 10
2,071
Participants
26
Titled players · 2
GM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×25
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMSemen I. Dvoirys
    🇷🇺RUS·2367
    5.5pts·2482perf+6.1
  • 🥈
    Yaniv Medovoy
    🇮🇱ISR·2152
    5.0pts·2113perf-6.0
  • 🥉
    Yair Bodenshtein
    🇮🇱ISR·1920
    5.0pts·2125perf+36.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Semen I. Dvoirys led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
1
2
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Dvoirys5.5Bodenshtein5Medovoy5Margolin-Herman4.5Blass4.5Davidovich4.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Semen I. Dvoirys held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Semen I. Dvoirys beat Yair Bodenshtein (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Semen I. Dvoirys 3 wins (R1–R3)Yair Bodenshtein 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMSemen I. Dvoirys*
1
1
—
2Yair Bodenshtein
0
*
1
—
3Yaniv Medovoy
0
0
*
1
4Ofek Margolin-Herman——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dvoirys, Semen I.GM2367RUS+9B+3N+2B=8NF+7N+4B5.526.529.524.502482+6.1
2Medovoy, Yaniv2152ISR+14N+5B−1N+15B−3N+17N+6B5.026.529.519.002113-6.0
3Bodenshtein, Yair1920ISR+13N−1B+14N+19B+2B−4N+7B5.026.029.019.002125+36.4
4Blass, Uri1942ISR+25N+22B=7N=18B=12N+3B−1N4.523.024.013.252054+20.2
5Davidovich, Asaf1929ISR+21B−2N+20B−17N=9B+13N+10N4.522.525.015.001938+6.0
6Margolin-Herman, Ofek1922ISR+26B−8N=12B+20N+17B+18N−2N4.521.522.011.252066+50.0
7Abitbul, Matan2080ISR=19B+23N=4B+10N+8B−1B−3N4.026.028.013.752037-11.6
8Kantsler, BorisGM2352ISR+12N+6B=18N=1B−7N−10B+19N4.024.527.515.252105-17.7
9Kendel, Eitan1858ISR−1N−13B+21N+26B=5N=11B+12N4.023.524.010.751903+14.4
10Cohen, Yisgav1782ISR+16N−18B+13N−7B+19N+8N−5B4.022.525.514.001967+60.8
11Chalopoviz, Ilay1921ISR−22B=25N+23B−12N+24B=9N+17B4.016.017.09.001805-40.0
12Slutsky, Noam1759ISR−8B+26N=6N+11B=4B=15N−9B3.524.525.010.751919+54.8
13Hoch, Guy1657ISR−3B+9N−10B=16N+20B−5B+22N3.524.026.010.751803+52.0
14Shifrin, Evgeny1774ISR−2B+21N−3B=24N+16B+22NF3.521.523.08.751858+12.2
15Sapir, Omri1917ISR=24N+17B=19N−2N+22B=12BF3.520.021.59.001892-5.2
16Maoz, Itay1602ISR−10B−20N+26B=13B−14N+25B+21N3.517.518.05.751741+52.4
17Fusman, Noam1856ISR+23B−15N+22N+5B−6N−2B−11N3.023.525.58.501844-7.2
18Meirovich, Ilay2128ISR+20B+10N=8B=4NF−6B—3.022.525.511.252034-19.2
19Galmidi, Ram1840ISR=7N+24B=15B−3N−10B+23N−8B3.022.524.07.251853-2.0
20Cohen, Eyal1811ISR−18N+16B−5N−6B−13N+26B+24N3.020.521.05.501755-24.4
21Yankilevich, Amit Haim1733ISR−5N−14B−9B=23N+26N+24B−16B2.519.019.53.001650-16.6
22Evron, Lior1719ISR+11N−4N−17B+25B−15N−14B−13B2.022.023.05.001668-22.0
23Zaslavsky, Oleg1702ISR−17N−7B−11N=21B+25N−19B=26N2.017.518.02.501679-6.6
24Elinav, Dror1680ISR=15B−19N=25B=14B−11N−21N−20B1.519.520.54.001586-31.2
25Freifeld, Daniel1712ISR−4B=11B=24N−22N−23B−16N—1.016.017.52.751488-65.6
26Gradenwitz, Oded1719ISR−6N−12B−16N−9N−21B−20N=23B0.521.023.01.001347-50.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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