Ramat Gan Rating Improvement A Group A
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 16 Mar 2026 in Ramat Gan, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1887, and top seed was Yoav Duchan (🇮🇱 ISR, CM, 2108).
Yisgav Cohen (🇮🇱 ISR, 1782) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Ofek Margolin-Herman (3.0) and Yoav Duchan (3.0). Cohen shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ilan Ronin (1679) beat Muhamad Mody Qasem (1890), a +211-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 16 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×13
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
5
1
5
3
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.0/4. Cohen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ofek Margolin-Herman | * | — | — | — |
| 2CMYoav Duchan | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Yisgav Cohen | — | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Ilan Ronin | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohen, Yisgav | 1782 | ISR | =3N | =7B | +9N | +5B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.25 | 2021 | +46.8 |
| 2 | Margolin-Herman, Ofek | 1922 | ISR | +11B | −6N | +8B | +4N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 2009 | +18.8 |
| 3 | Duchan, YoavCM | 2108 | ISR | =1B | =4N | +11B | +12N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1924 | -24.8 |
| 4 | Cohen, Dotan | 1678 | ISR | +7N | =3B | =5N | −2B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1873 | +36.0 |
| 5 | Ronin, Ilan | 1679 | ISR | +13B | =8N | =4B | −1N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1804 | +26.0 |
| 6 | Goz, Shachar | 1999 | ISR | +12N | +2B | — | — | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2608 | +21.2 |
| 7 | Shimony, Omri | 1812 | ISR | −4B | =1N | −10B | +9B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1722 | -22.0 |
| 8 | Ballas, Eyal | 1864 | ISR | +9N | =5B | −2N | — | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1772 | -7.2 |
| 9 | Freifeld, Daniel | 1712 | ISR | −8B | +13N | −1B | −7N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1644 | -13.2 |
| 10 | Weber, Yonatan | 2059 | ISR | F | F | +7N | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2612 | +7.6 |
| 11 | Gavriel, Inbal | 1723 | ISR | −2N | =12B | −3N | — | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1635 | -14.8 |
| 12 | Landa, Uri Aharon | 1694 | ISR | −6B | =11N | F | −3B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1666 | -7.2 |
| 13 | Qasem, Muhamad Mody | 1890 | ISR | −5N | −9B | — | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 897 | -60.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Cohen, YisgavISR+46.83.0 pts · #3
- 2Cohen, DotanISR+36.02.0 pts · #6
- 3Ronin, IlanISR+26.02.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Qasem, Muhamad ModyISR-60.00.0 pts · #13
- 2Duchan, YoavCMISR-24.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Shimony, OmriISR-22.01.5 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R1+211 Elo gap
- R2+178 Elo gap
- R1+134 Elo gap