Ramat Gan Rating Improvement B Group A
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 16 Mar 2026 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1569, and top seed was Harel Ben-Haim (🇮🇱 ISR, 1711).
Liat Goz (🇮🇱 ISR, 1473) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Noam Gvirtz (3.0) and Harel Ben-Haim (3.0). Goz clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Liat Goz (1473) beat Michael Rodin (1709), a +236-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsLiat Goz led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE26 Apr
Liat Goz takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Liat Goz beat Noam Gvirtz (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Noam Gvirtz 3 wins (R1–R3)Harel Ben-Haim 3 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liat Goz | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Noam Gvirtz | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Harel Ben-Haim | — | — | * | — |
| 4Yoav Mankovich | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goz, Liat | 1473 | ISR | +9B | =10N | +4N | +2B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 8.25 | 1931 | +42.6 |
| 2 | Gvirtz, Noam | 1511 | ISR | +8B | +13N | +10B | −1N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1669 | +32.8 |
| 3 | Ben-Haim, Harel | 1711 | ISR | +12N | +5B | F | +14N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 2272 | +8.0 |
| 4 | Mankovich, Yoav | 1688 | ISR | =6B | +9N | −1B | +13N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1620 | -13.2 |
| 5 | Bar Zeev, Lavie | 1474 | ISR | +16N | −3N | =6B | +12B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1579 | +16.4 |
| 6 | Shiloah, Eylon | 1488 | ISR | =4N | =11B | =5N | +10N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1611 | +12.8 |
| 7 | Cooper, Oded | 1493 | ISR | +11N | =14B | F | +8N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2281 | +38.4 |
| 8 | Uralevich, Itay | 1531 | ISR | −2N | +16B | +11N | −7B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1493 | -4.2 |
| 9 | Rodin, Michael | 1709 | ISR | −1N | −4B | +16N | +17B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1442 | -42.0 |
| 10 | Dayan, Shai | 1472 | ISR | +15N | =1B | −2N | −6B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1416 | -13.6 |
| 11 | Fire, Nesli | 1430 | ISR | −7B | =6N | −8B | +16N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1426 | -1.6 |
| 12 | Bleicher, Tamir | 1403 | ISR | −3B | +17N | =13B | −5N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1264 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Carmeli, Orel | 1429 | ISR | +18N | −2B | =12N | −4B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 800 | -22.8 |
| 14 | Steinberg, Dor | 0 | ISR | +17B | =7N | F | −3B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1409 | -8.4 |
| 15 | Avraham, Eyal | 1540 | ISR | −10B | +18N | — | — | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 672 | -23.6 |
| 16 | Shats, Yair | 1543 | ISR | −5B | −8N | −9B | −11B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 736 | -81.2 |
| 17 | Qasem, Shahd | 1437 | ISR | −14N | −12B | F | −9N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 909 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mondri, Shay | 1412 | ISR | −13B | −15B | — | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Goz, LiatISR+42.63.5 pts · #1
- 2Cooper, OdedISR+38.42.5 pts · #6
- 3Gvirtz, NoamISR+32.83.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Shats, YairISR-81.20.0 pts · #14
- 2Rodin, MichaelISR-42.02.0 pts · #10
- 3Avraham, EyalISR-23.61.0 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R1+236 Elo gap
- R3+215 Elo gap
- R4+113 Elo gap