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Israeli Championship Quarterfinal Shoham 2026

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11 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 10 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Shoham, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1924, and top seed was Itay Tsafrir (🇮🇱 ISR, 2075).

Itay Tsafrir (🇮🇱 ISR, 2075) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Ran Shabtai (7.0) and Yuval Helving (7.0). Tsafrir took the lead from round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Daniel Iskoz (1562) beat Alon Cohen (2057), a +495-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Shoham, Israel
Dates
10 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Itay Tsafrir2075
Avg top 10
1,924
Participants
11
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Itay Tsafrir led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
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35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Tsafrir takes leadHelving takes leadTsafrir takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

Itay Tsafrir takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Itay Tsafrir drew with FM Ran Shabtai (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Itay Tsafrir 5 wins (R7–R11)FM Ran Shabtai 3 wins (R8–R10)Yuval Helving 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tsafrir, Itay2075ISR+8N=6N+3N=5NF=2B+10B+4N+11B+9B+7B8.544.544.536.002173+25.6
2Shabtai, RanFM2024ISR+4B3N+5B=10B=8N=1NF+11B+9B+7N=6N7.046.046.029.502026+11.8
3Helving, Yuval1939ISR+7B+2B1B+8B+9N+11N4N+6BF=5N=10N7.046.046.027.752026+21.0
4Dimenshtein, Daniel1808ISR2N9N+7B+6B+10N=5N+3B1B+8BFF5.547.547.524.751987+47.4
5Cohen, Alon2057ISR=9N+10N2N=1B+11N=4B=8B7N+6B=3B5.546.047.522.501913-37.2
6Buyum, Elad1819ISRF=1B=8N4N+7B+9B=11N3N5N=10B=2B4.548.548.519.001857+18.0
7Iskoz, Daniel1562ISR3N=8N4N+11B6NF+9B+5B+10B2B1N4.548.548.514.501841+64.4
8Minster, Yuval2014ISR1B=7B=6B3N=2B=10N=5NF4NF=9B3.050.050.013.751765-56.6
9Afriat, Frank1811ISR=5B+4B11BF3B6N7N+10B2N1N=8N3.050.050.012.751742-17.2
10Frumkin, Dmitry1936ISR+11B5BF=2N4B=8B1N9N7N=6N=3B3.050.050.012.251728-54.0
11Asherov, Aharon1759ISR10NF+9N7N5B3B=6B2N1NFF1.551.551.55.251643-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets