Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026

Acre ISRJan 19 – 25, 2026Classical

Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026 brought together 71 players in Acre ISR, including 13 grandmasters. Ilia Smirin has the best score, 5½ out of 7. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 71
Games: 140
Average Elo: 2186
Top rating: 2564

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMIlia Smirin	ISR	2564	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
1	GMIdo Gorshtein	ISR	2554	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
1	GMEvgeny Alekseev	ISR	2504	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
1	GMYeshaayahu Tzidkiya	ISR	2470	5½/6	5 / 1 / 0
5	GMAvital Boruchovsky	ISR	2521	5/7	3 / 4 / 0
5	GMOri Kobo	ISR	2482	5/7	3 / 4 / 0
5	IMDavid Gorodetzky	ISR	2481	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
5	IMYannay Ben Ari	ISR	2463	5/6	5 / 0 / 1
5	IMFeliks Tulchynskyi	ISR	2414	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
10	GMEvgeny Postny	ISR	2554	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
10	GMYahli Sokolovsky	ISR	2537	4½/5	4 / 1 / 0
10	GMYair Parkhov	ISR	2499	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
10	IMYuval Yaniv	ISR	2462	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
10	GMYehuda Gruenfeld	ISR	2380	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
15	GMEytan Rozen	ISR	2518	4/6	3 / 2 / 1
15	GMEvgeny Zanan	ISR	2505	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
15	IMRoy Vagman	ISR	2386	4/6	4 / 0 / 2
15	IMMarsel Efroimski	ISR	2375	4/5	3 / 2 / 0
15	Guy Levin	ISR	1495	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
20	FMEliran Shilon Rahav	ISR	2367	3½/6	2 / 3 / 1
20	FMYonathan Uritsky	ISR	2320	3½/5	3 / 1 / 1
20	Ori Newman	ISR	2298	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
20	FMIlay Zakin	ISR	2292	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
20	FMAdi Menahem	ISR	2235	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
25	IMEzra Paul Chambers	BDI	2343	3/5	2 / 2 / 1
25	IMIdo Ben Artzi	ISR	2339	3/5	3 / 0 / 2
25	FMGiora Steiner-Prozhanski	ISR	2314	3/5	2 / 2 / 1
25	FMEyal Noy	ISR	2250	3/6	3 / 0 / 3
29	FMShakked Tifferet	ISR	2322	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
29	FMNoam Aviv Vitenberg	NOR	2307	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
29	FMYehonatan Azoulay	ISR	2166	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
32	GMVictor Mikhalevski	ISR	2527	2/5	1 / 2 / 2
32	FMRaem Sherman	ISR	2354	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
34	FMDana Kochavi	ISR	2156	1½/5	1 / 1 / 3
35	WIMNoga Orian	ISR	2227	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
35	Guy Gov	ISR	2223	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
35	FMIlay Meirovich	ISR	2150	1/4	0 / 2 / 2
35	FMGuy Tsirilman	ISR	2113	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
35	Ilya Zuev	RUS	2088	1/4	0 / 2 / 2
35	FMDavid Gershkowich	ISR	2072	1/3	1 / 0 / 2
41	CMOmri Michaeli	ISR	2171	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
41	B Lubin	FRA	2168	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
41	WFMSofiia Tashkinova	ISR	2098	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
41	Guy Belkovsky	ISR	1991	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
45	FMNoam Sason	ISR	2197	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
45	CMDaniel Moskovich	ISR	2159	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
45	FMAsif Solomon	ISR	2159	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
45	Stanisl Pashanov	USA	2145	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	CMIlya Gruzman	ISR	2118	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
45	Matan Sabag	ISR	2079	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Ariel Taieb	ISR	2076	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	FMEitan Triger	ISR	2065	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	David Rinberg	ISR	2060	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	FMKonstantin Zalkind	ISR	2027	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
45	Ofer Kinberg	ISR	2014	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	Daniel Feigin	KOR	2007	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Alexander N. Dvorzhitsky	ISR	1961	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	Doron Ben-Shemesh	ISR	1945	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Lior Zakin	ISR	1944	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Julia Kluchik	ISR	1942	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	Evelina Khairova	ISR	1940	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	Israel Cohen	ISR	1937	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Noam Fusman	ISR	1889	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Eitan Snappir	ISR	1879	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	WFMAleksandra Aleksandrova	ISR	1865	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Ilay Chalopoviz	ISR	1858	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
45	Omri Sapir	ISR	1816	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Eitan Erez	ISR	1802	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Eyal Cohen	ISR	1772	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Erez Gal	ISR	1761	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
45	Ronen Tsabari	ISR	1741	0/1	0 / 0 / 1

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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