Tournaments / Israel Team Championship 2026 /

Israel Team Championship 2026 - Group A

9 Jan to 6 Feb 2026 · Herzliya, Israel · 8-teams round-robin · 90+30 Finished

Official site Full results Watch on Lichess

Team standings

Team standings, Israel Team Championship 2026 - Group A
#	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB1	TB2
1	Ashdod Elite Club	*	3	4½	3½	4½	5	5	4½	13	30
2	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	3	*	2	3½	3	4	4	6	10	25.5
3	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	1½	4	*	3	2½	4½	5½	5	9	26
4	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2½	2½	3	*	4	2½	3½	5½	7	23.5
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	1½	3	3½	2	*	3½	2	4	7	19.5
6	Ashdod Chess Club A	1	2	1½	3½	2½	*	3½	3	5	17
7	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	1	2	½	2½	4	2½	*	5	4	17.5
8	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	1½	0	1	½	2	3	1	*	1	9

TB1 Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) · TB2 points (game-points)

Ranking crosstable (Pts.). Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Team matches by round

Every team match with its boards, and team pages with full rosters.

Top 100 players in this event

GM Pavel Eljanov ★: No. 30, 2½/3, performance 2785 (+5)
IM Yuliya Shvayger ★: No. 58, 1/3, performance 2259 (-3)

Standings

Standings, Israel Team Championship 2026 - Group A
#	Player	Team	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	IM Eyal Grinberg	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2439	5½	6	2687	+14
2	GM Ilia Smirin	Ashdod Elite Club	2564	5	7	2519	-3
3	GM Evgeny Alekseev	Ashdod Elite Club	2504	5	7	2535	+4
4	FM Shakked Tifferet	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2322	5	7	2561	+45
5	GM Evgeny Postny	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2554	4½	7	2456	-8
6	GM Victor Mikhalevski	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2527	4½	7	2580	+5
7	GM Israel Caspi	Ashdod Elite Club	2451	4½	5	2672	+11
8	FM Moshe Friedland	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2220	4½	7	2426	+39
9	GM Emil Sutovsky	Ashdod Elite Club	2599	4	5	2650	+3
10	GM Ori Kobo	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2482	4	7	2389	-7
11	IM David Gorodetzky	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2481	4	6	2561	+6
12	GM Alon Greenfeld	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2465	4	7	2518	+5
13	IM Yannay Ben Ari	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2463	4	5	2520	+4
14	IM Roman Bar	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2444	4	7	2489	+5
15	IM Yotam Shohat	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2398	4	7	2439	+4
16	FM Raem Sherman	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2354	4	7	2424	+7
17	IM Guy Levin	ISR	2462	3½	7	2484	+2
18	IM Nimrod Veinberg	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2406	3½	6	2459	+5
19	GM Semen I. Dvoirys	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2367	3½	6	2459	+8
20	FM Eyal Noy	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2250	3½	7	2412	+28
21	GM Evgeny Romanov	MKD	2564	3	3	3279	+12
22	IM Konstantin Mesropov	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2458	3	7	2471	+1
23	IM Benny Aizenberg	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2444	3	5	2530	+6
24	IM Or Globus	Ashdod Elite Club	2427	3	4	2491	+3
25	FM Nisim Iliaguev	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2385	3	6	2336	-3
26	IM Ilya Karp	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2376	3	4	2523	+8
27	GM Boris Kantsler	Ashdod Chess Club A	2348	3	7	2347	0
28	FM Hanan Mordechai	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2317	3	5	2348	+5
29	Anton Barayev	Ashdod Chess Club A	2198	3	4	2511	+32
30	GM Pavel Eljanov ★	Ashdod Elite Club	2649	2½	3	2785	+5
31	GM Alexander Moiseenko	Ashdod Elite Club	2571	2½	4	2534	-2
32	IM Eytan Rozen	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2518	2½	6	2350	-13
33	GM Yair Parkhov	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2499	2½	4	2458	-2
34	IM Johnatan Bakalchuk	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan A "Dov Porat"	2438	2½	6	2267	-14
35	IM Igor Bitensky	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2363	2½	7	2289	-7
36	FM Steven Slobodiansky	Ashdod Chess Club A	2303	2½	7	2312	0
37	GM Daniel Fridman	Ashdod Chess Club A	2583	2	3	2554	-1
38	GM Alexander Huzman	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2485	2	3	2378	-3
39	GM Arthur Kogan	Ashdod Elite Club	2482	2	4	2233	-12
40	GM Yehuda Gruenfeld	Ashdod Chess Club A	2380	2	7	2279	-10
41	Anton Rahmilevitz	Ashdod Chess Club A	2243	2	4	2239	0
42	FM Kafar Iliaguev	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2216	2	6	2213	-2
43	Boris Shabodash	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	2188	2	4	2346	+16
44	GM Vitali Golod	Ashdod Elite Club	2483	1½	3	2295	-7
45	GM Ilya Khmelniker	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2437	1½	2	2611	+5
46	IM Michael Klenburg	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2347	1½	2	2538	+5
47	GM Avigdor Bykhovsky	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	2328	1½	7	2174	-13
48	Noam Ostrovsky Berman	Hapoel Petah Tikva Chess Club B	2284	1½	6	2095	-59
49	Guy Gov	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	2223	1½	7	2168	-9
50	Orel Ribstein	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2213	1½	3	2410	+15
51	Rostislav Bortnik	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	2158	1½	5	2205	+4
52	GM Vladislav Kovalev	FID	2557	1	2	2492	-2
53	IM Arseny Kargin	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2374	1	3	2247	-5
54	IM Alik Vydeslaver	Be'er Sheva Chess Club A "Eliyahu Levant"	2367	1	2	2244	-3
55	IM Ori Kochavi	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2366	1	6	2176	-13
56	IM Oleg Gladyszev	Maccabi “Shmuel” Kiryat Yam A	2348	1	6	2183	-11
57	IM Michael Pasman	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2346	1	2	2300	-1
58	IM Yuliya Shvayger ★	Be'er Sheva Chess Club B "Tseitlin, Mark"	2343	1	3	2259	-3
59	FM Itamar Aharonovich	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2341	1	2	1639	-7
60	FM Yonathan Uritsky	Maccabi "Etude" Ramat Gan B "Dov Porat"	2320	1	6	2147	-25

Showing the top 60 of 71 players, plus every top-100 player. See the full results page for everyone else.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
6.1	Pavel Eljanov – Konstantin Mesropov	1-0
6.4	Boris Kantsler – Yuliya Shvayger	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.