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Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026 LIVE

19 Jan, 2026by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026 will take place from January 19 to January 27 in Acre, Israel. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 minutes per 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes and 30 seconds per move. For more events from Israel, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

More than 100 players will participate in the tournament, and the top-seeded among them are GM Ilia Smirin (2564), GM Ido Gorshtein (2554), GM Evgeny Postny (2554), GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2537), GM Victor Mikhalevski (2527), GM Avital Boruchovsky (2521), IM Eytan Rozen (2518), GM Evgeny Zanan (2505), GM Evgeny Alekseev (2504), GM Yair Parkhov (2499), GM Ori Kobo (2482), IM David Gorodetzky (2481), IM Yeshaayahu Tzidkiya (2470), IM Yannay Ben Ari (2463), IM Guy Levin (2462), IM Yuval Yaniv (2462), IM Feliks Tulchynskyi (2414), IM Roy Vagman (2386), GM Yehuda Gruenfeld (2380), IM Marsel Efroimski (2375). Scroll down for the full participants list.


Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026 Participants


No. Name Rtg RtgN sex
1 GM Smirin, Ilia 2564 2572
2 GM Gorshtein, Ido 2554 2596
3 GM Postny, Evgeny 2554 2588
4 GM Sokolovsky, Yahli 2537 2548
5 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 2527 2570
6 GM Boruchovsky, Avital 2521 2533
7 IM Rozen, Eytan 2518 2541
8 GM Zanan, Evgeny 2505 2554
9 GM Alekseev, Evgeny 2504 2540
10 GM Parkhov, Yair 2499 2519
11 GM Kobo, Ori 2482 2467
12 IM Gorodetzky, David 2481 2486
13 IM Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu 2470 2478
14 IM Ben Ari, Yannay 2463 2480
15 IM Levin, Guy 2462 2498
16 IM Yaniv, Yuval 2462 2516
17 IM Tulchynskyi, Feliks 2414 2486
18 IM Vagman, Roy 2386 2384
19 GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda 2380 2393
20 IM Efroimski, Marsel 2375 2392 w
21 GM Dvoirys, Semen I. 2367 2385
22 FM Shilon Rahav, Eliran 2367 2379
23 FM Sherman, Raem 2354 2392
24 Ezra, Paul Chambers 2343 2224
25 IM Ben Artzi, Ido 2339 2347
26 FM Tifferet, Shakked 2322 2344
27 FM Uritsky, Yonathan 2320 2372
28 FM Steiner-prozhanski, Giora 2314 2329
29 FM Vitenberg, Noam Aviv 2307 2369
30 Newman, Ori 2298 2349
31 FM Zakin, Ilay 2292 2318
32 FM Noy, Eyal 2250 2294
33 CM Menahem, Adi 2235 2264
34 WIM Orian, Noga 2227 2267 w
35 Gov, Guy 2223 2256
36 CM Sason, Noam 2197 2219
37 Michaeli, Omri 2171 2221
38 Lovin, Boris 2168 2204
39 Azoulay, Yehonatan 2166 2213
40 FM Solomon, Asif 2159 2226
41 CM Moskovich, Daniel 2159 2185
42 FM Kochavi, Dana 2156 2202 w
43 Meirovich, Ilay 2150 2224
44 Gruzman, Ilya 2118 2180
45 Tsirilman, Guy 2113 2183
46 WFM Tashkinova, Sofiia 2098 2166 w
47 Zuev, Ilya 2088 2153
48 Sabag, Matan 2079 2087
49 Taieb, Ariel 2076 2158
50 FM Gershkowich, David 2072 2121
51 Triger, Eitan 2065 2080
52 Rinberg, David 2060 2097
53 FM Zalkind, Konstantin 2027 2078
54 Kinberg, Ofer 2014 2038
55 Feigin, Daniel 2007 1990
56 Pashanov, Stanislav 1995 2019
57 Belkovsky, Guy 1991 2068
58 Dvorzhitsky, Alexander N 1961 1990
59 Ben-shemesh, Doron 1945 2027
60 Zakin, Lior 1944 2039
61 Kluchik, Julia 1942 1979 w
62 Khairova, Evelina 1940 1970 w
63 Cohen, Israel 1937 1980
64 Fusman, Noam 1889 1856
65 Snappir, Eitan 1879 1871
66 WFM Aleksandrova, Aleksandra 1865 1861 w
67 Chalopoviz, Ilay 1858 1873
68 Levi, Yoel 1842 1889
69 Sapir, Omri 1816 1917
70 Erez, Eitan 1802 1813
71 Cohen, Eyal 1772 1850
72 Gal, Erez 1761 1785
73 Tsabari, Ronen 1741 1773
74 Boulos, Boulos 1731 1646
75 Neeman, Ori 1705 1815
76 Klein, Rafael 1688 1507
77 Fire, Teddy 1673 1824
78 Veksler, Arik 1667 1538
79 Frumin, Rebeka 1607 1552 w
80 Bloch, Yarden 1605 1707 w
81 Khokhlov, Yuriy 1600 1634
82 Kahan, Sami 1597 1508
83 Roichman, Gal 1588 1588
84 Ben Assa, Omri 1573 1698
85 Edri, David 1569 1569
86 Roichman, Rom 1549 1632
87 Noginsky, David 1546 1592
88 Nashashibi, Iliya 1538 1626
89 Slobodnyuk, Pavel 1514 1484
90 Tzur, Ofir 1511 1594
91 Rosen, Ori 1493 1451
92 Feigin, Benjamin 1467 1484
93 Soknik, Daniel 1394 1394
94 Sadekov, Damir 1385 1385
95 Barkai, Razi 1371 1371
96 Golant, Viktor 1300 1300
97 Saushev, Sergey 1300 1300
98 Omar, Mansour 1270 1270
99 Stoler, Eyal 1251 1251
100 Stoler, Michal 1250 1250 w
101 Almog, Negev 0 0
102 Asaad, Alex 0 0
103 Kestelman, Eyal 0 0
104 Pankratova, Galina 0 0 w
105 Ribak, Yonatan 0 0
106 Sela, Einav 0 0