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Standings
ISR
Seeded 7
2 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost

Ashdod chess club

In numbers

place of 108 after round 2

match points from 2 matches

9½

game points; TB1 10, TB3 2

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average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±
1	GM Pavel Eljanov	2664	1	½	2413	−3
2	IM Benny Aizenberg	2470	2	1½	2542	+2
3	GM Ilia Smirin	2560	1	1	3092	+2
4	GM Vitali Golod	2476	2	1	2241	−6
5	GM Arthur Kogan	2464	2	2	2976	+3
6	GM Israel Caspi	2457	2	1½	2364	−2
7	IM Or Globus	2424	2	2	2853	+2

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; boards 7 and 8 are the reserves. Games and scores count played games only. Performance and rating change come from Lichess. A name opens the player’s page.

Who carries the team

Each board from the player’s rating (hollow) to the performance so far (filled); red, the largest lift, grey, a board below its rating. The grey line is the team’s average rating, the score closes the row. A performance on few games moves a long way.

Next match

Round 3 v Marseille Echecs FRA

Match 7, White on board 1

Team	Place	MP	Rating
Ashdod chess club ISR	17	4	–
Marseille Echecs FRA	12	4	–

The boards follow once the team lists are in, on the morning of the round.

All round 3 pairings.

Matches

Round 1 v Gambiet Opwijk BEL

5–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Benny Aizenberg 2470½FM Kobe Vandenhole 2392½ 2FM Jonas Van Cappellen 22920GM Ilia Smirin 25601 3GM Vitali Golod 2476½Fabio De Block 2180½ 4Dominique Versyck 21260GM Arthur Kogan 24641 5GM Israel Caspi 24571Tom Van De Perre 20740 6Jan Rogiers 20180IM Or Globus 24241

Round 2 v Mimoza MNE

4½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Milos Stankovic 2413½GM Pavel Eljanov 2664½ 2IM Benny Aizenberg 24701FM Andrej Sukovic 23060 3FM Milos Vlatkovic 2302½GM Vitali Golod 2476½ 4GM Arthur Kogan 24641IM Dusan Lekic 22270 5IM Slavisa Milanovic 2269½GM Israel Caspi 2457½ 6IM Or Globus 24241FM Dragan Popadic 20890

Team awards

Bloodiest Match

124captures

Round 1
Ashdod chess club ISR5Gambiet Opwijk BEL1

The match with the most captures over its six boards.

Endgame Match

96endgame moves

Round 1
Ashdod chess club ISR5Gambiet Opwijk BEL1

The match with the most endgame moves over its six boards.

Quietest Match

88captures

Round 2
Ashdod chess club ISR4½Mimoza MNE1½

The match with the fewest captures over its six boards.

Clean Sheet

2matches

5–1 v Gambiet Opwijk (round 1), 4½–1½ v Mimoza (round 2)
Ashdod chess club ISR

Most matches won without losing a board.

Creatures of Habit

0.58opening families per game

7 families in 12 games: Caro-Kann Defense, English Opening, French Defense, London System, Queen's Pawn Game, Semi-Slav Defense, Sicilian Defense
Ashdod chess club ISR

Fewest different opening families per game over the event so far.