European Club Cup 2026

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Standings
ISR
Seeded 9
2 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost

Rishon LeZion A

In numbers

14

place of 108 after round 2

4

match points from 2 matches

9½

game points; TB1 11, TB3 2

–

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Boris Gelfand	2641	1	0	1645	−7
2	GM Maxim Rodshtein	2582	1	1	3170	+2
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky	2542	2	2	3083	+4
4	IM Or Bronstein	2524	2	½	2088	−11
5	GM Evgeny Zanan	2475	2	2	3013	+4
6	IM Ariel Erenberg	2482	2	2	2949	+3
7	IM Alexander Kaspi	2349	2	2	2893	+4

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 TJ Slavia CAISSA Cadca SVK

Match 9, White on board 1

Team	Place	MP	Rating
Rishon LeZion A ISR	14	4	–
TJ Slavia CAISSA Cadca SVK	19	4	–

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

All round 3 pairings.

Matches

Round 1 v Cercle des Echecs Dudelange LUX

5½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 25821FM Rick Frischmann 23700 2IM Fred Berend 22340GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25421 3IM Or Bronstein 2524½WGM Elvira Berend 2253½ 4WGM Anna Wagener 21090GM Evgeny Zanan 24751 5IM Ariel Erenberg 24821Matis Frappini 20580 6Roland Schilpp 19880IM Alexander Kaspi 23491

Round 2 v Dardania KOS

4–2

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Nderim Saraci 24451GM Boris Gelfand 26410 2GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25421FM Mateu Boci 23320 3FM Ergit Ramaj 23101IM Or Bronstein 25240 4GM Evgeny Zanan 24751FM Endrit Uruci 23180 5CM Korab Saraci 22410IM Ariel Erenberg 24821 6IM Alexander Kaspi 23491CM Alban Krasniqi 21980

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 2, board 1 lost
Rishon LeZion A ISR4Dardania KOS2

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Marathon Match

336moves

Round 2, 58 + 75 + 92 + 46 + 28 + 37
Rishon LeZion A ISR4Dardania KOS2

The match whose six boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Theory Match

81½opening moves

Round 2
Rishon LeZion A ISR4Dardania KOS2

The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its six boards added, in moves.

Favourite Piece

25.07% of the team's moves

Round 2, Rooks, 84 of 335 moves
Rishon LeZion A ISR

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Déjà Vu

3identical moves

Round 2, with Black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
Rishon LeZion A ISR

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.