Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
ISR
Seeded 22, category A
7 won, 1 drawn, 3 lost
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Israel as a nation

Israel

In numbers

24

place of 206 after round 11

15

match points from 11 matches

25½

game points; TB1 304, TB3 139

2558

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein	2576	9	6	2618	+6
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky	2529	6	4	2592	+5
3	GM Ido Gorshtein	2560	6	3	2399	−12
4	GM Yahli Sokolovsky	2546	8	5	2502	−4
5	GM Ilia Smirin	2578	7	3½	2350	−17

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; board 5 is the reserve. 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.

Matches

Round 1 v Pakistan PAK

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576+FM Muhammad Waqar 2188−2FM Amer Karim 2147−GM Avital Boruchovsky 2529+3GM Ido Gorshtein 2560+CM Mafaaz Khalid 2057−4Zaman Sohail 1935−GM Ilia Smirin 2578+

Round 2 v Albania ALB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 25761IM Franc Ashiku 23880 2IM Dritan Mehmeti 23120GM Avital Boruchovsky 25291 3GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25461FM Mateu Boci 23170 4FM Aleksander Xhembulla 22921GM Ilia Smirin 25780

Round 3 v El Salvador ESA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Morales Carlos 22440GM Maxim Rodshtein 25761 2GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½FM Santiago Jose Guevara Ruiz 2160½ 3FM Ibarra Carlos Roberto 2283½GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546½ 4GM Ilia Smirin 25781FM Marvin Andres Guevara Ruiz 20290

Round 4 v Hungary HUN

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½GM Richard Rapport 2726½ 2GM Benjamin Gledura 26201GM Avital Boruchovsky 25290 3GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546½GM Tamas Banusz 2587½ 4GM Gleb Dudin 2560½GM Ilia Smirin 2578½

Round 5 v Singapore SGP

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jingyao Tin 2584½GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½ 2GM Avital Boruchovsky 25291GM Jagadeesh Siddharth 24970 3IM Zhenyong Jayden Wong 2360½GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½ 4GM Ilia Smirin 2578½FM Zi Han Goh 2347½

Round 6 v Netherlands NED

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1GM Anish Giri 2757+GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576−2GM Ido Gorshtein 2560−GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706+3GM Loek Van Wely 2643+GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546−4GM Ilia Smirin 2578−GM Casper Schoppen 2582+

Round 7 v North Macedonia MKD

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½IM Emil Risteski 2426½ 2FM Anton Zlatkov 2422½GM Avital Boruchovsky 2529½ 3GM Ido Gorshtein 25601IM Toni Lazov 23940 4IM Filip Pancevski 24220GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25461

Round 8 v Vietnam VIE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1IM Dau Khuong Duy 2509½GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½ 2GM Ido Gorshtein 25600IM Banh Gia Huy 24641 3IM Quoc Hy Nguyen 2428½GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546½ 4GM Ilia Smirin 25781IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc 24240

Round 9 v Lithuania LTU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½ 2GM Paulius Pultinevicius 2542½GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½ 3GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25460IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621 4IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½GM Ilia Smirin 2578½

Round 10 v Uzbekistan 3 UZB

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Saidakbar Saydaliev 24750GM Maxim Rodshtein 25761 2GM Avital Boruchovsky 25291IM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev 24120 3IM Almas Rakhmatullaev 2418½GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546½ 4GM Ilia Smirin 25780IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov 23901

Round 11 v Slovakia SVK

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½GM Jergus Pechac 2538½ 2GM Peter Michalik 2543½GM Avital Boruchovsky 2529½ 3GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½IM Samir Sahidi 2478½ 4GM Filip Haring 24390GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25461

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Israel ISR4Pakistan PAK0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Check, Please

10.5checks per game

Round 5, 42 checks in 4 games
Israel ISR

Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.

Déjà Vu

8½identical moves

Round 9, with White: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. O-O Bd7 9. b4
Israel ISR

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