Israel at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 25 of 206 — 15 match points, 25.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582) — 7/11
Board 2: GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529) — 5/7
Board 3: GM Ido Gorshtein (2560) — 4/8
Board 3: GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542) — 5/9
Board 4: GM Ilia Smirin (2560) — 4.5/9

Matches

Round 1: Israel 4 – 0 Pakistan
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1-0	FM Muhammad Waqar (2188)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	0-1	FM Amer Karim (2147)	game
3	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1-0	CM Mafaaz Khalid (2057)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	0-1	Zaman Sohail (1935)	game
Round 2: Israel 3 – 1 Albania
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1-0	IM Franc Ashiku (2388)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	0-1	IM Dritan Mehmeti (2312)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1-0	FM Mateu Boci (2332)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1-0	FM Aleksander Xhembulla (2292)	game
Round 3: Israel 3 – 1 El Salvador
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	0-1	FM Morales Carlos (2244)	game
2	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1/2-1/2	FM Santiago Jose Guevara Ruiz (2160)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1/2-1/2	FM Ibarra Carlos Roberto (2283)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1-0	FM Marvin Andres Guevara Ruiz (2029)	game
Round 4: Israel 1.5 – 2.5 Hungary
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Richard Rapport (2711)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	1-0	GM Benjamin Gledura (2613)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1/2-1/2	GM Tamas Banusz (2571)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1/2-1/2	GM Gleb Dudin (2560)	game
Round 5: Israel 2.5 – 1.5 Singapore
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Jingyao Tin (2602)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	1-0	GM Jagadeesh Siddharth (2497)	game
3	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1/2-1/2	IM Zhenyong Jayden Wong (2360)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1/2-1/2	FM Zi Han Goh (2347)	game
Round 6: Israel 0 – 4 Netherlands
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1-0	GM Anish Giri (2752)	game
2	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	0-1	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1-0	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	0-1	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	game
Round 7: Israel 3 – 1 North Macedonia
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	IM Emil Risteski (2431)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	1/2-1/2	FM Anton Zlatkov (2422)	game
3	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1-0	IM Toni Lazov (2387)	game
4	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	0-1	IM Filip Pancevski (2432)	game
Round 8: Israel 2 – 2 Vietnam
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	IM Dau Khuong Duy (2513)	game
2	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	0-1	IM Banh Gia Huy (2464)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1/2-1/2	IM Quoc Hy Nguyen (2428)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1-0	IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc (2424)	game
Round 9: Israel 1.5 – 2.5 Lithuania
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Titas Stremavicius (2554)	game
2	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1/2-1/2	GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2534)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	0-1	IM Pijus Stremavicius (2362)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	1/2-1/2	IM Gleb Pidluznij (2410)	game
Round 10: Israel 2.5 – 1.5 Uzbekistan 3
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	0-1	IM Saidakbar Saydaliev (2475)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	1-0	IM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (2412)	game
3	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	1/2-1/2	IM Almas Rakhmatullaev (2418)	game
4	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	0-1	IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov (2390)	game
Round 11: Israel 2.5 – 1.5 Slovakia
1	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Jergus Pechac (2539)	game
2	GM Avital Boruchovsky (2529)	1/2-1/2	GM Peter Michalik (2543)	game
3	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	1/2-1/2	IM Samir Sahidi (2482)	game
4	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	0-1	GM Filip Haring (2445)	game

Women

Rank 38 of 189 — 14 match points, 25.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: IM Marsel Efroimski (2344) — 5.5/8
Board 2: WIM Noga Orian (2307) — 5.5/10
Board 2: IM Masha Klinova (2240) — 4/7
Board 3: WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216) — 5/9
Board 4: WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222) — 5.5/10

Matches

Round 1: Israel 4 – 0 Mozambique
1	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	0-1	WIM Vania Fausto Da T. Vilhete (1867)	game
2	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	1-0	WCM Cheila Andre Sitoe (1748)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	0-1	WCM Neusa Aridas De Castro (1721)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1-0	Naira Sinoia (1559)	game
Round 2: Israel 3 – 1 Malaysia
1	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1-0	WFM Li Ting Tan (2067)	game
2	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	0-1	WFM Kai Ni Agnes Chong (2024)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WCM Jia-Tien Chua (1972)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1-0	WFM Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif (2006)	game
Round 3: Israel 4 – 0 Tajikistan
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1-0	Marvorii Nasriddinzoda (2054)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	0-1	WFM Nadezhda Antonova (1913)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	Rukhshona Saidova (1892)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	0-1	Nozanin Makhmudova (1858)	game
Round 4: Israel 1 – 3 Germany
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1/2-1/2	IM Dinara Wagner (2392)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	0-1	GM Elisabeth Paehtz (2404)	game
3	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	1-0	WGM Hanna Marie Klek (2293)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1/2-1/2	FM Lara Schulze (2283)	game
Round 5: Israel 3 – 1 Colombia
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1-0	WIM Valentina Argote Heredia (2181)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1/2-1/2	WIM Ingris Rivera (2102)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WIM Jorcerys Montilla Reyes (2094)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1/2-1/2	WGM Beatriz Irene Franco Valencia (2038)	game
Round 6: Israel 0 – 4 Bulgaria
1	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1-0	IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)	game
2	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	0-1	WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	0-1	FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)	game
Round 7: Israel 2 – 2 Australia
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1/2-1/2	WGM Julia Ryjanova (2180)	game
2	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	1/2-1/2	WFM Zhiyuan Shen (2146)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WFM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan (2093)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1-0	WFM Thu Giang Nguyen (2086)	game
Round 8: Israel 3.5 – 0.5 Ireland
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1/2-1/2	WGM Trisha Kanyamarala (2288)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1-0	Alice O`Gorman (2009)	game
3	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	0-1	WFM Lara Putar (1975)	game
4	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WCM Antonina Gora (1946)	game
Round 9: Israel 3 – 1 Philippines
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	1-0	Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian (1957)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1/2-1/2	WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (2260)	game
3	IM Masha Klinova (2240)	1/2-1/2	WIM Ruelle Canino (2160)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	0-1	WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda (2134)	game
Round 10: Israel 0 – 4 United States of America
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	0-1	IM Carissa Yip (2484)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1-0	IM Alice Lee (2467)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	0-1	GM Irina Krush (2404)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1-0	IM Tatev Abrahamyan (2353)	game
Round 11: Israel 2 – 2 Uzbekistan 2
1	IM Marsel Efroimski (2344)	0-1	WGM Nilufar Yakubbaeva (2246)	game
2	WIM Noga Orian (2307)	1/2-1/2	WIM Marjona Malikova (2149)	game
3	WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)	1-0	WIM Madinabonu Khalilova (2087)	game
4	WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)	1/2-1/2	WFM Asal Salimova (2088)	game