Arzit Merkaz 2025 8-9
Team SwissStandard
66 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. 21 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2327, and top seed was Roman Pyrih (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2437).
Neria Gurevich (🇮🇱 ISR, CM, 2048) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Felix Vaisman (1.5) and Itzhak Ben-Menachem (1.5). Gurevich clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Dan Zrihan (1921) beat Or Cohen (FM, 2169), a +248-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Israel, Israel
Dates
08 May 2025 → 24 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 9 rounds
Titled players · 21
IM×6
FM×10
CM×5
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇱Israel×61
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CMGurevich, Neria | 🇮🇱ISR | 2048 | 2.0 | 2015 | 2815 | +39.2 |
| 4 | Vaisman, Felix | 🇮🇱ISR | 2072 | 1.5 | 2011 | 2204 | +6.0 |
| 6 | FMBen-Menachem, Itzhak | 🇮🇱ISR | 2258 | 1.5 | 2198 | 2391 | +7.6 |
| 5 | IMShvidler, Eliahu | 🇮🇱ISR | 2303 | 1.5 | 2173 | 2366 | +1.6 |
| 3 | IMNedobora, Mikhail | 🇺🇦UKR | 2325 | 1.5 | 2254 | 2447 | +3.4 |
| 7 | FMChernomordik, Pavel | 🇮🇱ISR | 2185 | 1.5 | 2198 | 2391 | +11.2 |
| 2 | Tsafrir, Itay | 🇮🇱ISR | 1944 | 1.5 | 2042 | 2235 | +30.4 |
| 8 | FMAroesti, Roee | 🇮🇱ISR | 2196 | 1.5 | 2106 | 2299 | +5.0 |
| 31 | Hasidovsky, Michael | 🇮🇱ISR | 2060 | 1.0 | 2139 | 2139 | +3.8 |
| 35 | Pivnik, Vladimir | 🇮🇱ISR | 1951 | 1.0 | 2037 | 2037 | +9.6 |
| 19 | Kraus, Ohad | 🇮🇱ISR | 2221 | 1.0 | 2265 | 3065 | +11.2 |
| 25 | Fishman, Alik | 🇮🇱ISR | 2235 | 1.0 | 2163 | 2163 | -4.0 |
| 26 | Gilboa, Amos | 🇮🇱ISR | 2165 | 1.0 | 2140 | 2140 | -1.6 |
| 28 | FMEmanuel, Yahav | 🇮🇱ISR | 2260 | 1.0 | 2139 | 2939 | +6.6 |
| 39 | FMShachar, Yoram | 🇮🇱ISR | 2109 | 1.0 | 1902 | 1902 | -10.6 |
| 22 | Lipes, Yosef | 🇮🇱ISR | 2037 | 1.0 | 2066 | 2066 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Gurevich, Gregory | 🇮🇱ISR | 2268 | 1.0 | 2206 | 2206 | -3.4 |
| 14 | Shoham, Asaf | 🇮🇱ISR | 2218 | 1.0 | 2169 | 2169 | -3.0 |
| 38 | FMKreizberg, Michael | 🇮🇱ISR | 2321 | 1.0 | 2227 | 2227 | -5.0 |
| 15 | Hershkovich, Erez | 🇮🇱ISR | 2238 | 1.0 | 2236 | 3036 | +10.4 |
| 27 | CMKhazan, Yevgeny | 🇮🇱ISR | 2130 | 1.0 | 2047 | 2847 | +7.8 |
| 34 | Lavi, Idan | 🇮🇱ISR | 2119 | 1.0 | 1975 | 2775 | +6.0 |
| 11 | FMGershkowich, David | 🇮🇱ISR | 2088 | 1.0 | 2084 | 2084 | +0.8 |
| 20 | Berenboym, Igor | 🇮🇱ISR | 2036 | 1.0 | 2167 | 2167 | +7.0 |
| 10 | Ben Noam, Itamar | 🇮🇱ISR | 1975 | 1.0 | 2082 | 2082 | +11.6 |
| 23 | Levi, Or | 🇮🇱ISR | 2081 | 1.0 | 2181 | 2181 | +2.2 |
| 32 | Mark, Ian | 🇺🇸USA | 2049 | 1.0 | 1951 | 1951 | -8.8 |
| 33 | Westreich, Itay | 🇮🇱ISR | 1985 | 1.0 | 1997 | 1997 | +0.2 |
| 36 | Rozhanski, Yosef | 🇮🇱ISR | 2111 | 1.0 | 2046 | 2046 | -2.6 |
| 21 | IMPyrih, Roman | 🇺🇦UKR | 2437 | 1.0 | 2375 | 3175 | +4.2 |
| 29 | CMMoskovich, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 2155 | 1.0 | 2160 | 2960 | +10.4 |
| 30 | IMHrbek, Stepan | 🇨🇿CZE | 2425 | 1.0 | 2062 | 2862 | +1.1 |
| 12 | Klar, Nir | 🇮🇱ISR | 2135 | 1.0 | 2040 | 2840 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Zrihan, Dan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1921 | 1.0 | 2177 | 2977 | +16.6 |
| 16 | Michaeli, Omri | 🇮🇱ISR | 1990 | 1.0 | 2094 | 2894 | +26.0 |
| 17 | Holtz, Yonatan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1792 | 1.0 | 1955 | 2755 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Aroeta, Benny | 🇮🇱ISR | 2013 | 1.0 | 1994 | 2794 | +9.6 |
| 24 | Sitbon, Itay | 🇮🇱ISR | 2177 | 1.0 | 2232 | 3032 | +11.2 |
| 37 | Har-Even, Abir | 🇮🇱ISR | 2020 | 1.0 | 1975 | 2775 | +8.0 |
| 48 | CMBrezis, Ari | 🇮🇱ISR | 2242 | 0.5 | 2291 | 2098 | -8.8 |
| 43 | CMSason, Noam | 🇮🇱ISR | 2075 | 0.5 | 2168 | 1975 | -20.4 |
| 46 | Dvir, Ofir | 🇮🇱ISR | 2057 | 0.5 | 2245 | 2052 | -2.0 |
| 47 | Granot, Nir | 🇮🇱ISR | 2162 | 0.5 | 2093 | 1900 | -13.8 |
| 40 | IMKarp, Ilya | 🇮🇱ISR | 2380 | 0.5 | 2361 | 2168 | -5.3 |
| 44 | Zholti, Alon | 🇮🇱ISR | 2043 | 0.5 | 2172 | 2172 | +3.6 |
| 49 | Merzbach, Evyatar | 🇮🇱ISR | 1846 | 0.5 | 2109 | 2109 | +6.2 |
| 50 | Vazana, Yochay | 🇮🇱ISR | 2115 | 0.5 | 2071 | 2071 | -1.0 |
| 41 | FMShabtai, Ran | 🇮🇱ISR | 2004 | 0.5 | 2020 | 2020 | +0.6 |
| 42 | IMKudischewitsch, David | 🇷🇺RUS | 2290 | 0.5 | 2375 | 2375 | +1.1 |
| 45 | Shimshovich, Asaf | 🇮🇱ISR | 2025 | 0.5 | 1995 | 1995 | -0.6 |
| 53 | Magen, Amnon | 🇮🇱ISR | 1964 | 0.0 | 1995 | 1195 | -18.8 |
| 65 | Izrailov, Zecharia | 🇮🇱ISR | 2100 | 0.0 | 2199 | 1399 | -14.4 |
| 58 | Chassid, Elan | 🇮🇱ISR | 2000 | 0.0 | 2021 | 1221 | -9.4 |
| 62 | Kirsch, Yahel David | 🇮🇱ISR | 1957 | 0.0 | 2062 | 1262 | -43.6 |
| 55 | Porat, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 2136 | 0.0 | 2196 | 1396 | -8.4 |
| 51 | Elchanati, Alon | 🇮🇱ISR | 2050 | 0.0 | 2143 | 1343 | -7.2 |
| 52 | FMCohen, Or | 🇮🇱ISR | 2169 | 0.0 | 1908 | 1108 | -16.6 |
| 54 | Cohen, Alon | 🇮🇱ISR | 2051 | 0.0 | 1993 | 1193 | -11.4 |
| 56 | Nachshoni, Yehoshua | 🇮🇱ISR | 1994 | 0.0 | 2006 | 1206 | -9.6 |
| 57 | Friedlich, Eyal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1952 | 0.0 | 2104 | 1304 | -7.6 |
| 59 | Kraus, Yair | 🇮🇱ISR | 2104 | 0.0 | 2030 | 1230 | -12.2 |
| 60 | Gokhvat, Peter | 🇮🇱ISR | 2232 | 0.0 | 2192 | 1392 | -11.2 |
| 61 | Gerber, Nick | 🇮🇱ISR | 1955 | 0.0 | 1792 | 992 | -14.4 |
| 63 | Bichuch, Alexander | 🇮🇱ISR | 2038 | 0.0 | 1975 | 1175 | -23.6 |
| 64 | FMCohen Revivo, Shoham | 🇮🇱ISR | 2137 | 0.0 | 2321 | 1521 | -5.2 |
| 66 | Yehoshua, Azgad | 🇮🇱ISR | 1774 | 0.0 | 2047 | 1247 | -3.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gurevich, NeriaCMISR+39.22.0 pts · #1
- 2Tsafrir, ItayISR+30.41.5 pts · #2
- 3Michaeli, OmriISR+26.01.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Kirsch, Yahel DavidISR-43.60.0 pts · #62
- 2Bichuch, AlexanderISR-23.60.0 pts · #63
- 3Sason, NoamCMISR-20.40.5 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R9+248 Elo gap
- R8+163 Elo gap