Alef Darom 2025 8-9

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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2143, and top seed was Maksim Epelbaum (🇺🇦 UKR, 2328).

Mark Flaum (🇮🇱 ISR, 1973) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Alon Iskhakabeev (2.0) and Mikhail Balakirsky (2.0). Flaum won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Alex Gokhman (1802) beat Lev Okunev (2200), a +398-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

Top seed

🇺🇦Maksim Epelbaum2328

Avg top 10

2,143

Participants

Titled players · 1

IM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇮🇱Israel×44

🇷🇺Russia×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Mark Flaum
🇮🇱ISR·1973
2.0pts·2638perf+13.2
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Alon Iskhakabeev
🇮🇱ISR·1991
2.0pts·2752perf+18.0
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Mikhail Balakirsky
🇷🇺RUS·1820
2.0pts·2696perf+23.2

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Flaum, Mark	🇮🇱ISR	1973	2.0	1838	2638	+13.2
3	Iskhakabeev, Alon	🇮🇱ISR	1991	2.0	1952	2752	+18.0
2	Balakirsky, Mikhail	🇷🇺RUS	1820	2.0	1896	2696	+23.2
7	IMLederman, Leon	🇮🇱ISR	2187	1.5	2124	2317	+3.8
4	Riabushkin, Ronen	🇮🇱ISR	1927	1.5	2129	2322	+20.2
6	Chernov, Viktor	🇷🇺RUS	1929	1.5	2050	2243	+17.2
5	Idesis, Yaacov	🇮🇱ISR	1863	1.5	1884	2077	+10.8
8	Chuvnik, Mordechai	🇮🇱ISR	2054	1.5	2003	2196	+6.4
29	Epelbaum, Maksim	🇺🇦UKR	2328	1.0	2075	2075	-11.6
9	Telman, Michael	🇮🇱ISR	2020	1.0	1970	1970	-2.8
10	Shaban, Elad	🇮🇱ISR	1671	1.0	1882	1882	+19.6
24	Mamut, Igor	🇮🇱ISR	2055	1.0	1998	1998	-2.6
28	Cohen, Daniel	🇮🇱ISR	1875	1.0	1895	1895	+0.8
22	Wolfov, Robin	🇮🇱ISR	1967	1.0	1908	1908	-6.8
23	Hachatrian, Edward	🇮🇱ISR	2165	1.0	1909	1909	-12.0
25	Blech, Erik	🇮🇱ISR	1899	1.0	1902	1902	+6.0
14	Yartsev, Pavel	🇮🇱ISR	2091	1.0	1960	1960	-7.2
15	Reem, Meir	🇮🇱ISR	1850	1.0	1928	1928	+4.6
17	Gorjaltsan, Eduard	🇮🇱ISR	1831	1.0	1935	1935	+4.6
26	Igdalov, Alexander	🇮🇱ISR	2065	1.0	1791	1791	-13.0
18	Adamchuk, Vlad	🇮🇱ISR	1949	1.0	2137	2137	+7.2
13	Zingerov, Daniel	🇮🇱ISR	1850	1.0	1920	2720	+25.2
16	Triger, Ramon	🇮🇱ISR	2089	1.0	1873	2673	+4.4
20	Freifeld, Vadim	🇮🇱ISR	1883	1.0	1805	2605	+15.2
12	Gokhman, Alex	🇮🇱ISR	1802	1.0	2039	2039	+10.6
19	Shapiro, Benny	🇮🇱ISR	1893	1.0	1684	1684	-10.6
27	Kuperman, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	1916	1.0	1862	1862	-3.2
11	Faerman, Igor	🇮🇱ISR	2161	1.0	1941	2741	+4.4
21	Lublinsky, Daniel	🇮🇱ISR	1831	1.0	1901	2701	+23.2
33	Karniel, Nave	🇮🇱ISR	1734	0.5	2032	1839	+3.8
40	Brusilovski, Lena	🇮🇱ISR	1835	0.5	1902	1709	-6.2
34	Sheinkman, Lidan	🇮🇱ISR	1948	0.5	2019	1826	-6.2
36	Srimskov, Elishar	🇮🇱ISR	1947	0.5	2018	1825	-6.4
35	Khashper, Arkady	🇮🇱ISR	2073	0.5	1987	1794	-15.0
31	Kazayev, Rotschild	🇮🇱ISR	1804	0.5	1842	1842	+1.0
37	Barak, Tomer	🇮🇱ISR	1911	0.5	2100	2100	+10.4
30	Bar-Lev, Nitzan	🇮🇱ISR	2068	0.5	1819	1819	-6.2
32	Reif, Roi	🇮🇱ISR	1612	0.5	1696	1696	+4.8
38	Simchayev, Alexandra	🇮🇱ISR	1829	0.5	2072	2072	+6.2
39	Dezekhtzer, Ella	🇮🇱ISR	1696	0.5	1609	1609	-4.8
46	Alperin, Ariel	🇮🇱ISR	2039	0.0	1992	1192	-23.2
48	Han, Oron	🇮🇱ISR	1814	0.0	2000	1200	-12.0
41	Gofman, Albert	🇮🇱ISR	0	0.0	1882	1082	-42.0
47	Mikhalevski, Binyamin	🇮🇱ISR	1836	0.0	1870	1070	-8.8
42	Okunev, Lev	🇷🇺RUS	2200	0.0	1805	1005	-18.2
43	Gleizer, Lior	🇮🇱ISR	1840	0.0	1844	1044	-19.6
44	Elizarov, Lazar	🇮🇱ISR	1980	0.0	1971	1171	-20.4
45	Korchev, Felix	🇮🇱ISR	1674	0.0	1890	1090	-4.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zingerov, DanielISR
+25.2
1.0 pts · #13
2Lublinsky, DanielISR
+23.2
1.0 pts · #21
3Balakirsky, MikhailRUS
+23.2
2.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Gofman, AlbertISR
-42.0
0.0 pts · #41
2Alperin, ArielISR
-23.2
0.0 pts · #46
3Elizarov, LazarISR
-20.4
0.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R9+398 Elo gap
Gokhman, Alex1802 beat Okunev, Lev2200
R8+222 Elo gap
Shaban, Elad1671 beat Shapiro, Benny1893
R9+174 Elo gap
Iskhakabeev, Alon1991 beat Hachatrian, Edward2165