Alef Jerusalem 2025 8-9
Team SwissStandard
24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Eran Hochberg (🇮🇱 ISR, 2084).
Daniel Blokh (🇮🇱 ISR, 1934) won with 1.5/9, ahead of Boaz Weinreb (1.5) and Benjamin Kessler (1.5). Blokh shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×24
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Blokh, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1934 | 1.5 | 1720 | 1913 | -0.4 |
| 1 | Weinreb, Boaz | 🇮🇱ISR | 1880 | 1.5 | 1867 | 2060 | +18.4 |
| 2 | Kessler, Benjamin | 🇮🇱ISR | 1944 | 1.5 | 1865 | 2058 | +6.0 |
| 3 | Ganz, Maor | 🇮🇱ISR | 1925 | 1.5 | 1864 | 2057 | +7.0 |
| 5 | Knafo, Michael | 🇮🇱ISR | 1688 | 1.0 | 1892 | 1892 | +12.4 |
| 9 | Fishelevich, Yigal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1799 | 1.0 | 1737 | 2537 | +8.2 |
| 6 | Freiman, Mark | 🇮🇱ISR | 1790 | 1.0 | 1800 | 2600 | +9.6 |
| 7 | Hochberg, Eran | 🇮🇱ISR | 2084 | 1.0 | 1795 | 2595 | +6.0 |
| 8 | Luria, Zur | 🇮🇱ISR | 2023 | 1.0 | 1830 | 2630 | +5.0 |
| 16 | Abadi, Yotam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1817 | 0.5 | 1834 | 1641 | -17.2 |
| 17 | Feldman, Nadav | 🇮🇱ISR | 1971 | 0.5 | 1922 | 1922 | -2.8 |
| 10 | Dermer, Moshe | 🇮🇱ISR | 1735 | 0.5 | 1833 | 1640 | -4.8 |
| 12 | Goodinger, David | 🇮🇱ISR | 1843 | 0.5 | 1635 | 1635 | -5.4 |
| 11 | Kuritz, Zvi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1907 | 0.5 | 1754 | 1754 | -3.8 |
| 13 | Kaliner, Arik | 🇮🇱ISR | 1762 | 0.5 | 1898 | 1898 | +3.8 |
| 14 | Ben-Simchon, Uri | 🇮🇱ISR | 1761 | 0.5 | 1574 | 1574 | -9.6 |
| 15 | Elyashiv, David | 🇮🇱ISR | 1581 | 0.5 | 1761 | 1761 | +9.6 |
| 18 | Rozenblit, Stas | 🇮🇱ISR | 1741 | 0.5 | 1805 | 1805 | +2.0 |
| 19 | Rogovin, Arkadi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1866 | 0.5 | 1737 | 1737 | -3.4 |
| 23 | Agmon, Yonatan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1802 | 0.0 | 1987 | 1187 | -10.6 |
| 22 | Halperin, Victor | 🇮🇱ISR | 1850 | 0.0 | 1939 | 1139 | -7.6 |
| 24 | Afriat, Frank | 🇮🇱ISR | 1762 | 0.0 | 1922 | 1122 | -11.2 |
| 20 | Leisenbek-Hanikov, Shlomi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1804 | 0.0 | 1816 | 1016 | -19.2 |
| 21 | Bollag, Gavriel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1827 | 0.0 | 2027 | 1227 | -5.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Weinreb, BoazISR+18.41.5 pts · #1
- 2Knafo, MichaelISR+12.41.0 pts · #5
- 3Freiman, MarkISR+9.61.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Leisenbek-Hanikov, ShlomiISR-19.20.0 pts · #20
- 2Abadi, YotamISR-17.20.5 pts · #16
- 3Afriat, FrankISR-11.20.0 pts · #24