Alef Merkaz 2025 8-9
Team SwissStandard
53 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2117, and top seed was Guy Libman (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2215).
Yehonatan Fadida (🇮🇱 ISR, 1892) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Yaron Linik (2.0) and Dmitry Frumkin (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 9: Adam Lampert (1818) beat Shay Solan (2041), a +223-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 · 2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×51
🇷🇺Russia×2
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fadida, Yehonatan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1892 | 2.0 | 1796 | 2596 | +14.6 |
| 6 | Linik, Yaron | 🇮🇱ISR | 1955 | 2.0 | 1935 | 2735 | +18.2 |
| 3 | Frumkin, Dmitry | 🇮🇱ISR | 1917 | 2.0 | 1984 | 2784 | +24.0 |
| 5 | FMLibman, Guy | 🇮🇱ISR | 2215 | 2.0 | 1902 | 2702 | +6.0 |
| 1 | Goldstein, Asaf | 🇮🇱ISR | 1858 | 2.0 | 1832 | 2632 | +36.0 |
| 4 | Dimenshtein, Daniel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1764 | 2.0 | 1839 | 2639 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Horesh, Tal | 🇮🇱ISR | 1961 | 1.5 | 2020 | 2213 | +12.6 |
| 13 | Savinov, Mikhail | 🇷🇺RUS | 2189 | 1.5 | 1972 | 2165 | -1.0 |
| 9 | Semo, Sagy | 🇮🇱ISR | 1931 | 1.5 | 2070 | 2263 | +27.2 |
| 10 | Karov, Roy | 🇮🇱ISR | 1714 | 1.5 | 1941 | 2134 | +20.6 |
| 7 | Gunders, Elad | 🇮🇱ISR | 1880 | 1.5 | 1965 | 2158 | +16.2 |
| 8 | Bronstein, Arkady | 🇮🇱ISR | 2060 | 1.5 | 1902 | 2095 | +1.8 |
| 12 | Gal, Moshe | 🇮🇱ISR | 2079 | 1.5 | 1776 | 1969 | -4.0 |
| 14 | Solan, Shay | 🇮🇱ISR | 2041 | 1.0 | 1853 | 1853 | -9.6 |
| 16 | FMPeretz, Malkiel | 🇮🇱ISR | 2123 | 1.0 | 1796 | 1796 | -14.4 |
| 15 | Chesnitski, Ilia | 🇮🇱ISR | 1933 | 1.0 | 1880 | 1880 | -3.6 |
| 20 | Lampert, Adam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1818 | 1.0 | 2036 | 2836 | +15.6 |
| 22 | Reiterman, German | 🇮🇱ISR | 1735 | 1.0 | 1775 | 2575 | +11.2 |
| 21 | Malachi, Avraham | 🇮🇱ISR | 1892 | 1.0 | 2023 | 2023 | +7.2 |
| 18 | Tamir, Rami | 🇮🇱ISR | 1781 | 1.0 | 1771 | 1771 | -0.2 |
| 23 | Vaisgur, Alon | 🇮🇱ISR | 1895 | 1.0 | 1963 | 1963 | +4.0 |
| 17 | Saad, Nir | 🇮🇱ISR | 1773 | 1.0 | 1870 | 2670 | +12.6 |
| 19 | Slavkin, Roni | 🇮🇱ISR | 1761 | 1.0 | 1698 | 2498 | +17.2 |
| 37 | Ostrovsky Berman, Noam | 🇮🇱ISR | 2003 | 0.5 | 1881 | 1688 | -32.0 |
| 31 | Ginzburg, Igor | 🇮🇱ISR | 1949 | 0.5 | 2027 | 1834 | -4.8 |
| 27 | Blass, Uri | 🇮🇱ISR | 1936 | 0.5 | 2044 | 1851 | -5.6 |
| 24 | Kaliski, Dan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1764 | 0.5 | 1854 | 1661 | -5.0 |
| 32 | Gordin, Nick Lior | 🇮🇱ISR | 1790 | 0.5 | 1831 | 1638 | -20.0 |
| 30 | Feigel, Leonid | 🇮🇱ISR | 1885 | 0.5 | 2083 | 2083 | +5.6 |
| 33 | Bank, Mordechai | 🇮🇱ISR | 2208 | 0.5 | 1994 | 1994 | -5.4 |
| 26 | Shavit, Tzahi | 🇮🇱ISR | 1874 | 0.5 | 2118 | 2118 | +6.0 |
| 29 | Gal, Hagay | 🇮🇱ISR | 2092 | 0.5 | 1884 | 1884 | -5.4 |
| 25 | Melchior, Ariel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1810 | 0.5 | 1762 | 1762 | -1.4 |
| 28 | Leibi, Yaniv | 🇮🇱ISR | 2025 | 0.5 | 1941 | 1941 | -2.2 |
| 34 | Zilbershatz, Boaz | 🇮🇱ISR | 1771 | 0.5 | 1830 | 1830 | +1.8 |
| 35 | Mondri, Nadav | 🇮🇱ISR | 1789 | 0.5 | 2135 | 2135 | +7.8 |
| 36 | Katz, Haim | 🇮🇱ISR | 2135 | 0.5 | 1789 | 1789 | -15.6 |
| 38 | Rosenzweig, Itzhak | 🇮🇱ISR | 1930 | 0.5 | 2021 | 2021 | +2.2 |
| 51 | Kremer, Pavel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1915 | 0.0 | 1858 | 1058 | -23.4 |
| 47 | Zilbershatz, Noam | 🇮🇱ISR | 1847 | 0.0 | 2086 | 1286 | -9.2 |
| 52 | Sivak, Mikhail | 🇷🇺RUS | 2001 | 0.0 | 2049 | 1249 | -16.4 |
| 42 | Elkayam, Omer | 🇮🇱ISR | 1757 | 0.0 | 1869 | 1069 | -7.0 |
| 45 | Memia, Yuval | 🇮🇱ISR | 1747 | 0.0 | 1749 | 949 | -10.2 |
| 46 | Arad, Roy | 🇮🇱ISR | 1893 | 0.0 | 1869 | 1069 | -11.0 |
| 39 | Neerman, Moshe | 🇮🇱ISR | 1947 | 0.0 | 1850 | 1050 | -12.4 |
| 40 | Shaashua, Hadar | 🇮🇱ISR | 1693 | 0.0 | 2083 | 1283 | -1.6 |
| 41 | Fester, Harel | 🇮🇱ISR | 1783 | 0.0 | 1700 | 900 | -24.4 |
| 43 | Burstein, Almog | 🇮🇱ISR | 1881 | 0.0 | 2060 | 1260 | -5.2 |
| 44 | Chill, Jordan | 🇮🇱ISR | 1883 | 0.0 | 1772 | 972 | -12.6 |
| 48 | Fishler, Dov | 🇮🇱ISR | 1826 | 0.0 | 1775 | 975 | -22.0 |
| 49 | Luvlevsky, Asher | 🇮🇱ISR | 1867 | 0.0 | 1887 | 1087 | -20.0 |
| 50 | Fire, Teddy | 🇮🇱ISR | 1720 | 0.0 | 1748 | 948 | -17.2 |
| 53 | Zilbershatz, Nadav | 🇮🇱ISR | 1792 | 0.0 | 1948 | 1148 | -5.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Goldstein, AsafISR+36.02.0 pts · #1
- 2Semo, SagyISR+27.21.5 pts · #9
- 3Dimenshtein, DanielISR+24.82.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Ostrovsky Berman, NoamISR-32.00.5 pts · #37
- 2Fester, HarelISR-24.40.0 pts · #41
- 3Kremer, PavelISR-23.40.0 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R9+223 Elo gap
- R9+151 Elo gap
- R8+110 Elo gap