Alef Sharon 2025 8-9

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44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. 9 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2187, and top seed was Ilia Botvinnik (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2336).

Barak Lotan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1967) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Gleb Kaganskiy (2.0) and Alexander Kulikov (2.0). Lotan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Omri Sapir (1746) beat Guy Melamed (2041), a +295-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

🇮🇱IMIlia Botvinnik2336

Avg top 10

2,187

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×2

FM×4

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇱Israel×44

Top 3

🥇
Barak Lotan
🇮🇱ISR·1967
2.0pts·2769perf+19.6
🥈
FMGleb Kaganskiy
🇮🇱ISR·2178
2.0pts·2778perf+9.6
🥉
Alexander Kulikov
🇮🇱ISR·2011
2.0pts·2785perf+18.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
3	Lotan, Barak	🇮🇱ISR	1967	2.0	1969	2769	+19.6
2	FMKaganskiy, Gleb	🇮🇱ISR	2178	2.0	1978	2778	+9.6
1	Kulikov, Alexander	🇮🇱ISR	2011	2.0	1985	2785	+18.6
6	FMGleizer, Mark	🇮🇱ISR	2107	1.5	1948	2141	+1.8
7	Caspi, Nimi	🇮🇱ISR	1981	1.5	2122	2315	+18.0
8	Shkolnik, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	2269	1.5	2102	2295	+3.6
10	Diker, Michael	🇮🇱ISR	2252	1.5	2188	2381	+6.8
9	Triger, Eitan	🇮🇱ISR	1978	1.5	2005	2198	+21.2
4	Golan, Ori	🇮🇱ISR	2028	1.5	1939	2132	+11.2
5	FMFleish, Felix	🇮🇱ISR	2132	1.5	1955	2148	+0.8
24	IMBotvinnik, Ilia	🇮🇱ISR	2336	1.0	2261	2261	-2.1
21	IMKaldor, Avraham	🇮🇱ISR	2120	1.0	2005	2005	-3.0
19	Mond, Omri	🇮🇱ISR	1884	1.0	1986	1986	+6.8
17	Shocron, Alon	🇮🇱ISR	1903	1.0	1961	1961	+3.0
20	Hanein, Avri	🇮🇱ISR	2027	1.0	2011	2011	-2.8
18	WCMGadasi, Noam	🇮🇱ISR	2044	1.0	2084	2084	+4.0
22	Berlad, Asaf	🇮🇱ISR	2089	1.0	1966	1966	-0.4
44	Protkin, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	2074	1.0	1906	1106	-13.8
12	Yakovleva, Tatiana	🇮🇱ISR	1906	1.0	1975	1975	+3.8
13	Lukashin, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	1958	1.0	2035	2035	+3.6
16	Gilad, Tomer	🇮🇱ISR	1831	1.0	2093	2093	+11.8
14	Verny, David	🇮🇱ISR	1906	1.0	2049	2849	+13.8
23	Sapir, Omri	🇮🇱ISR	1746	1.0	1974	1974	+9.6
15	CMKatzir, Moshe	🇮🇱ISR	2141	1.0	2054	2854	+7.8
11	Qasem, Muhamad Mody	🇮🇱ISR	1827	1.0	1594	2394	+6.8
35	Cnaan, Moshe	🇮🇱ISR	1901	0.5	2008	1815	-4.6
26	Brenner, Baruch	🇮🇱ISR	2050	0.5	1927	1734	-16.2
30	WFMLen, Irina	🇮🇱ISR	1983	0.5	1880	1687	-14.6
28	Kruchenecki, Pavel	🇮🇱ISR	1785	0.5	1938	1745	-1.8
31	Singer, Amit	🇮🇱ISR	1916	0.5	2047	1854	-2.8
36	Yakovlev, Dmitry	🇮🇱ISR	2062	0.5	2024	1831	-11.6
29	Baumann, Yuval	🇮🇱ISR	0	0.5	1917	1724	0.0
25	Pletner, Valery	🇮🇱ISR	1890	0.5	2052	2052	+3.6
27	Yerushalmi, Eran	🇮🇱ISR	2052	0.5	1920	1920	-3.6
32	Jivotovsky, Michael	🇮🇱ISR	1833	0.5	2048	2048	+10.4
33	Gendelman, Dan	🇮🇱ISR	2099	0.5	2237	2237	+3.8
34	FMGutkin, Boris	🇮🇱ISR	2237	0.5	2098	2098	-3.8
42	Brenner, Moshe	🇮🇱ISR	2053	0.0	2080	1280	-18.6
37	Ginis, Ariel	🇮🇱ISR	1951	0.0	1900	1100	-23.0
43	Holzer, Moshe	🇮🇱ISR	1917	0.0	2010	1210	-7.6
39	Levi, Yaniv	🇮🇱ISR	1938	0.0	2127	1327	-5.0
38	Botvinnik, Roman	🇮🇱ISR	1594	0.0	1863	1063	-3.4
40	Magril, Ronen	🇮🇱ISR	1842	0.0	1899	1099	-8.6
41	Melamed, Guy	🇮🇱ISR	2041	0.0	1883	1083	-14.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Triger, EitanISR
+21.2
1.5 pts · #9
2Lotan, BarakISR
+19.6
2.0 pts · #3
3Kulikov, AlexanderISR
+18.6
2.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ginis, ArielISR
-23.0
0.0 pts · #37
2Brenner, MosheISR
-18.6
0.0 pts · #42
3Brenner, BaruchISR
-16.2
0.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R8+295 Elo gap
Sapir, Omri1746 beat Melamed, Guy2041
R8+168 Elo gap
Verny, David1906 beat Protkin, Boris2074
R8+139 Elo gap
Caspi, Nimi1981 beat IMKaldor, Avraham2120