Bet Haifa 8-9
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 24 May 2025 in Israel, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Yuri Cherikovsky (🇮🇱 ISR, 1928).
Shadi Agbaria (🇮🇱 ISR, 1700) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Jonatan Keren (2.0) and Alexander Mogilevsky (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 8: Jamal Khir (1604) beat Fadi Abuelhijaa (1800), a +196-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
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×41
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 6 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 50 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
Co-leaders
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
15
6
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
6 players finish on 2.0/9. Agbaria takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agbaria, Shadi | 1700 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +10N | +11B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2270 | +8.8 |
| 2 | Keren, Jonatan | 1819 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14B | +25N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2545 | +16.2 |
| 3 | Mogilevsky, Alexander | 1901 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +15B | +36N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2547 | +12.0 |
| 4 | Fransis, Vasim | 1597 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16N | +32B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2533 | +25.6 |
| 5 | Blumenthal, Yonatan | 1765 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | +35B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2466 | +15.0 |
| 6 | Baruchov, Yaakov David | 1468 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38N | +31B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2409 | +26.8 |
| 7 | Cherikovsky, Yuri | 1928 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =12N | +27B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 2097 | +8.6 |
| 8 | Roicman, Alex | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30N | =13B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1674 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Halabi, Bahaa | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26N | +30B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1620 | +3.2 |
| 10 | Abedelhady, Riad | 1462 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +17N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1617 | +15.6 |
| 11 | Flesler, Adrian | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1757 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sorin, Boris | 1906 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7B | =29N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1878 | -2.0 |
| 13 | Benzger, Alex | 1674 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25B | =8N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1618 | -3.2 |
| 14 | Moshenberg, David | 1872 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +40B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1673 | -9.2 |
| 15 | Vorobyev, Vladimir | 1796 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | +34B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1804 | -0.2 |
| 16 | Abed, Daneel | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | +37N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 827 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Khir, Jamal | 1604 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | −10B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1638 | +8.4 |
| 18 | Carmon, Hod | 1796 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21N | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2233 | +4.0 |
| 19 | Luban, Tal | 1716 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2466 | +16.8 |
| 20 | Qais, Anan | 1715 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | =28B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1849 | +15.2 |
| 21 | Khir, Yoseph Wafi | 1408 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | +39N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 996 | -4.0 |
| 22 | Faran, Yair | 1640 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | −19N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 926 | -16.8 |
| 23 | Atallah, Samer | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | +26B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1695 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Smilovich, Eli | 1678 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2506 | +10.8 |
| 25 | Sigel, Leonid | 1618 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13N | −2B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1554 | -6.4 |
| 26 | Vednin, Sergey | 1620 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =9B | −23N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1563 | -1.6 |
| 27 | Pogoreltsev, Arsenii | 1891 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | −7N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1624 | -27.6 |
| 28 | Abuelhijaa, Fadi | 1800 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | =20N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1433 | -19.2 |
| 29 | Livshits, Yigal | 1813 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | =12B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1914 | +4.8 |
| 30 | Jabaren, Adam | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | −9N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 763 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Tamir, Yanai | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Shawah, Omree | 1751 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 827 | -25.6 |
| 33 | Inchi, Erez | 1811 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 967 | -11.0 |
| 34 | Gordover, Sergey | 1719 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24B | −15N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 943 | -36.0 |
| 35 | Hallak, Roee | 1528 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 967 | -8.0 |
| 36 | Shehtman, Yair | 1678 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1101 | -9.2 |
| 37 | Khalaf, Nada | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −22N | −16B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Zurel, Maxim | 1609 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 683 | -13.4 |
| 39 | FIDE 2884771 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Khoury, Yousef | 1527 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1072 | -4.4 |
| 41 | Abbas, Hadi | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 954 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Likhobabenko, Shay | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 953 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 2886910 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Ahmd, Sare | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Baruchov, Yaakov DavidISR+26.82.0 pts · #11
- 2Fransis, VasimISR+25.62.0 pts · #6
- 3Luban, TalISR+16.81.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Gordover, SergeyISR-36.00.0 pts · #36
- 2Pogoreltsev, ArseniiISR-27.60.5 pts · #25
- 3Shawah, OmreeISR-25.60.0 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R8+196 Elo gap
- R9+154 Elo gap
- R9+142 Elo gap