Jerusalem Championship 2025

Open SwissStandard

36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 May 2025 to 30 Jun 2025 in Jerusalem, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1980, and top seed was Boris Bialik (🇮🇱 ISR, 2193).

Alon Cohen (🇮🇱 ISR, 2042) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Itay Tsafrir (7.5) and Yahel David Kirsch (6.5). Cohen shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Stas Rozenblit (1734) beat Boris Bialik (2193), a +459-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Jerusalem, Israel

Dates

12 May 2025 → 30 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱Boris Bialik2193

Avg top 10

1,980

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇮🇱Israel×31

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Alon Cohen
🇮🇱ISR·2042
7.5pts·2165perf+26.0
🥈
Itay Tsafrir
🇮🇱ISR·1944
7.5pts·2175perf+101.2
🥉
Yahel David Kirsch
🇮🇱ISR·2094
6.5pts·2085perf+4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Tsafrir7.5Cohen7.5Kirsch6.5Sapozhnikov6Hochman6Lubin6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 Jun

Yosef Lubin takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Cohen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Itay Tsafrir beat Alon Cohen (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Itay Tsafrir	*	1	1	1
2Alon Cohen	0	*	1	—
3Yahel David Kirsch	0	0	*	½
4Alexandr Sapozhnikov	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cohen, Alon	2042	ISR	+24B	+14N	=5B	−2N	+19B	+3N	+10B	+4N	+8B	7.5	43.5	46.5	36.00	2165	+26.0
2	Tsafrir, Itay	1944	ISR	+28N	+21B	+22N	+1B	+3N	−4B	=5N	+11B	+6N	7.5	43.5	45.5	36.50	2175	+101.2
3	Kirsch, Yahel David	2094	ISR	+20B	+19N	=6B	+16N	−2B	−1B	+12N	+9N	+4B	6.5	44.5	48.5	30.50	2085	+4.8
4	Lubin, Yosef	2017	ISR	−13N	+17B	+25B	+31B	+6N	+2N	+7B	−1B	−3N	6.0	44.5	45.5	27.50	1965	-6.4
5	Hochman, Gur	1938	ISR	+32N	+18B	=1N	=6B	+13N	=10B	=2B	−7N	+14N	6.0	43.5	44.5	25.75	1969	+16.8
6	Sapozhnikov, Alexandr	1874	ISR	+15N	+23B	=3N	=5N	−4B	+24B	+8N	+10N	−2B	6.0	43.0	46.0	26.25	2002	+30.4
7	Weinreb, Boaz	1880	ISR	+17N	=8B	+31N	=13B	+15N	+12B	−4N	+5B	—	6.0	33.5	34.5	24.00	1991	+47.2
8	Yehoshua, Azgad	1775	ISR	+9B	=7N	−16B	=14N	+18B	+20N	−6B	+27N	−1N	5.0	40.5	42.5	20.00	1898	+26.8
9	Bialik, Boris	2193	ISR	−8N	+32B	−13N	+25B	+27N	−11B	+15N	−3B	+24N	5.0	32.0	33.0	13.00	1869	-120.0
10	Kuritz, Zvi	1898	ISR	−11B	+34N	+24B	+18N	+21B	=5N	−1N	−6B	F	4.5	37.5	38.0	14.00	1856	-7.8
11	Afriat, Frank	1758	ISR	+10N	−22B	−12N	+17B	F	+9N	+21B	−2N	=18B	4.5	36.5	37.5	19.00	1915	+64.4
12	Levin, Natan	1886	ISR	−25B	+30N	+11B	=19N	+16B	−7N	−3B	F	+21N	4.5	35.0	36.5	15.50	1828	-10.6
13	Rozenblit, Stas	1734	ISR	+4B	=16N	+9B	=7N	−5B	−19N	−18B	F	+27N	4.0	38.0	40.0	18.00	1878	+27.6
14	Freiman, Mark	1816	ISR	+33N	−1B	−15N	=8B	+23N	+16N	=19B	F	−5B	4.0	37.0	38.0	13.00	1784	-7.0
15	Shaubi, Eli	1714	ISR	−6B	+29N	+14B	+23N	−7B	−21N	−9B	−16N	+28B	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.50	1758	+11.2
16	Mertz, Binyamin	1839	ISR	+30N	=13B	+8N	−3B	−12N	−14B	−17N	+15B	=34N	4.0	33.5	34.0	12.75	1695	-27.6
17	Cherem, Yoseph	1564	ISR	−7B	−4N	+36B	−11N	+28B	=22N	+16B	−20N	=23B	4.0	33.5	33.5	9.50	1712	+49.6
18	Gofshtein, Semion	1789	ISR	+36B	−5N	+27B	−10B	−8N	F	+13N	=21B	=11N	4.0	32.5	32.5	10.00	1746	-8.6
19	Weber, Ziv	1782	ISR	+35N	−3B	+28N	=12B	−1N	+13B	=14N	F	—	4.0	31.5	32.0	10.75	1871	+24.8
20	Oliel, Yehonatan	1643	ISR	−3N	+35B	−21N	+29B	+30N	−8B	−24N	+17B	F	4.0	29.0	29.5	8.00	1554	-12.2
21	Volkov, Gennadii	1831	ISR	F	−2N	+20B	+22B	−10N	+15B	−11N	=18N	−12B	3.5	36.5	38.5	13.50	1775	-25.2
22	Travinsky, Mark	1909	ISR	+27B	+11N	−2B	−21N	F	=17B	+29N	F	F	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.50	1747	-19.6
23	Waxman, Mark	1751	ISR	+26N	−6N	F	−15B	−14B	−25N	+32B	+33B	=17N	3.5	26.0	26.0	7.00	1506	-38.2
24	Yekutiel, Alon	1761	ISR	−1N	+33B	−10N	+34B	F	−6N	+20B	F	−9B	3.0	35.5	36.0	5.50	1684	-22.8
25	Lerenbuch, Zeev	1613	ISR	+12N	−31B	−4N	−9N	F	+23B	+30B	F	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	9.50	1813	+42.4
26	FIDE 2887762	0	—	−23B	−27N	−29B	+36N	+35N	F	+34B	F	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	1.00	896	0.0
27	Lukovski, Lev	1641	GER	−22N	+26B	−18N	F	−9B	+34N	F	−8B	−13B	2.0	27.5	28.0	3.50	1049	-24.8
28	Gokhvat, Yoseph	1651	ISR	−2B	+36N	−19B	F	−17N	F	+35B	F	−15N	2.0	25.5	25.5	0.50	951	-30.0
29	Halevy, Michael	0	ISR	F	−15B	+26N	−20N	+33B	F	−22B	F	F	2.0	22.0	22.5	4.00	955	0.0
30	FIDE 2887754	0	—	−16B	−12B	=35N	+33N	−20B	F	−25N	F	F	1.5	22.5	23.0	1.25	945	0.0
31	Dybinsky, Alexander	1761	ISR	F	+25N	−7B	−4N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	26.0	26.0	3.00	1712	-9.2
32	Volfer, Eliahu	1615	ISR	−5B	−9N	F	+35B	F	F	−23N	F	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	1102	-10.6
33	Shmigelsky, Michael	0	ISR	−14B	−24N	F	−30B	−29N	F	+36B	−23N	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	976	0.0
34	Grinman, Tal Eliah	0	ISR	F	−10B	F	−24N	F	−27B	−26N	F	=16B	0.5	19.5	19.5	2.00	1463	0.0
35	FIDE 2887770	0	—	−19B	−20N	=30B	−32N	−26B	F	−28N	F	F	0.5	18.5	18.5	0.75	873	0.0
36	FIDE 2870762	0	—	−18N	−28B	−17N	−26B	F	F	−33N	F	F	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	867	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tsafrir, ItayISR
+101.2
7.5 pts · #1
2Afriat, FrankISR
+64.4
4.5 pts · #10
3Cherem, YosephISR
+49.6
4.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Bialik, BorisISR
-120.0
5.0 pts · #9
2Waxman, MarkISR
-38.2
3.5 pts · #23
3Gokhvat, YosephISR
-30.0
2.0 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R3+459 Elo gap
Rozenblit, Stas1734 beat Bialik, Boris2193
R6+435 Elo gap
Afriat, Frank1758 beat Bialik, Boris2193
R1+418 Elo gap
Yehoshua, Azgad1775 beat Bialik, Boris2193