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Israel Championship Preliminaries 1 16 finals in the Green Village 2025

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 May 2025 to 24 Jul 2025 in Green Village, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1533, and top seed was Benjamin Feigin (🇰🇷 KOR, 1672).

Yahel Katz (🇮🇱 ISR, 1463) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yarden Cohen (5.0) and Moshe Vardi (5.0). Katz won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Moshe Vardi (1257) beat Yoni Sompolinsky (1665), a +408-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Green Village, Israel
Dates
15 May 2025 → 24 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇷Benjamin Feigin1672
Avg top 10
1,533
Participants
16
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×14
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Yahel Katz led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Yahel Katz never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yahel Katz drew with Yarden Cohen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yahel Katz 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Moshe Vardi 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yahel Katz*
½
1
1
2Yarden Cohen
½
*
½
3Moshe Vardi
0
*
4Doron Freiberg
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Katz, Yahel1463ISR+10N+3B+5N=2B+8N+9B+4B6.525.528.526.001943+82.8
2Cohen, Yarden1478ISR+15B=8B+6N=1N+7B=4N=5N5.026.527.518.251711+44.8
3Vardi, Moshe1257ISR+7B1N+10B+12N+5B+8B6B5.025.027.517.001639+28.0
4Freiberg, Doron1483ISR+12B6N+16B+7N+14B=2B1N4.524.024.011.001591+17.4
5Bleicher, Noam1409ISR+11B+14N1B+9B3N=6B=2B4.027.029.013.001586-6.8
6Uralevich, Itay1577ISR+13N+4B2B8N=12B=5N+3N4.024.527.015.251563+1.4
7Dromi, Daniel1441ISR3N+11B+13N4B2N+14N+8B4.023.525.511.001534+4.0
8Sompolinsky, Yoni1665ISR+16B=2N+9N+6B1B3N7N3.528.028.010.001482-76.8
9Kehat, Sinai1553ISR+14B+15N8B5N+10B1N=11N3.522.023.07.501643+12.2
10Felman, Chaim1575ISR1B+16N3N+13B9N+12BF3.021.021.05.00750-24.0
11Emergui, Barak Rey0ISR5N7N=12B14N+16B+15N=9B3.017.017.04.0013250.0
12Bleicher, Tamir1172ISR4N=13B=11N3B=6N10N+16B2.522.022.04.751181-38.4
13Zelekman, Arkady1426ISR6B=12N7B10N+15B+16N14B2.516.516.52.257740.0
14Feigin, Benjamin1672KOR9N5BF+11B4N7B+13N2.021.522.55.50690-100.8
15FIDE 288812202N9BF+16N13N11BF1.019.019.00.007330.0
16Goldberg, Hadar0ISR8N10B4N15B11N13B12N0.019.020.00.007510.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets