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
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×14
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsYahel Katz led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yahel Katz | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Yarden Cohen | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Moshe Vardi | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Doron Freiberg | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katz, Yahel | 1463 | ISR | +10N | +3B | +5N | =2B | +8N | +9B | +4B | 6.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 26.00 | 1943 | +82.8 |
| 2 | Cohen, Yarden | 1478 | ISR | +15B | =8B | +6N | =1N | +7B | =4N | =5N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 18.25 | 1711 | +44.8 |
| 3 | Vardi, Moshe | 1257 | ISR | +7B | −1N | +10B | +12N | +5B | +8B | −6B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 17.00 | 1639 | +28.0 |
| 4 | Freiberg, Doron | 1483 | ISR | +12B | −6N | +16B | +7N | +14B | =2B | −1N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1591 | +17.4 |
| 5 | Bleicher, Noam | 1409 | ISR | +11B | +14N | −1B | +9B | −3N | =6B | =2B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 13.00 | 1586 | -6.8 |
| 6 | Uralevich, Itay | 1577 | ISR | +13N | +4B | −2B | −8N | =12B | =5N | +3N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 15.25 | 1563 | +1.4 |
| 7 | Dromi, Daniel | 1441 | ISR | −3N | +11B | +13N | −4B | −2N | +14N | +8B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 11.00 | 1534 | +4.0 |
| 8 | Sompolinsky, Yoni | 1665 | ISR | +16B | =2N | +9N | +6B | −1B | −3N | −7N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 10.00 | 1482 | -76.8 |
| 9 | Kehat, Sinai | 1553 | ISR | +14B | +15N | −8B | −5N | +10B | −1N | =11N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 1643 | +12.2 |
| 10 | Felman, Chaim | 1575 | ISR | −1B | +16N | −3N | +13B | −9N | +12B | F | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.00 | 750 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Emergui, Barak Rey | 0 | ISR | −5N | −7N | =12B | −14N | +16B | +15N | =9B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bleicher, Tamir | 1172 | ISR | −4N | =13B | =11N | −3B | =6N | −10N | +16B | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.75 | 1181 | -38.4 |
| 13 | Zelekman, Arkady | 1426 | ISR | −6B | =12N | −7B | −10N | +15B | +16N | −14B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Feigin, Benjamin | 1672 | KOR | −9N | −5B | F | +11B | −4N | −7B | +13N | 2.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 690 | -100.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 2888122 | 0 | — | −2N | −9B | F | +16N | −13N | −11B | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Goldberg, Hadar | 0 | ISR | −8N | −10B | −4N | −15B | −11N | −13B | −12N | 0.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Katz, YahelISR+82.86.5 pts · #1
- 2Cohen, YardenISR+44.85.0 pts · #2
- 3Vardi, MosheISR+28.05.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Feigin, BenjaminKOR-100.82.0 pts · #13
- 2Sompolinsky, YoniISR-76.83.5 pts · #6
- 3Bleicher, TamirISR-38.42.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R6+408 Elo gap
- R3+318 Elo gap
- R2+263 Elo gap