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Israel 1 16 Final 25 26 Herzliya

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 19 Jun 2025 in Herziliya, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1417, and top seed was Maxim Rotshtein (🇮🇱 ISR, 1735).

Eitan Wolf (🇮🇱 ISR, 1498) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Eitan Ben Aharon (6.0) and Arnon Avron (5.5). Wolf shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Yahel Katz (1463) beat Maxim Rotshtein (1735), a +272-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Herziliya, Israel
Dates
29 May 2025 → 19 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Maxim Rotshtein1735
Avg top 10
1,417
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
7
3
3
2
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ben Aharon6Wolf6Avron5.5Dahan5Gokhfeld5Katz4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Wolf takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eitan Ben Aharon drew with Eitan Wolf (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Eitan Ben Aharon 3 wins (R1–R3)Arnon Avron 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eitan Ben Aharon*
½
½
—
2Eitan Wolf
½
*
1
—
3Arnon Avron
½
0
*
1
4Ilay Dahan——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wolf, Eitan1498ISR+22N+13B=6N+9B+3N=2N+7B6.028.029.524.251789+41.2
2Ben Aharon, Eitan1567ISR+20N+14B+8N=3B+9N=1B+5N6.027.529.523.751817+48.4
3Avron, Arnon1538ISR+17B+18N+4B=2N−1B+8N+6B5.528.030.021.001703+21.6
4Dahan, Ilay0ISR=7N+?B−3N=11B+14N+10B+8B5.025.025.015.251565+7.6
5Gokhfeld, Noam1477ISR+24N−8B+15N+14B+11N+21N−2B5.022.023.013.00824-26.0
6Katz, Yahel1463ISR+23B+21N=1B−8N+13N+9B−3N4.525.026.514.001511-18.8
7FIDE 28878860—=4B−16N+20B+?N+18B+13B−1N4.521.521.510.0015480.0
8Levy, Avner1723ISR+11B+5N−2B+6B+10N−3B−4N4.030.034.017.501552-8.2
9Rotshtein, Maxim1735ISR+10B+12N+16B−1N−2B−6N+19B4.027.529.513.00801-35.8
10FIDE 28851070—−9N+?B+19N+12B−8B−4N+16B4.022.022.09.008500.0
11Kodner, Tom0ISR−8N+24B=?B=4N−5B+23N+14N4.019.519.58.0012680.0
12FIDE 28780460—+?N−9B+17N−10N+?B−?B+15N4.013.513.55.507870.0
13Barzilai, Moshe1659ISR+19B−1N+18B+16N−6B−7N=?B3.522.022.07.001290-22.0
14Burshtein, Yair0ISR+15B−2N+21B−5N−4B+19N−11B3.025.027.07.007560.0
15FIDE 28536710—−14N+22B−5B−?N+20B+18N−12B3.017.517.55.506930.0
16FIDE 28780030—+?N+7B−9N−13B−?N+24B−10N3.017.017.05.507870.0
17FIDE 28780700—−3N+20B−12B−19N−?B=22N+23B2.516.516.54.257010.0
18Harazi, Nathan0ISRF−3B−13N+21B−7N−15B+24N2.019.519.53.007010.0
19Kodner, Yoav0ISR−13NF−10B+17B+23N−14B−9N2.018.518.54.008710.0
20Gat, Matan1506ISR−2B−17N−7N+22B−15NF+?B2.017.517.51.508190.0
21FIDE 28388930—+?B−6B−14N−18NF−5B+?N2.014.514.50.0014050.0
22FIDE 28878780—−1B−15N+?B−20N−24N=17B—1.514.514.51.257920.0
23FIDE 28780540—−6N−?N+24B=?N−19B−11B−17N1.514.014.01.007480.0
24FIDE 28774810—−5B−11N−23NF+22B−16N−18B1.017.017.01.506930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets