Women League Elite 2025

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73 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 31 May 2025 in Netanya, Israel. 28 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2317, and top seed was Yuliia Osmak (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2471).

Viktoria Chernyak (🇮🇱 ISR, WGM, 2138) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Inna Gaponenko (5.0) and Yuliia Osmak (5.0). Chernyak won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Nadejda Reprun (WFM, 1950) beat Ella Pitam (WGM, 2174), a +224-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Netanya, Israel

Dates

29 May 2025 → 31 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦IMYuliia Osmak2471

Avg top 10

2,317

Participants

Titled players · 28

IM×7

FM×1

WGM×5

WIM×4

WFM×9

WCM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇱Israel×64

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇷🇺Russia×2

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
WGMViktoria Chernyak
🇮🇱ISR·2138
5.0pts·2307perf+24.2
🥈
IMInna Gaponenko
🇺🇦UKR·2318
5.0pts·2378perf+6.4
🥉
IMYuliia Osmak
🇺🇦UKR·2471
5.0pts·2494perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Gaponenko5Osmak5Chernyak5Efroimski—Borsuk4.5Vovinkina4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Chernyak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Inna Gaponenko 3 wins (R4–R6)WGM Viktoria Chernyak 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chernyak, ViktoriaWGM	2138	ISR	+51N	+33B	+6N	=26B	=5N	+25B	5.0	17.0	18.5	14.75	2307	+24.2
2	Gaponenko, InnaIM	2318	UKR	=11N	+37B	=19B	+28N	+38B	+49N	5.0	14.5	16.0	12.25	2378	+6.4
3	Osmak, YuliiaIM	2471	UKR	+73B	+60N	=11N	=24B	+4B	+29N	5.0	14.5	14.5	11.00	2494	+2.4
4	Belenkaya, DinaWGM	2240	ISR	+28N	+29B	+24N	+11B	−3N	=19B	4.5	18.5	21.0	14.25	2467	+35.6
5	Borsuk, AngelaIM	2105	ISR	+54B	+72N	=18N	=6B	=1B	+33N	4.5	16.5	16.5	10.00	2181	+13.8
6	Vovinkina, NataliaWFM	2148	ISR	+72N	+34B	−1B	=5N	+64N	+26B	4.5	14.5	14.5	7.25	2164	+6.4
7	Efroimski, MarselIM	2372	ISR	+45N	+25B	+16N	+27B	=12N	—	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2543	+8.0
8	Gara, TiciaWGM	0	ISR	+40N	+17B	=12B	+41N	=51N	=35B	4.5	13.5	15.0	11.25	2240	-11.6
9	Levi, Shoval	1722	ISR	+52N	=30N	+43N	+63N	−10N	+46B	4.5	12.5	12.5	6.75	1903	+24.0
10	Baruch, Amit	1694	ISR	F	=61B	+65B	+64N	+9B	+70N	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.75	1997	+52.8
11	Badelka, OlgaIM	2426	AUT	=2B	+50N	=3B	−4N	+29B	+24N	4.0	20.0	21.5	12.00	2371	-3.0
12	Klinova, MashaIM	2231	ISR	+57N	+27B	=8N	=50B	=7B	=16N	4.0	17.0	18.0	11.00	2291	+6.3
13	Simchayev, Alexandra	1819	ISR	+63N	=20B	+44N	=31B	−26B	+30N	4.0	13.5	13.5	7.50	1976	+19.8
14	Kochavi, DanaFM	2226	ISR	+67B	=24N	−29N	+49B	=55B	+37N	4.0	10.5	10.5	5.75	2146	-8.0
15	Mamantov, MargaritaWFM	1931	ISR	−18N	+35N	−25B	+66B	+63B	+69N	4.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	2043	+15.2
16	Gutmakher, OlgaWIM	2211	ISR	=49N	+36B	−7B	+17N	=27N	=12B	3.5	17.0	18.5	9.75	2198	+0.8
17	Levitan, RonitWFM	2119	ISR	+36B	−8N	=27N	−16B	+39B	+18N	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.00	2128	+6.6
18	Lahav, MichalWIM	2147	ISR	+15B	+31N	=5B	F	+33B	−17B	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.75	2125	-1.2
19	Bivol, AlinaIM	2358	SRB	+37N	F	=2N	=29B	+49N	=4N	3.5	15.5	15.5	9.50	2310	-1.5
20	Kluchik, Julia	1941	ISR	=43B	=13N	=52B	+47N	=30B	=31N	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.25	1924	-2.0
21	Vardi, Shlomit	1819	ISR	+23B	=26N	+42B	F	+22B	—	3.5	12.0	12.0	10.50	2215	+34.8
22	Ovechkin, Lilia	1819	ISR	=30B	=53B	+64N	=34N	−21N	+42N	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.00	1847	+5.4
23	Khairova, Evelina	1856	ISR	−21N	−42N	+63N	+39B	+36N	=34B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.00	1729	-32.0
24	Orian, NogaWIM	2166	ISR	+60N	=14B	−4B	=3N	+40N	−11B	3.0	19.5	20.0	7.00	2198	+11.6
25	Federovski, Adi	2000	ISR	+35B	−7N	+15N	+33B	−41B	−1N	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.00	2009	-0.6
26	Tashkinova, SofiiaWFM	2180	ISR	+71N	=21B	F	=1N	+13N	−6N	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.25	2013	-32.8
27	Karavaeva, OlgaWIM	2271	RUS	+66B	−12N	=17B	−7N	=16B	+50N	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	2130	-19.4
28	Len, IrinaWFM	1970	ISR	−4B	+49N	+36N	−2B	F	+38N	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	2093	+15.4
29	Doluhanova, EvgeniyaWGM	2252	UKR	+38B	−4N	+14B	=19N	−11N	−3B	2.5	21.0	23.0	7.75	2205	-6.6
30	Feldman, Laora	1790	ISR	=22N	=9B	−47B	+68N	=20N	−13B	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.75	1797	-0.4
31	Ingel, Mica Bar	1893	ISR	=62N	−18B	F	=13N	+69N	=20B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.00	1926	+8.0
32	Mdivani, Maka	1874	ISR	F	=56B	F	+71N	F	+65B	2.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1816	-2.4
33	Brusilovski, Lena	1831	ISR	+58B	−1N	+34B	−25N	−18N	−5B	2.0	18.0	19.0	3.00	1815	-3.0
34	Shaul Seidner, Liad	1884	ISR	=39B	−6N	−33N	=22B	=43B	=23N	2.0	15.5	17.5	5.50	1726	-25.0
35	Moscovitch, Michal	1884	ISR	−25N	−15B	+38N	=40N	F	=8N	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.25	1942	+10.4
36	Zach, Asif	1707	ISR	−17N	−16N	−28B	+58B	−23B	+64N	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	1707	-3.2
37	Lapushnian, Maya	1784	ISR	−19B	−2N	F	+67B	+60N	−14B	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.50	1949	+29.6
38	Daniel, Hadar	1799	ISR	−29N	+67N	−35B	+60B	−2N	−28B	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.50	1842	+5.2
39	Potikha, Shelley	1584	ISR	=34N	+58B	=54N	−23N	−17N	−48N	2.0	12.5	13.5	2.75	1627	+7.6
40	Potikha, Liza	2057	ISR	−8B	+57N	−41B	=35B	−24B	=60B	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.25	1834	-34.0
41	Qasem, Huda	1897	ISR	F	F	+40N	−8B	+25N	−45N	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	2132	+22.0
42	Badaan, Rima	1661	ISR	F	+23B	−21N	F	+65N	−22B	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1706	+6.8
43	Tadmor, Maya	1874	ISR	=20N	F	−9B	F	=34N	+63N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.75	1724	-12.0
44	Gavriel, Inbal	1715	ISR	+46N	−52B	−13B	F	+53N	—	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1780	+13.6
45	Pitam, EllaWGM	2174	ISR	−7B	F	−50N	F	+57N	+41B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1998	-15.4
46	Sadka Darrell, Daria	1644	ISR	−44B	+65N	F	F	+68N	−9N	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1610	-2.4
47	Katkov, MichelleWFM	2056	ISR	F	F	+30N	−20B	F	+68B	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1958	-6.4
48	Bejashvili, Irma	1725	ISR	F	F	F	F	+62N	+39B	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2485	+18.0
49	Gadasi, NoamWCM	2039	ISR	=16B	−28B	+67B	−14N	−19B	−2B	1.5	19.0	19.0	1.75	1961	-27.2
50	Reprun, NadejdaWFM	1950	ISR	F	−11B	+45B	=12N	F	−27B	1.5	13.0	13.0	4.00	2170	+18.2
51	Lian, Marina	1938	ISR	−1B	F	F	+61B	=8B	−57B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1876	-8.6
52	Levitan, Julia	1768	ISR	−9B	+44N	=20N	—	—	—	1.5	8.0	10.0	3.75	1793	+2.0
53	Haitovich, Avital	1890	ISR	F	=22N	+59N	F	−44B	—	1.5	6.5	6.5	2.75	1574	-16.6
54	Ostrowsky, Alexandra	1895	ISR	−5N	+66N	=39B	—	—	—	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1860	-3.6
55	Monina, Polina	2000	RUS	F	F	+60B	F	=14N	—	1.5	4.5	4.5	2.50	2161	+9.0
56	Eden, Dana	1666	ISR	F	=32N	F	+70B	—	—	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1923	+26.4
57	Volkov, Olga	1736	ISR	−12B	−40B	F	F	−45B	+51N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1874	+9.4
58	Goldenberg, Inna	0	ISR	−33N	−39N	+62N	−36N	—	—	1.0	6.0	6.5	0.50	1534	0.0
59	FIDE 2882000	0	—	F	F	−53B	+65B	—	—	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1090	0.0
60	Levin, Emily	1710	ISR	−24B	−3B	−55N	−38N	−37B	=40N	0.5	14.0	15.5	1.00	1576	-14.2
61	Jalfon, Liora	1641	ISR	F	=10N	F	−51N	—	—	0.5	6.0	6.0	2.25	1623	-3.2
62	Dotan, ValeriaWFM	1795	ISR	=31B	F	−58B	F	−48B	—	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.25	1616	-9.4
63	Shabrin, Irina	0	ISR	−13B	F	−23B	−9B	−15N	−43B	0.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	1040	0.0
64	Gavish, Maya	1694	ISR	F	F	−22B	−10B	−6B	−36B	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	1029	-55.6
65	FIDE 2881950	0	—	F	−46B	−10N	−59N	−42B	−32N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	918	0.0
66	Yakovleva, Tatiana	1899	ISR	−27N	−54B	F	−15N	—	—	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1232	-21.4
67	Eshkol, Lilian	1841	ISR	−14N	−38B	−49N	−37N	—	—	0.0	8.0	9.5	0.00	1162	-58.8
68	Levitan, LielWCM	1769	ISR	F	F	F	−30B	−46B	−47N	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1030	-52.0
69	Sadevich, Rachel	1927	ISR	F	F	F	F	−31B	−15B	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1112	-20.8
70	Sobel, Michal	1584	ISR	F	F	F	−56N	F	−10B	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	880	-29.6
71	Bloch, Yarden	1579	ISR	−26B	F	F	−32B	—	—	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1127	-9.2
72	Munte, Noa	1769	ISR	−6B	−5B	—	—	—	—	0.0	4.5	9.0	0.00	1327	-4.2
73	Botvinnik, IrinaWFM	2172	ISR	−3N	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.00	1671	-3.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Baruch, AmitISR
+52.8
4.5 pts · #19
2Belenkaya, DinaWGMISR
+35.6
4.5 pts · #7
3Vardi, ShlomitISR
+34.8
3.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Eshkol, LilianISR
-58.8
0.0 pts · #65
2Gavish, MayaISR
-55.6
0.0 pts · #68
3Levitan, LielWCMISR
-52.0
0.0 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R3+224 Elo gap
WFMReprun, Nadejda1950 beat WGMPitam, Ella2174
R6+202 Elo gap
Volkov, Olga1736 beat Lian, Marina1938
R2+195 Elo gap
Badaan, Rima1661 beat Khairova, Evelina1856