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Summer Cup 2025. Kiryat Bialik

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 10 Jul 2025 in Kiryat Bialik, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1955, and top seed was Semion Leibovich (🇮🇱 ISR, 2077).

Dmitry Shcipko (🇮🇱 ISR, 1816) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Semion Leibovich (5.5) and Boris fainberg (5.0). Shcipko shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dmitry Shcipko (1816) beat David Gershkowich (FM, 2071), a +255-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Bialik, Israel
Dates
29 May 2025 → 10 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Semion Leibovich2077
Avg top 10
1,955
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
3
3
1
2
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Leibovich5.5Shcipko5.5fainberg5Tamarin4.5Sabag4.5Ushenkin4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Semion Leibovich held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Shcipko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Semion Leibovich drew with Dmitry Shcipko (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Semion Leibovich*
½
½
½
2Dmitry Shcipko
½
*
1
1
3Boris fainberg
½
0
*
1
4Yefim Tamarin
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shcipko, Dmitry1816ISR+12B+3N−5B+4N+6B=2B+7N5.527.029.021.752207+137.6
2Leibovich, Semion2077ISR+8B+7N=4B+5N=3B=1N+14N5.526.528.020.502165+13.8
3fainberg, Boris2062ISR+6N−1B+16N+9B=2N=8B+4N5.026.027.017.002027-3.4
4Tamarin, Yefim1962ISR+9B+13N=2N−1B+7B+5N−3B4.527.028.515.252017+11.6
5Sabag, Matan1970ISR=10B+12N+1N−2B+9N−4B+8N4.525.027.015.502011+18.4
6Ushenkin, Aleksandr1803ISR−3B+8N+13B+15B−1N−7N+10B4.022.023.59.501920+22.2
7Livshits, Igor1896ISR+11N−2B=15N+16B−4N+6B−1B3.523.524.58.251849-9.0
8Margovsky, Naum1896ISR−2N−6B+12N+13B+14B=3N−5B3.522.524.07.501969+13.4
9Paskal, Ohad1729ISR−4N+11B+14N−3N−5B=15N=13B3.019.521.05.501847+19.2
10Gurtovoy, Boris1810ISR=5N−16B=11N−12B+13N+14B−6N3.016.017.06.501832+2.6
11Filiarsky, Yonatan1733ISR−7B−9N=10B−14NF+13B+15N2.514.014.04.501775+11.6
12Gershkowich, DavidFM2071ISR−1N−5B−8B+10N+15B——2.016.518.04.501777-37.4
13Donchik, Alexander1855ISR+14B−4B−6N−8N−10B−11N=9N1.520.522.03.001610-42.8
14Akman, Adi1946ISR−13N=15N−9B+11B−8N−10N−2B1.519.020.53.251606-59.8
15Serhan, Moneb1753ISRF=14B=7B−6N−12N=9B−11B1.516.517.54.001670-27.2
16Daniel, Hadar1799ISRF+10N−3B−7N———1.011.513.03.001798-1.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets