Bet Merkaz Hol 8-9
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 29 May 2025 in israel, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1842, and top seed was Elia Birka (🇮🇱 ISR, 2139).
Guy Las (🇮🇱 ISR, 1970) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Miron Ofir (1.0) and Yehoshua Rubin (1.0). Las broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Igor Cherner (1551) beat Avi Barel (1754), a +203-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱israel, Israel
Dates
29 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
1,842
Participants
36
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×33
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsGuy Las led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 55 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Co-leaders
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
11
1
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD
Guy Las never relinquished the lead after R9; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las, Guy | 1970 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | +2N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2542 | +4.2 |
| 2 | Ofir, Miron | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −1B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1858 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rubin, Yehoshua | 1711 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19N | −7N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1666 | -2.6 |
| 4 | Sompolinsky, Yoni | 1734 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | +21N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1668 | -5.6 |
| 5 | Barel, Avi | 1754 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | +20B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1581 | -18.0 |
| 6 | Dromi, Daniel | 1496 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2429 | +13.6 |
| 7 | Konovets, Andrey | 1744 | UKR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +3B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2512 | +18.4 |
| 8 | Shalev, Shaul | 1762 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +4B | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2522 | +18.0 |
| 9 | Cherner, Igor | 1551 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +5N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2554 | +14.8 |
| 10 | Rachamim, Doron | 1709 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2323 | +5.4 |
| 11 | Shoham, Yaron | 1834 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | =19N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1657 | -18.4 |
| 12 | Kehat, Sinai | 1532 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | −10B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1659 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Breuer, Yuval | 1625 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | +34N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 694 | -13.6 |
| 14 | FIDE 2884623 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lavie, Efi | 1798 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2402 | +5.0 |
| 16 | Nochimowski, Eran | 1710 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2494 | +17.2 |
| 17 | Segal, Guy | 1906 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2642 | +16.4 |
| 18 | Rodriguez, Aviad | 1697 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2536 | +10.4 |
| 19 | Pinhasov, Yonatan | 1556 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | =11B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1580 | -0.8 |
| 20 | Livshitz, Dvir | 1577 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | −5N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1475 | -12.4 |
| 21 | Divinsky, Eitan | 1583 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | −4B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1466 | -5.8 |
| 22 | Galmidi, Ram | 1719 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1834 | +6.0 |
| 23 | Polishuk, Alexander | 1901 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1844 | -3.6 |
| 24 | Ben-Ari, Hogel | 1854 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1911 | +1.8 |
| 25 | Rolnik, Elad | 1474 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1507 | +2.0 |
| 26 | Torres, Itamar | 1509 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1712 | +9.6 |
| 27 | Baruch, Dror | 1718 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1525 | -4.8 |
| 28 | Shvartz, Zohar | 1493 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25N | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1474 | -2.0 |
| 29 | Rafailov, Hilel | 1723 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1177 | -8.4 |
| 30 | Artemiev, Alex | 1602 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 998 | -10.0 |
| 31 | Cohen, Matan Shmuel | 1707 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 947 | -17.2 |
| 32 | Yahav, Menachem | 1848 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1106 | -8.2 |
| 33 | Rodovilski, Philip | 1789 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 925 | -20.8 |
| 34 | Shoval, David | 0 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Frank, Haggai | 1612 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 723 | -12.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 2880067 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Konovets, AndreyUKR+18.41.0 pts · #6
- 2Shalev, ShaulISR+18.01.0 pts · #12
- 3Nochimowski, EranISR+17.21.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Rodovilski, PhilipISR-20.80.0 pts · #33
- 2Shoham, YaronISR-18.41.0 pts · #1
- 3Barel, AviISR-18.01.0 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R8+203 Elo gap
- R8+129 Elo gap