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Spring Chess Competition B

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1626, and top seed was Avner Levy (🇮🇱 ISR, 1685).

Yair Mintz (🇮🇱 ISR, 1453) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Shelly Moscovitch (4.5) and Rey Goralskiy (4.5). Mintz broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Tamir Bleicher (1172) beat Shahd Qasem (1437), a +265-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
06 Jul 2025 → 12 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Avner Levy1685
Avg top 10
1,626
Participants
31
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×30
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Yair Mintz led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
12
5
3
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Mintz5Galant4.5Pinchev4.5Moscovitch4.5Ben Aharon4.5Goralskiy4.5
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Yair Mintz held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yair Mintz drew with Chaim Galant (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yair Mintz 4 wins (R1–R4)Chaim Galant 3 wins (R3–R5)Nil Pinchev 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yair Mintz*
½
—
1
2Chaim Galant
½
*——
3Nil Pinchev——*—
4Shelly Moscovitch
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mintz, Yair1453ISR+24N+4B+2B+7N=3N=6B5.022.024.019.501837+51.6
2Moscovitch, Shelly1544ISR+22N+14B−1N+9B=8N+15B4.519.021.014.001743+27.6
3Goralskiy, Rey1641ISR+12N+10B+21B+11N=1B−4N4.519.021.014.001770+44.4
4Ben Aharon, Eitan1517ISR+25B−1N+12B=10N+23B+3B4.518.020.013.251779+50.4
5Pinchev, Nil0ISR=7B+19N−10B+27N+18B+21N4.514.516.010.5016310.0
6Galant, Chaim1540ISR+29B−21N+28B+13N+11B=1N4.514.015.010.501727+28.8
7Levy, Avner1685ISR=5N+15B=8N−1B+16N+17B4.019.522.513.251636+0.8
8Lubish, Mordechai1632ISR=19B+28N=7B=18N=2B+11N4.016.517.510.751646-3.8
9Bacall, Udi1672ISR+23B+18N−11B−2N+21B+10N4.015.517.510.001764+12.4
10Hochshtad, Shachar1623ISR+13B−3N+5N=4B+20N−9B3.520.523.012.251513-17.0
11Botvinnik, Roman1539ISR+26N+20B+9N−3B−6N−8B3.019.521.58.501427-15.8
12Hazan, Hodael0ISR−3B+29N−4N=16B=22N+24B3.016.017.05.5014700.0
13Goldshtein, Moritz1511ISR−10N+22B=16N−6B=24N+27B3.015.016.56.001436-6.2
14Yaron yuster, Amit1440ISR+17N−2N−18B+29B−15N+22B3.015.016.06.001638+22.2
15Gross, Orin0ISR=27B−7N=26B+28N+14B−2N3.015.016.05.7514570.0
16Geva Brodt, Yoav0ISR−18B+31N=13B=12N−7B+25N3.014.514.55.0015580.0
17Shtern, Shmuel1634ISR−14B+27N+23B−21N+19B−7N3.013.515.06.001522-11.8
18Oring, Amit1569ISR+16N−9B+14N=8B−5NF2.518.521.08.001612+5.0
19Steinberg, Ido1480ISR=8N−5B+30N−20B−17N+28B2.515.016.04.001596+20.4
20Rapaport, Itai0ISR+31B−11N=25B+19N−10BF2.513.513.53.5015610.0
21Hafizov, Sami1625ISRF+6B−3N+17B−9N−5B2.020.520.57.501603-4.4
22Weisserman, Miroslav1601ISR−2B−13N+31B=25N=12B−14N2.015.515.52.501396-29.6
23Feigin, Benjamin1400KOR−9N+30B−17N+26B−4NF2.014.515.53.001405-72.4
24Qasem, Shahd1437ISR−1B=25N−27B+31N=13B−12N2.014.514.52.5015590.0
25Roytman, Moshe1505ISR−4N=24B=20N=22B=26N−16B2.014.016.04.251357-7.6
26Levi, Omri0ISR−11BF=15N−23N=25B+30N2.011.011.03.5014990.0
27Bleicher, Tamir1172ISR=15N−17B+24N−5BF−13N1.515.515.53.507610.0
28Ben Aharon, Ariel0ISR+30N−8B−6N−15B−29N−19N1.015.016.01.0012970.0
29Margulis, Michael1437ISR−6N−12BF−14N+28BF1.013.513.51.00694-43.6
30Sherman, Uri1483ISR−28B−23N−19BF+31N−26B1.07.57.50.001479-4.8
31Erez, Mordechai1576ISR−20N−16B−22N−24B−30B—0.09.510.50.00706-24.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets