Summer Chess Tournament 2025
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 30 Aug 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2018, and top seed was Itay Afek (🇮🇱 ISR, 2133).
Itay Afek (🇮🇱 ISR, 2133) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ori Golan (4.5) and Uri Taragan (4.5). Afek won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Yair Mintz (1640) beat Avri Hanein (2035), a +395-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
12 Jul 2025 → 30 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×31
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsItay Afek led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
14
7
4
2
1
1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Itay Afek never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Itay Afek 5 wins (R1–R5)Ori Golan 3 wins (R1–R3)Uri Taragan 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Itay Afek | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Ori Golan | ½ | * | 0 | — |
| 3Uri Taragan | 0 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Amnon Magen | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afek, Itay | 2133 | ISR | +24N | +25B | +5N | +4B | +3N | =2B | 5.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 19.25 | 2321 | +38.4 |
| 2 | Golan, Ori | 2030 | ISR | +19B | +6N | +13B | −3N | +5B | =1N | 4.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 16.25 | 2122 | +29.6 |
| 3 | Taragan, Uri | 2028 | ISR | +20N | +18B | +10N | +2B | −1B | =4N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 15.25 | 2103 | +26.8 |
| 4 | Magen, Amnon | 1967 | ISR | +27B | +21N | +14B | −1N | +16B | =3B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 12.25 | 2068 | +19.2 |
| 5 | Mond, Omri | 1912 | ISR | +15N | +9B | −1B | +13N | −2N | +17B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 12.50 | 2054 | +45.2 |
| 6 | Feigin, Daniel | 1913 | KOR | +32N | −2B | +27N | +18N | −8B | +15B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1872 | -5.6 |
| 7 | Gilad, Tomer | 1843 | ISR | =14B | +22N | +21B | −16N | =19B | +8N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 11.25 | 1992 | +24.0 |
| 8 | Klevinskiy, Konstantin | 1934 | ISR | −21N | +15B | =20N | +9B | +6N | −7B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 11.75 | 1911 | -1.4 |
| 9 | Magen, Ofek | 2123 | ISR | +26B | −5N | =24B | −8N | +27B | +13N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 7.50 | 1883 | -62.0 |
| 10 | Gal On, Itai | 1928 | ISR | +31B | +16N | −3B | =19N | −13B | +28N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1885 | -8.0 |
| 11 | Brenner, Ehud | 1686 | ISR | −12N | =28B | =17N | +25B | +20N | =19B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 1817 | +43.2 |
| 12 | Belkovsky, Guy | 1933 | ISR | +11B | −13N | −18B | =29N | +24B | +26N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1802 | -37.6 |
| 13 | Bodenshtein, Yair | 1856 | ISR | +28N | +12B | −2N | −5B | +10N | −9B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 8.50 | 1925 | +11.2 |
| 14 | Pinhasov, Yonatan | 1588 | ISR | =7N | +23B | −4N | =20B | −15N | +24N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1756 | +49.2 |
| 15 | Kaadan, Lina | 1698 | ISR | −5B | −8N | +31B | +26N | +14B | −6N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1803 | +31.6 |
| 16 | Shefer, UriCM | 2065 | ISR | +17N | −10B | +25N | +7B | −4N | — | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1936 | -30.0 |
| 17 | Shemer, Oz | 1732 | ISR | −16B | +31N | =11B | =24N | +18B | −5N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1792 | +15.2 |
| 18 | Eden, Dana | 1712 | ISR | +22B | −3N | +12N | −6B | −17N | =23N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1821 | +27.6 |
| 19 | Zuker, Zivi | 1710 | ISR | −2N | F | +28N | =10B | =7N | =11N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.00 | 1823 | +21.2 |
| 20 | Pupko, Oz | 1693 | ISR | −3B | +26N | =8B | =14N | −11B | =29N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1732 | +8.4 |
| 21 | Mali, Ofer | 1862 | ISR | +8B | −4B | −7N | =22N | +29B | — | 2.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1892 | +9.6 |
| 22 | Hanein, Avri | 2035 | ISR | −18N | −7B | +30N | =21B | −28B | +27N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1587 | -107.6 |
| 23 | Gurevich, Dov | 1610 | ISR | =29B | −14N | −26B | =27N | +25N | =18B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1648 | +4.8 |
| 24 | Pupko, Nathan | 1713 | ISR | −1B | +30N | =9N | =17B | −12N | −14B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 4.25 | 1656 | -10.4 |
| 25 | Amit, Eli | 1847 | ISR | +30B | −1N | −16B | −11N | −23B | +31N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1595 | -32.2 |
| 26 | Politzer, Eyal | 1816 | ISR | −9N | −20B | +23N | −15B | +30N | −12B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 1574 | -62.4 |
| 27 | Maoz, Itay | 1580 | ISR | −4N | +29N | −6B | =23B | −9N | −22B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 2.75 | 1666 | +14.0 |
| 28 | Mintz, Yair | 1640 | ISR | −13B | =11N | −19B | F | +22N | −10B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1697 | +11.6 |
| 29 | Hamoudi, Nour | 1690 | ISR | =23N | −27B | F | =12B | −21N | =20B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1587 | -28.8 |
| 30 | Geva Brodt, Yoav | 0 | ISR | −25N | −24B | −22B | +31N | −26B | — | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1575 | -25.2 |
| 31 | Hochshtad, Shachar | 1651 | ISR | −10N | −17B | −15N | −30B | F | −25B | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1002 | -25.8 |
| 32 | Barazovsky, Tamar | 1537 | ISR | −6B | F | F | F | — | — | 0.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1113 | -3.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pinhasov, YonatanISR+49.23.0 pts · #13
- 2Mond, OmriISR+45.24.0 pts · #5
- 3Brenner, EhudISR+43.23.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Hanein, AvriISR-107.62.5 pts · #26
- 2Politzer, EyalISR-62.42.0 pts · #28
- 3Magen, OfekISR-62.03.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R5+395 Elo gap
- R1+323 Elo gap
- R5+237 Elo gap