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Weekend 50 10 Tournament in Rishon LeZion 2025 A

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 02 Aug 2025 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1645, and top seed was Dor Tiktin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1830).

Yuval Berger (🇮🇱 ISR, 1585) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Nathanel Karlinsky (4.0) and Daniel Merensky (4.0). Berger won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ziv Hornung (1550) beat Dor Tiktin (1830), a +280-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 02 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Dor Tiktin1830
Avg top 10
1,645
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Berger4Barel4Karlinsky4Merensky4Hirsch3.5Otcheretianski3— ex-leaders:Karlinskyled R4, #11
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Berger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Nathanel Karlinsky won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yuval Berger*—
1
—
2Avi Barel—*——
3Nathanel Karlinsky
0
—*—
4Daniel Merensky———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Berger, Yuval1585ISR+18B+8B−7N+16N+2B4.012.014.011.001841+46.8
2Karlinsky, Nathanel1630ISR+21B+11B+15N+7B−1N4.011.513.09.001843+31.6
3Merensky, Daniel1547ISR+23N−15B+17N+6B+8N4.010.011.09.002373+12.8
4Barel, Avi1673ISR=22N+20B=6N+15B+7N4.09.510.58.501829+14.8
5Hirsch, Roei1660ISR=6B−19N+22B+12N+13B3.59.510.57.501829+15.4
6Otcheretianski, Dan1550ISR=5N+10B=4B−3N+16B3.014.516.58.7516590.0
7Timonin, Roman1655ISR+17N+12B+1B−2N−4B3.014.516.58.501675-6.4
8Yerushalmy, Carmel1553ISR+16B−1N+14B+13N−3B3.013.015.07.001731+42.8
9Tichover, Tomer1463ISR−15N+23B=12N+19B=11N3.08.59.55.001813+47.6
10Yakiri, Itai1473ISR=19B−6N=20B+23N+15B3.08.09.04.501527-5.6
11Tiktin, Dor1830ISR+14B−2N−16B+20N=9B2.511.513.05.501554-29.6
12Nassi, Oran David1681ISR+24B−7N=9B−5B+21N2.511.012.04.001492-40.4
13Mor, Ami1576ISR=20N+22B+19N−8B−5N2.59.510.53.251560-27.2
14Goralskiy, Rey1440ISR−11N+21B−8N=17B+19N2.59.010.54.001527-19.6
15Dolgin-Kerner, Alexander1426ISR+9B+3N−2B−4N−10N2.015.018.07.0015600.0
16Hornung, Ziv1550ISR−8N+18B+11N−1B−6N2.012.514.54.501649+29.2
17Minkin, Yonatan0ISR−7B+24N−3B=14N=20B2.011.012.03.0015210.0
18Ezra, Tom1573ISR−1N−16N−23B+24N+22B2.08.09.02.001521-12.0
19Pulatov, Liam1582ISR=10N+5B−13B−9N−14B1.512.014.55.001489-26.0
20Harcabi, Ethan1500ISR=13B−4N=10N−11B=17N1.512.014.03.751527+8.0
21Ozeri, Or0ISR−2N−14N+24B=22N−12B1.510.011.01.5014320.0
22Sadovsky, Yonathan1516ISR=4B−13N−5N=21B−18N1.012.013.52.751367-20.8
23Pulatov, Ethan1404ISR−3B−9N+18N−10B−24B1.012.013.02.0013190.0
24Iktelat, Ahmad1453ISR−12N−17B−21N−18B+23N1.08.09.01.00828-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets