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Kiryat Yam Open Championship in Classical Chess A

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 24 Jul 2025 in Kiryat Yam, Israel. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2014, and top seed was Avigdor Bykhovsky (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2328).

Avigdor Bykhovsky (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2328) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Dmitry Shcipko (4.0) and Rem Shlaen (3.5). Bykhovsky won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Eitan Shemer (1596) beat David hilel Zatcovetsky (1865), a +269-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Yam, Israel
Dates
20 Jul 2025 → 24 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMAvigdor Bykhovsky2328
Avg top 10
2,014
Participants
22
Titled players · 2
GM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Avigdor Bykhovsky led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Bykhovsky4.5Shcipko4Shlaen3.5Sabag3.5Keren3.5Axelrod3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Avigdor Bykhovsky held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Avigdor Bykhovsky 4 wins (R1–R4)Dmitry Shcipko 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAvigdor Bykhovsky*—
½
—
2Dmitry Shcipko—*——
3Rem Shlaen
½
—*—
4Matan Sabag———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bykhovsky, AvigdorGM2328ISR+7N+10B+17B+4N=3B4.512.513.511.752363+1.8
2Shcipko, Dmitry1826ISR−16N+18B+7N+17B+12N4.08.09.07.502019+47.6
3Shlaen, Rem1958ISR+9N=5B+8N=10B=1N3.514.016.511.252130+21.0
4Axelrod, ArieFM2190ISR+15B+14N+6B−1B=5N3.513.515.59.252122-2.2
5Keren, Jonatan1845ISR+11B=3N+14B=6N=4B3.513.015.09.752078+30.4
6Sabag, Matan1962ISR+19N+8B−4N=5B+10N3.512.513.58.252071+29.6
7Blumenthal, Yonatan1790ISR−1B+21N−2B+18N+13B3.012.012.03.501888+11.0
8Balishansky, Alexander1900ISR+22B−6N−3B+15N+17N3.010.010.03.001963+17.6
9Zatcovetsky, David hilel1865ISR−3B−11N+21B+22N+14B3.08.08.02.001861+1.2
10Galt, Valeri1966ISR+21B−1N+15B=3N−6B2.513.513.53.751937-4.6
11Shemer, Eitan1596ISR−5N+9B=16N−12B+21N2.510.510.53.751760+41.2
12Ermakov, Roman1832ISR−20B=13N+22B+11N−2B2.510.010.03.751802-8.8
13Kaadan, Lina1698ISR−17N=12B+19N+16B−7N2.58.09.03.751777+20.4
14Tamarin, Yefim1940ISR+18N−4B−5N+19B−9N2.011.012.02.001793-19.8
15Abuelhijaa, Fadi1786ISR−4N+16B−10N−8B+19N2.010.511.52.501802-0.4
16Bloch, Yarden1609ISR+2B−15N=11B−13N−18B1.511.012.05.251576-9.6
17Cohen, Israel1945ISR+13BF−1N−2N−8B1.014.015.02.501745-44.8
18Salman, Jude1694ISR−14B−2NF−7B+16N1.010.510.51.501599-24.8
19Filiarsky, Yonatan1709ISR−6B+22N−13B−14N−15B1.010.010.00.001598-26.8
20Zoabi, Jihad2087ISR+12NF———1.02.53.52.502632+3.8
21Faran, Yair1649ISR−10N−7B−9NF−11B0.011.011.00.001005-49.2
22Kotler, Zvi1802ISR−8N−19B−12N−9B—0.08.59.50.001027-37.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets