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Hot August in Haifa-Nesher chess club

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2186, and top seed was Tal Levitan (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2256).

Adi Menahem (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2162) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Alexander Kaplivatski (4.0) and Tal Levitan (3.5). Menahem won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Barak Lotan (2038) beat Alexander Zavialov (2141), a +103-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Haifa, Israel
Dates
10 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMTal Levitan2256
Avg top 10
2,186
Participants
16
Titled players · 6
FM×5
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×15
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Menahem4Kaplivatski4Levitan3.5Shilon Rahav3Kupervaser3Gruzman3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Menahem takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Alexander Kaplivatski 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Tal Levitan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAdi Menahem*—
1
—
2FMAlexander Kaplivatski—*
0
—
3FMTal Levitan
0
1
*
1
4FMEliran Shilon Rahav——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Menahem, AdiFM2162ISR+12N=4B=11N+8B+3N4.011.013.010.502421+65.2
2Kaplivatski, AlexanderFM2142ISR−3N+12B+9N+11B+7N4.010.512.59.002426+36.2
3Levitan, TalFM2256ISR+2B+5N+4B=7N−1B3.514.016.511.252343+11.4
4Kupervaser, ErezFM2224ISR+16B=1N−3N=13B+11N3.011.511.55.002238+2.0
5Shilon Rahav, EliranFM2206ISR+14N−3B=8N=9B+13N3.010.512.56.502225+5.0
6Gruzman, IlyaCM2153ISR+10N−11B=13N+14B=8N3.09.011.06.752187+4.6
7Linker, Mikhail2237RUS=8N=9B+10N=3B−2B2.512.515.06.752147-12.0
8Azoulay, Yehonatan2142ISR=7B+15N=5B−1N=6B2.512.514.05.752172+8.8
9Meirovich, Ilay2155ISR=13B=7N−2B=5N+16N2.511.511.53.752162+1.6
10Lotan, Barak2038ISR−6B+16N−7B+12B=14N2.59.59.53.002151+15.2
11Shtemler, Lavi2185ISR=15B+6N=1B−2N−4B2.014.015.55.752085-13.8
12Zuev, Ilya2098ISR−1B−2N+16B−10N+15B2.012.012.01.502045-14.4
13Kerner, Michael2086ISR=9N=14B=6B=4N−5B2.011.513.55.252100+1.8
14Sorin, Michael2124ISR−5B=13N+15B−6N=10B2.010.512.03.752045-11.0
15Taieb, Ariel2104ISR=11N−8B−14N+16B−12N1.58.58.51.001989-15.4
16Zavialov, Alexander2141ISR−4N−10B−12N−15N−9B0.010.011.50.001324-52.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets