Hot August in Haifa-Nesher chess club B
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1903, and top seed was Rem Shlaen (🇮🇱 ISR, 1995).
Munib Najjar (🇮🇱 ISR, 1849) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ariel Marks (3.5) and Arsenii Pogoreltsev (3.5). Najjar broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Jonatan Keren (1875) beat Rem Shlaen (1995), a +120-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
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMunib Najjar led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
5
1
3
2
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 Aug
Munib Najjar takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Munib Najjar went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Munib Najjar | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Yonatan Blumenthal | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Arsenii Pogoreltsev | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Ariel Marks | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Najjar, Munib | 1849 | ISR | +8B | =3N | +7B | +2B | =5N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 11.75 | 2112 | +66.0 |
| 2 | Marks, Ariel | 1961 | ISR | =14B | +4N | +6B | −1N | +3B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 10.75 | 2011 | +6.6 |
| 3 | Pogoreltsev, Arsenii | 1947 | ISR | +12N | =1B | +5N | +10B | −2N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 9.00 | 2031 | +23.2 |
| 4 | Blumenthal, Yonatan | 1835 | ISR | +15N | −2B | +13N | =5B | +7N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1990 | +20.6 |
| 5 | Sabag, Matan | 1984 | ISR | +10B | +11N | −3B | =4N | =1B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.75 | 1955 | -7.2 |
| 6 | Keren, Jonatan | 1875 | ISR | =7B | +9N | −2N | +12B | =11N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1932 | +8.0 |
| 7 | Kaadan, Lina | 1752 | ISR | =6N | +12B | −1N | +14N | −4B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1815 | +16.4 |
| 8 | Shehtman, Yair | 1714 | ISR | −1N | +15B | =9N | +13B | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1932 | +44.8 |
| 9 | Shlaen, Rem | 1995 | ISR | =13N | −6B | =8B | =11N | +14B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1813 | -23.4 |
| 10 | Gadyokov, Andrey | 1905 | ISR | −5N | +16B | +11B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1881 | -4.8 |
| 11 | Mendler, Omer | 1877 | ISR | +16N | −5B | −10N | =9B | =6B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1823 | -15.2 |
| 12 | Levitan, LielWCM | 1709 | ISR | −3B | −7N | +15B | −6N | +16B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1728 | +3.6 |
| 13 | Abuelhijaa, Fadi | 1795 | ISR | =9B | +14N | −4B | −8N | =15B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1740 | -8.0 |
| 14 | Vorobyev, Vladimir | 1803 | ISR | =2N | −13B | +16N | −7B | −9N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1695 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Gartenflus, Alexsandr | 1709 | ISR | −4B | −8N | −12N | +16B | =13N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1605 | -13.8 |
| 16 | Smilovich, Eli | 1713 | ISR | −11B | −10N | −14B | −15N | −12N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1001 | -38.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Najjar, MunibISR+66.04.0 pts · #1
- 2Shehtman, YairISR+44.82.5 pts · #8
- 3Pogoreltsev, ArseniiISR+23.23.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Smilovich, EliISR-38.60.0 pts · #16
- 2Shlaen, RemISR-23.42.5 pts · #9
- 3Mendler, OmerISR-15.22.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R2+120 Elo gap
- R4+112 Elo gap