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Hot August in Haifa-Nesher chess club B

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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
Top seed
🇮🇱Rem Shlaen1995
Avg top 10
1,903
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Munib 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
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Najjar takes lead
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
Player1234
1Munib Najjar*
½
1
2Yonatan Blumenthal*
0
3Arsenii Pogoreltsev
½
*
0
4Ariel Marks
0
1
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Najjar, Munib1849ISR+8B=3N+7B+2B=5N4.012.515.011.752112+66.0
2Marks, Ariel1961ISR=14B+4N+6B1N+3B3.514.015.510.752011+6.6
3Pogoreltsev, Arsenii1947ISR+12N=1B+5N+10B2N3.512.514.59.002031+23.2
4Blumenthal, Yonatan1835ISR+15N2B+13N=5B+7N3.511.012.57.501990+20.6
5Sabag, Matan1984ISR+10B+11N3B=4N=1B3.013.015.07.751955-7.2
6Keren, Jonatan1875ISR=7B+9N2N+12B=11N3.010.512.56.751932+8.0
7Kaadan, Lina1752ISR=6N+12B1N+14N4B2.512.514.05.001815+16.4
8Shehtman, Yair1714ISR1N+15B=9N+13BF2.510.512.04.751932+44.8
9Shlaen, Rem1995ISR=13N6B=8B=11N+14B2.59.511.04.751813-23.4
10Gadyokov, Andrey1905ISR5N+16B+11B3NF2.011.011.02.001881-4.8
11Mendler, Omer1877ISR+16N5B10N=9B=6B2.010.510.52.751823-15.2
12Levitan, LielWCM1709ISR3B7N+15B6N+16B2.010.510.51.501728+3.6
13Abuelhijaa, Fadi1795ISR=9B+14N4B8N=15B2.010.011.53.501740-8.0
14Vorobyev, Vladimir1803ISR=2N13B+16N7B9N1.510.510.51.751695-14.8
15Gartenflus, Alexsandr1709ISR4B8N12N+16B=13N1.510.010.01.001605-13.8
16Smilovich, Eli1713ISR11B10N14B15N12N0.07.59.00.001001-38.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets