Hot August in Haifa-Nesher chess club C
27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1433, and top seed was Ohad Toby (🇮🇱 ISR, 1745).
Lana Shorosh (🇮🇱 ISR, 1698) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Yurii Khokhlov (4.0) and Sergey Vednin (4.0). Shorosh broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Adam Tenenbaum (1613) beat Ohad Toby (1745), a +132-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLana Shorosh led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Lana Shorosh never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Lana Shorosh 5 wins (R1–R5)Sergey Vednin 3 wins (R1–R3)Yurii Khokhlov 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lana Shorosh | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Sergey Vednin | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Yurii Khokhlov | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Adam Tenenbaum | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shorosh, Lana | 1698 | ISR | +8B | +5N | +4B | +7N | +2B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 2378 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Khokhlov, Yurii | 1573 | UKR | +26B | +19N | +9B | +3N | −1N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 9.50 | 1711 | +11.0 |
| 3 | Vednin, Sergey | 1618 | ISR | +23N | +15B | +6N | −2B | +10N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 1764 | +11.6 |
| 4 | Tenenbaum, Adam | 1613 | ISR | +24B | +17N | −1N | +15B | +6N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1722 | +6.0 |
| 5 | Minkin, Noam | 0 | ISR | +13N | −1B | =?N | +16B | +?B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1595 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Toby, Ohad | 1745 | ISR | +12B | +20N | −3B | +13N | −4B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1449 | -23.2 |
| 7 | Politansky, Haim | 1548 | ISR | =11N | +14B | +16N | −1B | =9N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 898 | -6.0 |
| 8 | Mawasi, Ram | 0 | ISR | −1N | +24B | =14N | =11B | +15N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 898 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 2888483 | 0 | — | =16N | +11B | −2N | +?B | =7B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Frumin, Rebeka | 1598 | ISR | −15N | +21B | +17N | +12B | −3B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 818 | -9.4 |
| 11 | FIDE 2888440 | 0 | — | =7B | −9N | +22B | =8N | +18B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Amiri, Kfir | 0 | ISR | −6N | +25B | +19B | −10N | +22B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Zarorah, Abdallah | 0 | ISR | −5B | +27N | +20B | −6B | =16N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Khokhlov, Georgiy | 0 | UKR | +18B | −7N | =8B | −?N | +27N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Davidov, Noam | 0 | ISR | +10B | −3N | +18B | −4N | −8B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Watted, Aya | 0 | ISR | =9B | +?N | −7B | −5N | =13B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 2888432 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | −10B | −19N | +21N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Likhobabenko, Shay | 0 | ISR | −14N | +?B | −15N | +20B | −11N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Yaron yuster, Amit | 1444 | ISR | +22B | −2B | −12N | +17B | — | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 774 | -6.4 |
| 20 | Avital, Itay | 1492 | ISR | +27B | −6B | −13N | −18N | +25B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 945 | -7.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 2888475 | 0 | — | =?B | −10N | =26N | +24N | −17B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1352 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Frishman, Ari | 0 | ISR | −19N | =23B | −11N | +26B | −12N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 641 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Itzhaky, Noam | 0 | ISR | −3B | =22N | −?B | +25N | −?N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2861771 | 0 | — | −4N | −8N | F | −21B | +26B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 2888505 | 0 | — | F | −12N | +27B | −23B | −20N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Toder, Dan | 0 | ISR | −2N | −?B | =21B | −22N | −24N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2888459 | 0 | — | −20N | −13B | −25N | F | −14B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 692 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Shorosh, LanaISR+40.45.0 pts · #1
- 2Vednin, SergeyISR+11.64.0 pts · #2
- 3Khokhlov, YuriiUKR+11.04.0 pts · #3
- 1Toby, OhadISR-23.23.0 pts · #5
- 2Frumin, RebekaISR-9.43.0 pts · #16
- 3Avital, ItayISR-7.62.0 pts · #19
- R5+132 Elo gap
- R3+127 Elo gap