Israeli U18 team championship 2025

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128 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Rishon le Zion, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Yisgav Cohen (🇮🇱 ISR, 1860).

Artsemi Piakarchyk (🇮🇱 ISR, 1431) won with 4.5/7, ahead of Harel Levi (4.0) and Fedor Kovalev (4.0). Piakarchyk clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Amir Ovadia (1418) beat Yotam Haim Moshe (1747), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Rishon le Zion, Israel

Dates

04 Aug 2025 → 06 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱Yisgav Cohen1860

Avg top 10

1,790

Participants

128

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇱Israel×125

Top 3

🥇
Artsemi Piakarchyk
🇮🇱ISR·1431
4.5pts·1875perf+68.8
🥈
Harel Levi
🇮🇱ISR·1625
4.0pts·1649perf+6.8
🥉
Fedor Kovalev
🇮🇱ISR·1727
4.0pts·1716perf-1.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Artsemi Piakarchyk led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Piakarchyk4.5Galmidi4Moscovitch4Levi4Gal—Saidy4— ex-leaders:Goralskiyled R3–R4, #20Piakarchykled R7, #15

R3 · LEADER CHANGE25 Aug

Rey Goralskiy takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ram Galmidi 4 wins (R1–R7)Shelly Moscovitch 4 wins (R2–R7)

R3–R4 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Rey Goralskiy held the sole lead at R3–R4 but finished #20.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Piakarchyk, Artsemi	1431	ISR	F	+77B	+83B	=49B	+128N	F	+104B	4.5	6.0	6.0	5.00	1875	+68.8
2	Levi, Harel	1625	ISR	F	=78B	+79B	+126N	−21B	=36N	+8B	4.0	12.5	12.5	7.50	1649	+6.8
3	Kovalev, Fedor	1727	ISR	+85B	F	+21B	−46N	+101B	−24N	+78B	4.0	12.5	12.5	7.00	1716	-1.2
4	Saidy, Ariel	1580	ISR	F	+15B	F	=43B	=33N	+49B	+99N	4.0	12.0	12.0	9.25	1818	+33.6
5	Gal, Yuval	1578	ISR	+107N	F	+36N	+93B	=63N	=14B	—	4.0	10.5	10.5	7.75	1877	+43.6
6	Moscovitch, Shelly	1465	ISR	−74B	+109B	F	F	+81N	+22N	+38N	4.0	10.0	10.0	8.00	1854	+44.8
7	Bedyovkin, Nataniel Alexey	1622	ISR	+51N	F	+108N	F	+23N	−30B	+118N	4.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1833	+16.8
8	Sadovsky, Yonathan	1516	ISR	F	+44B	=103B	+107N	=106N	+125N	−2N	4.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	1525	+4.4
9	Galmidi, Ram	1619	ISR	+34N	F	F	+14B	F	+78B	+84N	4.0	9.0	9.0	9.00	2469	+66.8
10	Gilev, Arthur	1618	ISR	F	+82N	F	+41N	F	+29N	+87B	4.0	8.5	8.5	8.50	2485	+52.0
11	Shimon, Evyatar	1492	ISR	F	=53N	+105B	+56N	F	+77B	=62N	4.0	8.5	8.5	6.50	1839	+50.4
12	Opler, Ziv	1511	ISR	F	+99N	F	+81B	+51N	F	+26B	4.0	7.5	7.5	7.50	2437	+36.4
13	Yekutiel, Alon	1604	ISR	=59B	+54N	=22B	−84N	−79B	+34N	=55B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.00	1568	-55.2
14	Shapurkar, Amir	1543	ISR	+126B	F	+100B	−9N	+34B	=5N	—	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.50	1629	-18.0
15	Rozenboim-Letai, Nitay	1601	ISR	−70B	−4N	=94B	+104N	+105B	F	+53N	3.5	11.5	11.5	4.75	1660	+50.4
16	Nadolsky, Mark	1502	ISR	+52B	F	=45B	F	−89B	+73N	+35B	3.5	10.5	10.5	7.75	1717	+13.6
17	Goralskiy, Rey	1481	ISR	=24N	+23B	+125N	+92B	F	−56B	—	3.5	9.5	9.5	6.00	1797	+31.6
18	Sigalov, Eithan	1450	ISR	−27B	=101N	+126B	+61N	F	−38N	+100B	3.5	9.5	9.5	3.50	1505	0.0
19	Rekhter, Ariel	1455	ISR	F	−49B	+88B	+128B	=37N	+99B	−102B	3.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	1618	+11.2
20	Vayner, Tal	1511	ISR	F	+90N	+52B	−35B	F	=117B	+125B	3.5	6.5	6.5	3.75	1656	+14.8
21	Pozner, Ron	1581	ISR	F	+50B	−3N	+58B	+2N	−91B	—	3.0	13.5	13.5	8.00	1649	+25.2
22	Ater-Datz, Noam	1597	ISR	F	−58B	=13N	+106B	+117N	−6B	=54N	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.25	1390	-27.2
23	Elinav, Dror	1512	ISR	F	−17N	F	+99N	−7B	+50N	+91N	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1566	-20.8
24	Hornfeld, Ariel	1681	ISR	=17B	F	=118B	+36N	F	+3B	—	3.0	10.5	10.5	8.50	1841	+10.8
25	Ovadia, Amir	1418	ISR	F	+102B	−26B	F	−53B	+42B	+77N	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	1614	+24.4
26	Versano, Meitar	1819	ISR	+82N	F	+25N	+111N	F	F	−12N	3.0	9.5	9.5	5.50	1749	-3.6
27	Shunami, Tomer	1656	ISR	+18N	F	−78N	+55B	+58N	—	—	3.0	9.0	9.0	7.50	1731	+5.6
28	Karlinsky, Nathanel	1630	ISR	F	+57B	+112N	−86B	+40N	−72B	—	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	1734	+24.8
29	Chalopoviz, Ilay	1671	ISR	F	+65B	F	+57B	F	−10B	+119N	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1858	+15.6
30	Goren, Yonathan	1855	ISR	+80N	F	F	F	+67B	+7N	—	3.0	7.5	7.5	7.50	2447	+42.0
31	Politzer, Eyal	1573	ISR	F	F	+60B	F	=77N	+80B	=37N	3.0	7.5	7.5	5.50	1871	+10.0
32	Geva, Eitan	1705	ISR	+110B	−74N	+101B	−59N	+100B	—	—	3.0	6.0	7.0	3.00	1594	-31.6
33	Jalfon, Liora	1704	ISR	F	F	F	+127N	=4B	=123B	+105B	3.0	5.5	5.5	3.25	1593	-4.8
34	Familier, Yarin	1538	ISR	−9B	=61N	+110B	+79N	−14N	−13B	−67N	2.5	16.5	17.5	3.50	1529	+11.2
35	Hilewitz, Eli	1604	ISR	F	−116B	=50N	+20N	+85B	−111B	−16N	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.00	1426	-31.6
36	Manyevich, Ofek	1497	ISR	F	+125B	−5B	−24B	+95N	=2B	—	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.50	1619	+17.2
37	Yakiri, Itai	1473	ISR	F	F	F	=39N	=19B	+86N	=31B	2.5	10.5	10.5	6.00	1741	+34.0
38	Solkes, Tom	1531	ISR	F	F	+64B	=103N	F	+18B	−6B	2.5	10.5	10.5	6.00	1383	-36.8
39	Katz, Yahel	1463	ISR	F	+52B	−97N	=37B	F	−62B	+80N	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	1578	-3.2
40	Tichover, Tomer	1463	ISR	F	=41N	+119B	+88N	−28B	F	−60B	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1614	+29.6
41	Merensky, Daniel	1547	ISR	F	=40B	F	−10B	+120N	+65B	—	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1683	-4.4
42	Moshe, Yotam Haim	1747	ISR	=89B	+115N	−56B	F	+108N	−25N	—	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1574	-41.2
43	Shimony, Omri	1569	ISR	F	+104B	F	=4N	−69B	F	+103N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.00	1717	+3.6
44	Harcabi, Ethan	1500	ISR	F	−8N	F	+100N	+96B	F	=79B	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	1381	-8.8
45	Svyatets, Liron	1532	ISR	F	+127N	=16N	−69N	F	+64N	—	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.75	1508	-3.2
46	Friedlich, Eyal	1784	ISR	+55N	F	F	+3B	F	=124N	—	2.5	6.5	6.5	6.25	1965	+30.8
47	Bashin, Inbar	1468	ISR	F	F	F	+101N	−66N	+81B	=122N	2.5	5.0	5.0	2.75	1639	+34.4
48	Argaman, Or	0	ISR	F	−100N	=96B	+110N	+126B	F	−114B	2.5	4.5	4.5	1.75	1603	0.0
49	Kravchenko, Danny	1552	ISR	F	+19N	F	=1N	F	−4N	=71B	2.0	14.0	14.0	6.75	1562	-28.0
50	Yarkoni, Ariel	1449	ISR	=84B	−21N	=35B	+66B	F	−23B	−92N	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	1498	0.0
51	Ozeri, Or	0	ISR	−7B	F	+68N	F	−12B	+82B	−66N	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	1452	0.0
52	Epshtein, Ron	0	ISR	−16N	−39N	−20N	+109N	F	+54B	—	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1391	0.0
53	Levi, Idan	1627	ISR	F	=11B	F	=87N	+25N	F	−15B	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.75	1490	-38.4
54	Benari, Eithan	0	ISR	F	−13B	+99B	=90N	F	−52N	=22B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.25	1560	0.0
55	Staricoff, Alon	1559	ISR	−46B	+126N	F	−27N	=92B	F	=13N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1507	-10.4
56	Cohen, Ziv	1539	ISR	F	F	+42N	−11B	F	+17N	—	2.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	1763	+8.8
57	Cohen, Yisgav	1860	ISR	F	−28N	F	−29N	+60B	F	+68B	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1653	-14.0
58	Sobel, Michal	1458	ISR	F	+22N	F	−21N	−27B	+100N	—	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1478	-16.0
59	Timonin, Roman	1688	ISR	=13N	F	F	+32B	F	F	=63N	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.75	1864	+25.6
60	Faran, Yair	1774	ISR	F	F	−31N	+102B	−57N	F	+40N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1545	-8.8
61	Friedrich, Daniel	1488	ISR	F	=34B	=93N	−18B	F	F	+106N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1610	+14.8
62	Gavriel, Inbal	1667	ISR	F	=86N	F	F	F	+39N	=11B	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.25	1713	-6.0
63	Aharonoff, Yair	1762	ISR	+64B	F	F	F	=5B	F	=59B	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	1687	-4.4
64	Hamaliz, Or	0	ISR	−63N	F	−38N	+125B	F	−45B	+109N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1457	0.0
65	Venturero, Guy	1706	ISR	F	−29N	F	F	+83B	−41N	+121B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1672	+1.6
66	Sagi, Alon	1616	ISR	F	F	F	−50N	+47B	F	+51B	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.50	2276	+15.6
67	Danai, Elon	1615	ISR	F	F	F	+108B	−30N	F	+34B	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.50	1678	+17.2
68	Ribstein, Itael	1521	ISR	F	+128N	−51B	−75N	F	+120B	−57N	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	1498	-13.6
69	Ashkenazy, Nir	1757	ISR	F	F	F	+45B	+43N	—	—	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2421	+26.4
70	Gal, Yoav	1659	ISR	+15N	F	F	+77B	—	—	—	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2260	+5.6
71	Matiash, Ishay	1632	ISR	F	+80B	F	=83N	F	F	=49N	2.0	5.0	5.0	3.25	1732	+16.4
72	Halperin, David	1689	ISR	F	+87N	F	F	F	+28N	—	2.0	4.5	4.5	4.50	2406	+30.8
73	Kendel, Eitan	1591	ISR	+125N	F	F	F	+103N	−16B	—	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	1565	-20.0
74	Shifrin, Yonatan	1605	ISR	+6N	+32B	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	4.0	7.0	7.00	2511	+43.6
75	Larioshin, Ariel	1454	ISR	F	F	F	+68B	F	F	+90B	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2459	+35.2
76	Haber, Aviv	1724	ISR	+113B	F	F	+89B	—	—	—	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2386	+20.4
77	Avraham, Akiva	1718	ISR	F	−1N	+86B	−70N	=31B	−11N	−25B	1.5	18.0	18.0	3.00	1401	0.0
78	Mintz, Yair	1454	ISR	F	=2N	+27B	F	F	−9N	−3N	1.5	15.0	15.0	5.00	1608	-16.0
79	Kedar, Shilo	1558	ISR	F	F	−2N	−34B	+13N	F	=44N	1.5	12.5	12.5	4.75	1493	-35.2
80	Idan, Tani	1437	ISR	−30B	−71N	+127B	=95N	F	−31N	−39B	1.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	1337	-56.8
81	Stoyanov, Neta	1565	ISR	F	F	=82N	−12N	−6B	−47N	+127N	1.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	808	-40.4
82	Gelfand, Avner	0	ISR	−26B	−10B	=81B	F	+127B	−51N	—	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	1397	0.0
83	Sapir, Nadav	1544	ISR	F	+94B	−1N	=71B	−65N	—	—	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	1489	-5.2
84	Blumenthal, Michael	1665	ISR	=50N	F	F	+13B	F	F	−9B	1.5	9.5	9.5	4.50	1736	-3.2
85	Zrien, Yonatan	0	ISR	−3N	F	+117N	=91B	−35N	F	—	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	1384	0.0
86	Landa, Uri Aharon	1581	ISR	F	=62B	−77N	+28N	F	−37B	—	1.5	9.0	9.0	4.00	1660	0.0
87	Marchasin, Yuval	1516	ISR	F	−72B	+102N	=53B	F	F	−10N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1428	-18.4
88	Ezra, Tom	1573	ISR	−98N	F	−19N	−40B	+102N	=121B	—	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	1308	-48.8
89	Wexler, Guy	1638	ISR	=42N	F	F	−76N	+16N	—	—	1.5	8.0	8.0	4.75	1724	+20.0
90	Zuker, Zivi	1668	ISR	F	−20B	F	=54B	F	+122B	−75N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1503	-36.4
91	Grinberg, Itai	1665	ISR	F	F	F	=85N	F	+21N	−23B	1.5	7.5	7.5	3.75	1614	-5.6
92	Gizunterman, Idan	1509	ISR	F	F	F	−17N	=55N	F	+50B	1.5	7.5	7.5	3.00	1412	-21.2
93	Doctori, Shimri Leshem	1471	ISR	+100B	F	=61B	−5N	—	—	—	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.00	1370	-36.8
94	Ronin, Ilan	1591	ISR	F	−83N	=15N	F	+121N	—	—	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.25	1552	-6.8
95	Nahmias, David	1522	ISR	F	+103N	F	=80B	−36B	—	—	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.75	1540	-30.8
96	Rulenkov, Andrey	0	ISR	F	−?B	=48N	F	−44N	F	+126N	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.25	669	0.0
97	Cohen, Eyal	1806	ISR	F	F	+39B	F	=119N	—	—	1.5	3.0	3.0	2.75	1758	+4.0
98	Ghelerter, Ofir	1639	ISR	+88B	F	F	F	F	F	=112N	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.00	1851	+7.6
99	Marom, Lia	1455	ISR	F	−12B	−54N	−23B	+104B	−19N	−4B	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	1396	0.0
100	FIDE 2888114	0	—	−93N	+48B	−14N	−44B	−32N	−58B	−18N	1.0	17.0	18.5	2.50	856	0.0
101	Gelis, Naama	1460	ISR	F	=18B	−32N	−47B	−3N	=106B	—	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.25	851	-33.2
102	Benyamini, Ido	1539	ISR	F	−25N	−87B	−60N	−88B	−105B	+19N	1.0	12.5	12.5	3.50	1301	0.0
103	Yacov-Sela, Asaf	1498	ISR	F	−95B	=8N	=38B	−73B	F	−43B	1.0	12.5	12.5	3.25	1452	-8.8
104	Ater-Datz, Ido	1606	ISR	F	−43N	F	−15B	−99N	+113N	−1N	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1344	-53.6
105	Pulatov, Ethan	1404	ISR	F	−113B	−11N	F	−15N	+102N	−33N	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	747	0.0
106	Ben artzi, Ofir	0	ISR	F	F	F	−22N	=8B	=101N	−61B	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1308	0.0
107	Gaysinsky, Shon	0	ISR	−5B	F	F	−8B	+125N	F	—	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	783	0.0
108	Cohen, Guy	1662	ISR	F	F	−7B	−67N	−42B	F	+117N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	891	-20.8
109	Pulatov, Liam	1582	ISR	F	−6N	F	−52B	F	+127B	−64B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	871	-15.2
110	Savateib, Liam	1611	ISR	−32N	F	−34N	−48B	F	+126B	—	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	818	-30.4
111	Shalev, Ido	1615	ISR	F	F	F	−26B	F	+35N	—	1.0	5.5	5.5	2.50	1686	-9.6
112	Cohen, Dotan	1707	ISR	F	F	−28B	=120B	F	F	=98B	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1500	-37.2
113	Yerushalmy, Carmel	1553	ISR	−76N	+105N	F	F	F	−104B	—	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	888	-28.0
114	Filiarsky, Yonatan	1515	ISR	F	F	F	−115N	F	F	+48N	1.0	3.5	3.5	2.50	931	-17.2
115	Asheri, Nadav	1510	ISR	F	−42B	F	+114B	—	—	—	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1715	-2.0
116	Barazovsky, Tamar	1576	ISR	F	+35N	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2379	+22.4
117	Azoulay, Noya	0	ISR	F	F	−85B	F	−22B	=20N	−108B	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1229	0.0
118	Pupko, Oz	1482	ISR	F	F	=24N	F	F	F	−7B	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1581	-10.4
119	Galmidi, Ester	1548	ISR	F	F	−40N	F	=97B	F	−29B	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1392	-20.8
120	Zingerov, Noam	1426	ISR	F	F	F	=112N	−41B	−68N	—	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.50	1405	-6.0
121	Plut, Tim	1644	ISR	F	F	F	F	−94B	=88N	−65N	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.75	1339	-52.8
122	Ken-Dror, Renana	1592	ISR	F	F	F	F	F	−90N	=47B	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.25	1412	-26.4
123	Lavi, Itay	1509	ISR	F	F	F	F	F	=33N	—	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.50	1638	+6.0
124	Sella, Eyal	1736	ISR	F	F	F	F	F	=46B	—	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1751	-2.0
125	FIDE 2888084	0	—	−73B	−36N	−17B	−64N	−107B	−8B	−20N	0.0	17.5	18.5	0.00	791	0.0
126	FIDE 2888106	0	—	−14N	−55B	−18N	−2B	−48N	−110N	−96B	0.0	17.0	18.0	0.00	814	0.0
127	Emergui, Barak Rey	0	ISR	F	−45B	−80N	−33B	−82N	−109N	−81B	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	772	0.0
128	Rosenfeld, Elazar	1649	ISR	F	−68B	F	−19N	−1B	—	—	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	715	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Piakarchyk, ArtsemiISR
+68.8
4.5 pts · #15
2Galmidi, RamISR
+66.8
4.0 pts · #1
3Gilev, ArthurISR
+52.0
4.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Idan, TaniISR
-56.8
1.5 pts · #112
2Yekutiel, AlonISR
-55.2
3.5 pts · #19
3Ater-Datz, IdoISR
-53.6
1.0 pts · #72

Biggest upsets

R6+329 Elo gap
Ovadia, Amir1418 beat Moshe, Yotam Haim1747
R7+308 Elo gap
Opler, Ziv1511 beat Versano, Meitar1819
R7+300 Elo gap
Ovadia, Amir1418 beat Avraham, Akiva1718