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End of Summer Chess Festival in Keryat Yam C

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12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 25 Aug 2025 in Kiryat Yam, Israel. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1883, and top seed was Arie Axelrod (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2188).

Israel Cohen (🇮🇱 ISR, 1843) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Igor Aronovich (3.5) and Rem Shlaen (3.0). Cohen shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Israel Cohen (1843) beat Arie Axelrod (FM, 2188), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Yam, Israel
Dates
25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMArie Axelrod2188
Avg top 10
1,883
Participants
12
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Cohen3.5Aronovich3.5Shlaen3Axelrod3Kotler3Shcipko2.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Israel Cohen held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Cohen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Israel Cohen lost to Igor Aronovich (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Israel Cohen*
0
1
1
2Igor Aronovich
1
*
1
—
3Rem Shlaen
0
0
*—
4FMArie Axelrod
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cohen, Israel1843ISR+10N+4B+3B−2N=7N3.512.013.58.752110+67.6
2Aronovich, Igor2125ISRF=7N+11B+1B+3N3.510.010.08.752192+4.8
3Shlaen, Rem1995ISR+5N+9B−1N+6B−2B3.012.514.57.501963-3.4
4Axelrod, ArieFM2188ISRF−1N+10B+9B+6N3.09.59.56.002032-5.5
5Kotler, Zvi1765ISR−3B−6B+12N+11N+9B3.08.58.53.001850+9.0
6Shcipko, Dmitry1871ISR=8B+5N+7B−3N−4B2.511.514.06.751900+4.4
7Rakita, Efim1860ISR+12N=2B−6N=10N=1B2.511.011.04.251783-9.2
8Salman, Jude1654ISR=6N−10B−9N+12B+11N2.57.07.02.251674-5.6
9Najjar, Munib1849ISR+11B−3N+8B−4N−5N2.011.512.53.501792-18.8
10Shemer, Eitan1637ISR−1B+8N−4N=7BF1.511.511.53.751771+21.6
11Filiarsky, Yonatan1682ISR−9N+12B−2N−5B−8B1.011.011.00.001047-49.6
12FIDE 28886100—−7B−11N−5B−8NF0.09.510.50.009500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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