Rishon LeZion Summer Festival B
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Aug 2025 to 28 Aug 2025 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Yaakov Sokolinsky (🇮🇱 ISR, 2015).
Yair Bodenshtein (🇮🇱 ISR, 1873) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nadav Mondri (4.5) and Daniel Cohen (4.0). Bodenshtein shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ziv Hornung (1499) beat Tal Sofer (1840), a +341-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bodenshtein takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Yair Bodenshtein drew with Nadav Mondri (Black).
Yair Bodenshtein 4 wins (R1–R4)Nadav Mondri 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yair Bodenshtein | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Nadav Mondri | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Yaakov Sokolinsky | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Daniel Cohen | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodenshtein, Yair | 1873 | ISR | +27N | +31B | +7N | +3B | =2N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 12.25 | 2157 | +29.0 |
| 2 | Mondri, Nadav | 1820 | ISR | +18N | +19B | +16N | +12B | =1B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2150 | +35.2 |
| 3 | Cohen, Daniel | 1874 | ISR | +26B | +23N | +4B | −1N | +13B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 1993 | +15.4 |
| 4 | Sokolinsky, Yaakov | 2015 | ISR | +11N | +17B | −3N | +8B | +7N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 11.50 | 2002 | -0.2 |
| 5 | Rynhold, Tomer | 1629 | ISR | +10N | −7B | +31N | =14B | +16N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 1881 | +66.4 |
| 6 | Bedyovkin, Nataniel Alexey | 1760 | ISR | =21N | −22B | +27N | +32B | +10N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.00 | 1792 | +10.0 |
| 7 | Baruch, Amit | 1827 | ISR | +28B | +5N | −1B | +9N | −4B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1860 | +9.2 |
| 8 | Bedyovkin, Yevgeny | 1726 | ISR | +30B | −16B | +11N | −4N | +29B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1838 | +14.2 |
| 9 | Merensky, Daniel | 1709 | ISR | −16N | +15B | +17N | −7B | +21N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.50 | 1812 | +28.0 |
| 10 | Ashkenazi, Dror | 1796 | ISR | −5B | +28N | +26B | +25N | −6B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1723 | -8.4 |
| 11 | Mintz, Yair | 1679 | ISR | −4B | +29N | −8B | +28N | +25B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1794 | +29.2 |
| 12 | Kaadan, Lina | 1752 | ISR | F | +21B | +20N | −2N | +24B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1930 | +36.4 |
| 13 | Drubin, Simha | 1654 | ISR | =24B | +33N | +22N | =16B | −3N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1844 | +49.6 |
| 14 | Piakarchyk, Artsemi | 1411 | ISR | +15N | F | =25B | =5N | +22B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.75 | 1788 | +78.0 |
| 15 | Klaus, Ofer | 1681 | ISR | −14B | −9N | +35B | +26N | +23B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1709 | +9.2 |
| 16 | Linik, Daniel | 1896 | ISR | +9B | +8N | −2B | =13N | −5B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1708 | -47.2 |
| 17 | Selictar, Ori | 1707 | ISR | +29B | −4N | −9B | =21B | +32N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1706 | -1.4 |
| 18 | Barel, Avi | 1722 | ISR | −2B | +36N | =23B | =24N | =20B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1692 | -7.6 |
| 19 | Levi, Idan | 1677 | ISR | +32B | −2N | =24B | −22N | +30B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1675 | -1.2 |
| 20 | Drubin, Emanuel | 1699 | ISR | =33B | +35N | −12B | =23N | =18N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1716 | +4.8 |
| 21 | Gavriel, Oren | 1593 | ISR | =6B | −12N | +33B | =17N | −9B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1651 | +7.8 |
| 22 | Henn, Jonathan | 1565 | ISR | F | +6N | −13B | +19B | −14N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1626 | +6.2 |
| 23 | Yakiri, Itai | 1578 | ISR | +34N | −3B | =18N | =20B | −15N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1640 | +14.0 |
| 24 | Marcovici, Adrian | 1839 | ISR | =13N | =25B | =19N | =18B | −12N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1591 | -32.2 |
| 25 | Hornung, Ziv | 1499 | ISR | +35B | =24N | =14N | −10B | −11N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1641 | +28.0 |
| 26 | Karlinsky, Nathanel | 1647 | ISR | −3N | +34B | −10N | −15B | +31N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1662 | +3.2 |
| 27 | Rushinek, Yoav | 1702 | ISR | −1B | =30N | −6B | =33N | +34B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1627 | -20.8 |
| 28 | Gera, Dan | 1715 | ISR | −7N | −10B | +36N | −11B | +33B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1630 | -11.6 |
| 29 | Berger, Yuval | 1648 | ISR | −17N | −11B | +34N | +31B | −8N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1614 | -10.4 |
| 30 | Cherner, Igor | 1589 | ISR | −8N | =27B | −32N | +36B | −19N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1489 | -13.6 |
| 31 | Galmidi, Ram | 1730 | ISR | +36B | −1N | −5B | −29N | −26B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1424 | -78.0 |
| 32 | Drubin, Shani | 1563 | ISR | −19N | F | +30B | −6N | −17B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1491 | -14.4 |
| 33 | Mizrahi, Omer | 1685 | ISR | =20N | −13B | −21N | =27B | −28N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1432 | -63.6 |
| 34 | Ribstein, Itael | 1584 | ISR | −23B | −26N | −29B | F | −27N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 844 | -67.2 |
| 35 | Sofer, Tal | 1840 | ISR | −25N | −20B | −15N | F | — | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 828 | -91.2 |
| 36 | Shiloah, Eylon | 1521 | ISR | −31N | −18B | −28B | −30N | — | 0.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 890 | -22.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Piakarchyk, ArtsemiISR+78.03.0 pts · #10
- 2Rynhold, TomerISR+66.43.5 pts · #5
- 3Drubin, SimhaISR+49.63.0 pts · #11
- 1Sofer, TalISR-91.20.0 pts · #36
- 2Galmidi, RamISR-78.01.0 pts · #31
- 3Ribstein, ItaelISR-67.20.0 pts · #34
- R1+341 Elo gap
- R1+270 Elo gap
- R5+267 Elo gap