National Ch. 1 8 Finals Haifa-Nesher 2025
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36 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Sept 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1905, and top seed was Arsenii Pogoreltsev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1970).
Arsenii Pogoreltsev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1970) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Wasim Kharouba (5.0) and Yonatan Blumenthal (5.0). Pogoreltsev won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Daniel Branskii (1491) beat Shaul Weinstein (1941), a +450-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Haifa, Israel
Dates
28 Sept 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×35
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsArsenii Pogoreltsev led from R5; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
13
5
3
2
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Arsenii Pogoreltsev never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Arsenii Pogoreltsev beat Hadi Diab (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Arsenii Pogoreltsev 7 wins (R1–R7)Hadi Diab 4 wins (R3–R6)Wasim Kharouba 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arsenii Pogoreltsev | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Hadi Diab | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Wasim Kharouba | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Efim Rakita | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pogoreltsev, Arsenii | 1970 | ISR | +34N | +28B | +3N | +2B | +11N | +4B | +5B | 7.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 26.50 | 2592 | +76.0 |
| 2 | Kharouba, Wasim | 1877 | ISR | +22B | +30B | +23N | −1N | +6B | =7N | =8B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 16.75 | 1940 | +13.6 |
| 3 | Blumenthal, Yonatan | 1856 | ISR | +27B | +6N | −1B | −10N | +25B | +14N | +12B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 17.50 | 1973 | +22.4 |
| 4 | Shehtman, Yair | 1759 | ISR | +35B | =10N | =9B | +13N | +19B | −1N | +18B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 15.25 | 1936 | +59.2 |
| 5 | Diab, Hadi | 1707 | ISR | =25B | =9N | +27B | +29B | +8N | +11B | −1N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 1986 | +103.2 |
| 6 | Haddad, Sharbel | 1663 | ISR | +29N | −3B | +26N | +12B | −2N | +23B | +10N | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1906 | +89.2 |
| 7 | Rakita, Efim | 1860 | ISR | +26N | =13N | −25B | +24B | +10N | =2B | +11N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 17.00 | 1984 | +24.4 |
| 8 | Najjar, Munib | 1915 | ISR | =32B | +20N | =13B | +16N | −5B | +19N | =2N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 14.50 | 1849 | -17.2 |
| 9 | Keren, Jonatan | 1883 | ISR | =24N | =5B | =4N | =17B | =23N | +21B | +29N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 13.75 | 1822 | -8.2 |
| 10 | Cherikovsky, Yuri | 1937 | ISR | +31N | =4B | =12N | +3B | −7B | +15N | −6B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 14.50 | 1792 | -23.4 |
| 11 | Mendler, Omer | 1862 | ISR | +33B | +19N | +16B | +25N | −1B | −5N | −7B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 10.00 | 1838 | -8.0 |
| 12 | Abuelhijaa, Fadi | 1787 | ISR | =20B | +15N | =10B | −6N | +16B | +13N | −3N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 15.00 | 1811 | +6.0 |
| 13 | Sorin, Boris | 1875 | RUS | +23N | =7B | =8N | −4B | +14N | −12B | +22N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 14.25 | 1829 | -7.8 |
| 14 | Gartenflus, Alexsandr | 1695 | ISR | −21N | +31B | +28N | +22N | −13B | −3B | +19N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1821 | +24.0 |
| 15 | Gal, Erez | 1729 | ISR | =17N | −12B | =29N | +27B | +21N | −10B | +23N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 1813 | +32.4 |
| 16 | Grechin, Yan | 1768 | ISR | +36N | +21B | −11N | −8B | −12N | +26B | =20N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.50 | 1718 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Weinstein, Shaul | 1941 | ISR | =15B | =32N | −19B | =9N | −20B | +30N | +27B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1712 | -38.4 |
| 18 | Engel, Leonard | 0 | ISR | −28N | −23B | =34N | +26B | +24N | +31B | −4N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 5.75 | 1674 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Vorobyev, Vladimir | 1788 | ISR | +30N | −11B | +17N | +21B | −4N | −8B | −14B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 8.00 | 1751 | -7.8 |
| 20 | Branskii, Daniel | 1491 | ISR | =12N | −8B | −24N | +34B | +17N | F | =16B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 7.75 | 1795 | +83.6 |
| 21 | Flesler, Adrian | 1801 | ISR | +14B | −16N | +32B | −19N | −15B | −9N | +35N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 1660 | -50.0 |
| 22 | Azaiza, Nassem | 1801 | ISR | −2N | −26B | +30N | −14B | +31N | +24B | −13B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1653 | -27.8 |
| 23 | Serhan, Moneb | 1634 | ISR | −13B | +18N | −2B | +28N | =9B | −6N | −15B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 7.75 | 1600 | -5.8 |
| 24 | Smilovich, Eli | 1674 | ISR | =9B | −25N | +20B | −7N | −18B | −22N | +26N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 7.25 | 1708 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Margovsky, Naum | 1929 | ISR | =5N | +24B | +7N | −11B | −3N | F | — | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1793 | -17.6 |
| 26 | Kfir, Itzhak | 1627 | ISR | −7B | +22N | −6B | −18N | +28B | −16N | −24B | 2.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 5.00 | 1625 | -0.6 |
| 27 | Toby, Ohad | 1722 | ISR | −3N | +34B | −5N | −15N | +35B | F | −17N | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 1.00 | 1608 | -17.4 |
| 28 | Bernshtein, Yogev | 1723 | ISR | +18B | −1N | −14B | −23B | −26N | F | +30N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 1472 | -66.4 |
| 29 | Khoury, Yousef | 1515 | ISR | −6B | +35N | =15B | −5N | F | F | −9B | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 2.50 | 1530 | -0.8 |
| 30 | Vednin, Sergey | 1630 | ISR | −19B | −2N | −22B | =35N | +34N | −17B | −28B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 0.75 | 1527 | -17.4 |
| 31 | Likhobabenko, Shay | 1538 | ISR | −10B | −14N | +35B | F | −22B | −18N | — | 1.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 0.50 | 1519 | -8.8 |
| 32 | Levitan, LielWCM | 1690 | ISR | =8N | =17B | −21N | F | F | F | — | 1.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1761 | +9.6 |
| 33 | Biadsy, Bashar | 0 | ISR | −11N | +36B | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1703 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Lakhmish, Shay | 1751 | ISR | −1B | −27N | =18B | −20N | −30B | F | — | 0.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 1.75 | 903 | -44.8 |
| 35 | Iktelat, Ahmad | 1412 | ISR | −4N | −29B | −31N | =30B | −27N | F | −21B | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 1260 | -30.0 |
| 36 | Biadsy, Razee | 1542 | ISR | −16B | −33N | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 971 | -8.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Diab, HadiISR+103.25.0 pts · #2
- 2Haddad, SharbelISR+89.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Branskii, DanielISR+83.63.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Bernshtein, YogevISR-66.42.0 pts · #31
- 2Flesler, AdrianISR-50.03.0 pts · #19
- 3Lakhmish, ShayISR-44.80.5 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R5+450 Elo gap
- R7+274 Elo gap
- R4+260 Elo gap