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

Top seed

🇮🇱Arsenii Pogoreltsev1970

Avg top 10

1,905

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇮🇱Israel×35

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Arsenii Pogoreltsev
🇮🇱ISR·1970
7.0pts·2592perf+76.0
🥈
Wasim Kharouba
🇮🇱ISR·1877
5.0pts·1940perf+13.6
🥉
Yonatan Blumenthal
🇮🇱ISR·1856
5.0pts·1973perf+22.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Arsenii 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

Pogoreltsev7Diab5Kharouba5Rakita5Haddad5Blumenthal5

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
+103.2
5.0 pts · #2
2Haddad, SharbelISR
+89.2
5.0 pts · #5
3Branskii, DanielISR
+83.6
3.0 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Bernshtein, YogevISR
-66.4
2.0 pts · #31
2Flesler, AdrianISR
-50.0
3.0 pts · #19
3Lakhmish, ShayISR
-44.8
0.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R5+450 Elo gap
Branskii, Daniel1491 beat Weinstein, Shaul1941
R7+274 Elo gap
Haddad, Sharbel1663 beat Cherikovsky, Yuri1937
R4+260 Elo gap
Branskii, Daniel1491 beat Lakhmish, Shay1751