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Herzliya Championship 2025

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in Herziliya, Israel. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2088, and top seed was Adi Menahem (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2253).

Eliran Shilon Rahav (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2246) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Adi Menahem (7.0) and Omri Mond (6.5). Shilon Rahav won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Omri Mond (1944) beat Eliran Shilon Rahav (FM, 2246), a +302-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Herziliya, Israel
Dates
08 Sept 2025 → 24 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMAdi Menahem2253
Avg top 10
2,088
Participants
20
Titled players · 4
FM×4
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×19
🇦🇷Argentina×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Eliran Shilon Rahav led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Shilon Rahav8Menahem7Mond6.5Friedland5.5Zalkind5Klein5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Eliran Shilon Rahav never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Eliran Shilon Rahav beat FM Adi Menahem (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Eliran Shilon Rahav 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)FM Adi Menahem 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEliran Shilon Rahav*
1
0
1
2FMAdi Menahem
0
*
1
½
3Omri Mond
1
0
*
½
4Eldar Friedland
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shilon Rahav, EliranFM2246ISR+19N+11B+15N+2B+5N−3B+4N+6B+10N8.041.544.037.502388+31.3
2Menahem, AdiFM2253ISR+16B+8N=4B−1N+12B+10N+3B=5B+11N7.043.046.533.252247+3.4
3Mond, Omri1944ISR−15N+20B+7B=4N+10B+1N−2N+12B+5N6.542.543.029.752225+130.0
4Friedland, Eldar2067ISR=17B+12N=2N=3B+15N+5B−1B=11N=6N5.543.547.025.752121+13.8
5Axelrod, ArieFM2188ISR=13N+6B+9N+11B−1B−4N+10B=2N−3B5.046.050.024.502084-11.5
6Solan, Shay1994ISR+18B−5N−10B=14N+19B+13N+7B−1N=4B5.039.542.019.752061+15.2
7Zalkind, KonstantinFM2056ISR+20N−15B−3N=13B+17N+16B−6N=14B+18N5.033.534.015.001930-29.6
8Klein, Eldad1862ISR−12B−2B=19N=18N+20B−9B+15N+16N+14B5.033.033.514.501995+59.2
9Kinberg, Ofer1990ISR−10B+17N−5B−19N+18B+8N−11N+20B+12N5.032.533.016.502014+5.6
10Hayohamo, Raz2013ISR+9N=13B+6N+15B−3N−2B−5N+17B−1B4.544.047.519.002022+1.4
11Menkes, Shlomo1996ISR+14B−1N+16B−5N=13B=12N+9B=4B−2B4.542.546.019.252044+10.6
12Har-Even, Abir2030ISR+8N−4B=13N+17B−2N=11B+16N−3N−9B4.041.044.516.251934-23.6
13Nochimowski, Eran1868ISR=5B=10N=12B=7N=11N−6B=17N−18B+19B4.035.037.515.751963+45.2
14Ginis, Ariel1863ISR−11N+19B−17N=6B−16N+15B+18B=7N−8N4.033.536.014.501888+6.4
15Eisemberg, Gabriel1802ARG+3B+7N−1B−10N−4B−14N−8B+19N=20N3.541.041.514.251911+21.2
16Amit, Eli1898ISR−2N+18B−11N+20N+14B−7N−12B−8B=17N3.536.537.09.751884-6.0
17Najjar, Munib1915ISR=4N−9B+14B−12N−7B+20N=13B−10N=16B3.535.536.011.001882-17.6
18Faust, Roi1826ISR−6N−16N+20B=8B−9N+19B−14N+13N−7B3.534.034.59.501857+6.0
19Hanein, Avri2033ISR−1B−14N=8B+9B−6N−18N+20B−15B−13N2.538.038.58.001759-130.8
20Tadmor, Maya1875ISR−7B−3N−18N−16B−8N−17B−19N−9N=15B0.535.538.01.751481-67.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets