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1 8 Israel Chess Championship Herzliya 2025

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in Herziliya, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1793, and top seed was Shaul Rosner (🇮🇱 ISR, 1885).

Roy Karov (🇮🇱 ISR, 1746) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Yoav Klein (6.5) and Eitan Wolf (6.0). Karov won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Andrei Krohmalnik (1547) beat Shaul Rosner (1885), a +338-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
🇮🇱Shaul Rosner1885
Avg top 10
1,793
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×24
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Roy Karov
    🇮🇱ISR·1746
    7.0pts·1934perf+42.2
  • 🥈
    Yoav Klein
    🇮🇱ISR·1796
    6.5pts·1977perf+35.0
  • 🥉
    Eitan Wolf
    🇮🇱ISR·1673
    6.0pts·1818perf+61.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Roy Karov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Karov takes lead
Karov7Klein6.5Wolf6Shumilov5.5Weiss5.5Rushinek5.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE25 Oct

Roy Karov takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Roy Karov drew with Yoav Klein (White).

R6–R8 · WIN STREAK

Yoav Klein won 3 in a row (R6–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Roy Karov*
½
1
—
2Yoav Klein
½
*—
1
3Eitan Wolf
0
—*
½
4Ariel Shumilov—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karov, Roy1746ISR+18N=15B+3N+19B=4N=5B+12N+8B=2B7.040.043.032.251934+42.2
2Klein, Yoav1796ISR=16B+11N+23BF=18N+15B+6N+5B=1N6.539.041.028.501977+35.0
3Wolf, Eitan1673ISR=6B+24N−1B+13N+11B=4N−5N+12B+14N6.041.542.024.001818+61.2
4Rushinek, Yoav1763ISR+13N+5B=12NF=1B=3B+11N+15B−6N5.544.048.027.251865+43.6
5Weiss, Elyshiv1843ISR+21B−4N+17B+15B+12N=1N+3B−2N−7B5.543.045.524.501825-6.8
6Shumilov, Ariel1690ISR=3N−9B+20N+14B−15N+10B−2B+21N+4B5.539.542.023.501796+52.0
7Rosner, Shaul1885ISR−23N−13B−8N+24N+22B+19B+18N=14B+5N5.530.030.516.751683-37.8
8Dobkin, Uri1639ISR−15N−18B+7B+21N+20N−12B+17B−1N+9N5.036.038.520.001761+28.6
9Hurwitz, Guy1805ISR−22B+6N=13B−11N+21B+16N+19B=17N−8B5.033.035.519.251699-25.2
10Barkai, Uri1802ISR−11B−21N+24B+23N−16B−6N+22N+18B+15N5.028.028.512.001678-26.2
11Shoval, Gideon1785ISR+10N−2B=15N+9B−3N+18B−4B=16N=12N4.540.543.519.251743-20.4
12Mintz, Yair1745ISR=19B+22N=4B+16N−5B+8N−1B−3N=11B4.540.543.018.001706-18.8
13Krohmalnik, Andrei1547ISR−4B+7N=9N−3B+24B−14N−21N+20B+17B4.536.036.515.501668+22.6
14Gradenwitz, Oded1660ISR=17B=19N=21B−6N=23B+13B+20N=7N−3B4.534.036.016.001658-0.6
15Shunami, Tomer1758ISR+8B=1N=11B−5N+6B−2N+16B−4N−10B4.044.548.520.251712-21.2
16Asheri, Nadav1727ISR=2N=20B=18N−12B+10N−9B−15N=11B+21B4.035.538.016.001678-22.0
17Ben Aharon, Eitan1716ISR=14N+23B−5N−18B+19N+21B−8N=9B−13N4.033.035.012.251619-46.8
18Lahav, Doron1618ISR−1B+8N=16B+17N=2B−11N−7B−10N−22N3.041.544.014.251618-0.8
19Rotshtein, Maxim1588ISR=12N=14B+22B−1N−17B−7N−9NF+23B3.035.035.09.001636+7.6
20Botvinnik, Roman1562ISR=24B=16N−6B+22N−8B+23N−14B−13N—3.028.028.56.751539-5.2
21Levy, Avner1622ISR−5N+10B=14N−8B−9N−17N+13B−6B−16N2.539.043.011.751549-18.0
22Avron, Arnon1582ISR+9N−12B−19N−20B−7NF−10B=23N+18B2.531.031.59.001565-5.4
23Pupko, Oz1635ISR+7B−17N−2N−10B=14N−20BF=22B−19N2.034.034.59.001507-54.4
24Ochion, Shlomo0ISR=20N−3B−10N−7B−13NFF——0.526.528.51.5013280.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets