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Kiryat Ono Autumn 2025 A

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32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Sept 2025 to 19 Nov 2025 in Kiryat Ono, Israel. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2262, and top seed was Yeshaayahu Tzidkiya (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2479).

Yannay Ben Ari (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2454) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Noam Ostrovsky Berman (5.5) and Boris Kantsler (5.0). Ben Ari won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Harel Fester (1714) beat Adi Menahem (FM, 2253), a +539-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Ono, Israel
Dates
03 Sept 2025 → 19 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMYeshaayahu Tzidkiya2479
Avg top 10
2,262
Participants
32
Titled players · 6
GM×3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×31
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
5
1
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Kantsler takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 Oct

GM Boris Kantsler takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Ben Ari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Yannay Ben Ari lost to Noam Ostrovsky Berman (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ben Ari, YannayIM2454ISR+20N2B+14N+11B+9N=4B+3N5.527.530.522.502407-1.8
2Ostrovsky Berman, Noam2116ISR+21B+1N4B+27N+15B=3B+11N5.525.527.520.002327+76.0
3Kantsler, BorisGM2335ISR+13B+15N=5B+4N+6B=2N1B5.030.033.522.752385+7.0
4Dvoirys, Semen I.GM2368RUS+16N+11B+2N3B+10N=1N=5B5.029.032.522.252321-1.1
5Shilon Rahav, EliranFM2246ISR+22N+12B=3N=10B+7N=6B=4N5.027.530.020.502320+22.3
6Tzidkiya, YeshaayahuGM2479ISR+18B=7N+27B+8B3N=5N+9B5.026.028.018.252334-9.0
7Meirovich, Ilay2161ISR+31N=6B8N+22B5B+10N+15B4.524.525.513.502148+1.6
8Abitbul, Matan2032ISR=29N+28B+7B6N+18B9N+17N4.522.023.513.752161+47.6
9Menahem, AdiFM2253ISR+25B27N+20B+12N1B+8B6N4.024.526.514.002141-27.4
10Goldstein, Asaf1912ISR=19N+29B+17B=5N4B7B+16N4.024.526.012.502079+54.8
11Medovoy, Yaniv2057ISR+32B4N+24B1N+27B+19N2B4.023.524.08.002043-0.4
12Soybert, Ori2032ISR+30B5N+13B9B16N+24N+23B4.021.523.010.501998-9.2
13Sapir, Omri1888ISR3N+31B12N+14B=21N=18N+19B4.021.522.510.751977+22.2
14Gunders, Elad1919ISR27B+23N1B13N+30B+21N+18B4.019.521.09.501924-0.2
15Semo, Sagy1991ISR+26N3B+19N+28B2N=16B7N3.524.026.09.251943-17.2
16Davidovich, Asaf1806ISR4B+30N+29B20N+12B=15N10B3.521.022.58.751941+44.8
17Manyevich, Rom2153ISR=28N+24B10N19B+25N+26N8B3.519.021.08.501848-95.6
18Bodenshtein, Yair1902ISR6N=19B+32N+26B8N=13B14N3.023.023.56.501847-12.6
19Galmidi, Ram1721ISR=10B=18N15B+17N+20B11B13N3.022.025.010.001922+64.4
20Zakin, Lior1931ISR1B+21N9N+16B19N+27B3.018.520.58.001931-6.0
21Kendel, Eitan1757ISR2N20B+31N=24N=13B14B=22N2.521.522.55.501816+16.8
22Haber, Aviv1795ISR5B=32N+30B7N26B=28N=21B2.518.018.54.001749-27.2
23Dimenshtein, Daniel1818ISR24N14B26N+31B=29N+25B12N2.517.018.04.251770-10.4
24Khairova, Evelina1911ISR+23B17N11N=21B+28N12B2.516.518.55.751865-16.0
25Chalopoviz, Ilay1824ISR9N=26B28N+29N17B23N+31B2.516.017.03.751802-17.6
26Tamir, Rami1749ISR15B=25N+23B18N+22N17B2.515.017.56.251857+13.6
27Fester, Harel1714ISR+14N+9B6N2B11N20NF2.025.527.58.001918+46.8
28Hoch, Guy1713ISR=17B8N+25B15N24B=22BF2.019.021.05.501820+25.2
29Shifrin, Evgeny1800ISR=8B10N16N25B=23B31N=30N1.518.519.54.251624-30.4
30Cohen, Eyal1716ISR12N16B22N+32B14NF=29B1.516.016.01.251644-23.6
31Brenner, Bar1868ISR7B13N21B23NF+29B25N1.017.517.51.501602-79.6
32Geva, Eitan1668ISR11N=22B18B30N0.59.511.01.251546-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets