Nat. Ch. 1 8 Final 2025 Kiryat Ono
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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Sept 2025 to 19 Nov 2025 in Kiryat Ono, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1706, and top seed was Dror Ashkenazi (🇮🇱 ISR, 1787).
Adi Vardi (🇮🇱 ISR, 1712) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Itay Sharoni (5.0) and Oded Gradenwitz (5.0). Vardi shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Yarin Familier (1487) beat Oleg Zaslavsky (1750), a +263-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAdi Vardi led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 Nov
Adi Vardi takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Oded Gradenwitz 3 wins (R5–R7)Itay Sharoni 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adi Vardi | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2Oded Gradenwitz | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Itay Sharoni | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4David Shapira | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vardi, Adi | 1712 | ISR | =19N | +12B | +8N | =6B | +9N | +2N | =17B | 5.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 21.00 | 1834 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Sharoni, Itay | 1567 | ISR | +13N | +20B | +14N | +5B | +4N | −1B | −3N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 17.50 | 1822 | +95.6 |
| 3 | Gradenwitz, Oded | 1660 | ISR | +23N | =4B | −5B | =17N | +16B | +18N | +2B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 14.25 | 1809 | +28.0 |
| 4 | Minzer, Rudolfo | 1762 | ISR | +7B | =3N | +18B | =9N | −2B | +6N | =5B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 17.50 | 1723 | -5.2 |
| 5 | Ashkenazi, Dror | 1787 | ISR | +16N | =8B | +3N | −2N | =7B | +9B | =4N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 17.75 | 1740 | -6.8 |
| 6 | Shapira, David | 1675 | ISR | −14N | +10B | +22N | =1N | +18B | −4B | +7N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 13.75 | 1685 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Nachmias, Moshe | 1638 | ISR | −4N | +13B | +20N | =14B | =5N | +11N | −6B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 12.75 | 1698 | +11.6 |
| 8 | Evron, Lior | 1715 | ISR | +21B | =5N | −1B | −18N | =10B | +14B | +15N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 11.50 | 1646 | -20.0 |
| 9 | Familier, Yarin | 1487 | ISR | =12N | +11B | +15N | =4B | −1B | −5N | =14N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 12.00 | 1664 | +60.8 |
| 10 | Cohen, Guy | 1400 | ISR | −15B | −6N | +13B | −11B | =8N | +21N | +18B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 9.50 | 1611 | +72.0 |
| 11 | Freifeld, Daniel | 1581 | ISR | =18B | −9N | =16B | +10N | +14N | −7B | =12N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 11.00 | 1536 | -17.2 |
| 12 | Maoz, Itay | 1554 | ISR | =9B | −1N | =21B | +19N | +22B | −17N | =11B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 7.75 | 1578 | +8.8 |
| 13 | Goldshtein, Moritz | 1530 | ISR | −2B | −7N | −10N | +22B | =21B | +20N | +19N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1559 | +5.2 |
| 14 | Shiloah, Eylon | 1498 | ISR | +6B | +15N | −2B | =7N | −11B | −8N | =9B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 11.25 | 1581 | +13.6 |
| 15 | Zaslavsky, Oleg | 1750 | ISR | +10N | −14B | −9B | +21N | −17B | +16N | −8B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1506 | -43.4 |
| 16 | Manyevich, Ofek | 1640 | ISR | −5B | =21N | =11N | +20B | −3N | −15B | +22N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 1595 | -18.0 |
| 17 | Itkin, Igor | 1656 | ISR | F | F | F | =3B | +15N | +12B | =1N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 11.75 | 1862 | +21.6 |
| 18 | Galmidi, Ester | 1527 | ISR | =11N | +19B | −4N | +8B | −6N | −3B | −10N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 8.25 | 1521 | -4.6 |
| 19 | Henn, Jonathan | 1571 | ISR | =1B | −18N | F | −12B | +20N | +22N | −13B | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 5.75 | 1538 | -6.2 |
| 20 | Bacall, Udi | 1698 | ISR | +22B | −2N | −7B | −16N | −19B | −13B | +21N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 2.50 | 1411 | -54.0 |
| 21 | Hoffer, Daniel | 1496 | ISR | −8N | =16B | =12N | −15B | =13N | −10B | −20B | 1.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 1383 | -37.6 |
| 22 | Iskoz, Daniel | 1543 | ISR | −20N | +23B | −6B | −13N | −12N | −19B | −16B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 1304 | -36.8 |
| 23 | Divinsky, Eitan | 1617 | ISR | −3B | −22N | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 802 | -20.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sharoni, ItayISR+95.65.0 pts · #3
- 2Cohen, GuyISR+72.03.5 pts · #11
- 3Familier, YarinISR+60.83.5 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Bacall, UdiISR-54.02.0 pts · #20
- 2Zaslavsky, OlegISR-43.43.0 pts · #14
- 3Hoffer, DanielISR-37.61.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R3+263 Elo gap
- R2+252 Elo gap
- R4+220 Elo gap