Opening of the Year in Ramat Gan 1 8 Final
Open SwissStandard
42 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 17 Nov 2025 in Ramat Gan, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1755, and top seed was Daniel Drobin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1887).
Ori Selictar (🇮🇱 ISR, 1706) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Daniel Freifeld (5.5) and Berry Regev (5.5). Selictar won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Nery Strasman (1559) beat Olivier Nouchi (1817), a +258-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel
Dates
08 Sept 2025 → 17 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×41
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
15
2
7
2
4
1
3
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.5/7. Selictar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).
R3–R6 · WIN STREAK
Daniel Freifeld won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berry Regev | * | — | — | — |
| 2Ori Selictar | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Daniel Freifeld | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Omri Shimony | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selictar, Ori | 1706 | ISR | +23B | =39N | +8B | +5N | =17B | =4N | +9N | 5.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 21.00 | 1893 | +32.0 |
| 2 | Freifeld, Daniel | 1581 | ISR | +19B | −9N | +23B | +29N | +24B | +11N | =4B | 5.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 18.00 | 1841 | +82.0 |
| 3 | Regev, Berry | 1606 | ISR | +35B | =38N | +40B | +20N | −9B | +17N | +14B | 5.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 14.75 | 1892 | +99.6 |
| 4 | Shimony, Omri | 1751 | ISR | =27N | +18B | +7N | =17B | +13N | =1B | =2N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 20.50 | 1786 | +14.4 |
| 5 | Naor, Ofek | 1761 | ISR | +42N | =15B | +6N | −1B | −16N | +18B | +17N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 1719 | -5.2 |
| 6 | Gavriel, Oren | 1601 | ISR | +29B | =11N | −5B | +34N | +10B | −16N | +19N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 13.00 | 1709 | +18.0 |
| 7 | Gavriel, Inbal | 1748 | ISR | +34B | =26N | −4B | =10N | +23B | =8N | +27B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 1704 | -12.0 |
| 8 | Dorfman, Michael | 1596 | ISR | =21N | +30B | −1N | +41B | +34N | =7B | =16B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 1779 | +58.4 |
| 9 | Mankovich, Yoav | 1576 | ISR | −37N | +2B | +10B | +11N | +3N | F | −1B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 19.00 | 1884 | +77.6 |
| 10 | Shapira, David | 1675 | ISR | +22N | +12B | −9N | =7B | −6N | =15B | +33N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 13.25 | 1644 | -10.8 |
| 11 | Fire, Teddy | 1648 | ISR | +16N | =6B | +39N | −9B | +28N | −2B | =12N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 1678 | +12.0 |
| 12 | Shushan, Tamir | 1553 | ISR | +13B | −10N | +14B | =24N | −25B | +29N | =11B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 1670 | +37.6 |
| 13 | Landa, Uri Aharon | 1689 | ISR | −12N | +32B | +16N | +28B | −4B | −14N | +23B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1662 | -8.8 |
| 14 | Venturero, Guy | 1647 | ISR | −18N | +36B | −12N | +42B | +30N | +13B | −3N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1601 | -16.0 |
| 15 | Ben-Haim, Harel | 1598 | ISR | −38B | =5N | +33B | −25N | +26B | =10N | +24B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 11.25 | 1730 | +48.4 |
| 16 | Nouchi, Olivier | 1817 | FRA | −11B | +35N | −13B | −19N | +5B | +6B | =8N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 12.75 | 1622 | -34.4 |
| 17 | Ronin, Ilan | 1612 | ISR | =40B | +33N | +26B | =4N | =1N | −3B | −5B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 10.00 | 1658 | +17.2 |
| 18 | Hilewitz, Eli | 1547 | ISR | +14B | −4N | −24B | +31N | +20B | −5N | =22B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 11.25 | 1704 | +57.2 |
| 19 | Strasman, Nery | 1559 | ISR | −2N | +42B | =21N | +16B | F | +35N | −6B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.75 | 1659 | +13.2 |
| 20 | Cohen, Dotan | 1705 | ISR | =30N | +27B | =28N | −3B | −18N | =21B | +26N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 1552 | -48.4 |
| 21 | Asraf, Gili | 0 | ISR | =8B | −24N | =19B | −23N | +36B | =20N | +31B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 9.25 | 1642 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Bleicher, Noam | 1598 | ISR | −10B | −29N | +35B | −33N | +31B | +42B | =18N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1622 | +9.6 |
| 23 | Blumenthal, Uri | 1638 | ISR | −1N | +37B | −2N | +21B | −7N | +33B | −13N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 6.50 | 1402 | -29.4 |
| 24 | Hoch, Guy | 1713 | ISR | −28N | +21B | +18N | =12B | −2N | =26B | −15N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 10.25 | 1448 | -85.2 |
| 25 | Gazit, Yair | 1642 | ISR | F | +31N | F | +15B | +12N | F | — | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 10.00 | 2434 | +29.4 |
| 26 | Freifeld, Oren | 1593 | ISR | +32N | =7B | −17N | =30B | −15N | =24N | −20B | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 6.75 | 1452 | -43.2 |
| 27 | Macchia-Shahar, Yali | 1510 | ISR | =4B | −20N | −34B | +35N | F | +30B | −7N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1551 | +9.2 |
| 28 | Tabach, Omer | 1565 | ISR | +24B | +34N | =20B | −13N | −11B | — | — | 2.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1642 | +10.4 |
| 29 | Klein, Ido | 1416 | ISR | −6N | +22B | +32N | −2B | F | −12B | F | 2.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 5.50 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Yofe, Eyal | 1492 | ISR | =20B | −8N | +36B | =26N | −14B | −27N | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 4.50 | 1473 | -6.0 |
| 31 | Ramot, Yair | 1749 | ISR | =41N | −25B | =42N | −18B | −22N | +37B | −21N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 2.75 | 1346 | -100.8 |
| 32 | Ungar, Lavi | 0 | ISR | −26B | −13N | −29B | −36N | F | +34B | +37N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Bar Zeev, Lavie | 1487 | ISR | F | −17B | −15N | +22B | =42N | −23N | −10B | 1.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 4.00 | 1400 | -25.6 |
| 34 | Gvirtz, Noam | 1451 | ISR | −7N | −28B | +27N | −6B | −8B | −32N | =36N | 1.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 3.25 | 1399 | -16.8 |
| 35 | Goz, Liat | 1500 | ISR | −3N | −16B | −22N | −27B | =37N | −19B | +42N | 1.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1.75 | 1315 | -27.0 |
| 36 | Fire, Nesli | 1534 | ISR | −39B | −14N | −30N | +32B | −21N | F | =34B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.75 | 1252 | -52.0 |
| 37 | Gorodetsky, Alex | 0 | ISR | +9B | −23N | −41N | F | =35B | −31N | −32B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Drobin, Daniel | 1887 | ISR | +15N | =3B | F | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1796 | -7.2 |
| 39 | Drubin, Simha | 1704 | ISR | +36N | =1B | −11B | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1630 | -12.0 |
| 40 | Drubin, Emanuel | 1703 | ISR | =17N | +41B | −3N | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1643 | -9.6 |
| 41 | Sheinin, David | 1710 | ISR | =31B | −40N | +37B | −8N | — | — | — | 1.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1410 | -44.8 |
| 42 | Naftali, Ben | 1436 | ISR | −5B | −19N | =31B | −14N | =33B | −22N | −35B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 1.75 | 1305 | -38.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Regev, BerryISR+99.65.5 pts · #1
- 2Freifeld, DanielISR+82.05.5 pts · #4
- 3Mankovich, YoavISR+77.64.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Ramot, YairISR-100.82.0 pts · #38
- 2Hoch, GuyISR-85.23.0 pts · #27
- 3Fire, NesliISR-52.01.5 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R4+258 Elo gap
- R4+202 Elo gap
- R2+182 Elo gap