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1 8 Israeli Championship in Keryat Yam

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Sept 2025 to 19 Nov 2025 in Kiryat Yam, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1824, and top seed was Prosper Dayan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1976).

Tal Zusman (🇮🇱 ISR, 1749) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Michael Tselenko (5.5) and Jonatan Keren (4.5). Zusman won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ahmad Iktelat (1412) beat Zvi Kotler (1765), a +353-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Yam, 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
🇮🇱Prosper Dayan1976
Avg top 10
1,824
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tal Zusman led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Tal Zusman held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tal Zusman drew with Michael Tselenko (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Tal Zusman won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tal Zusman*
½
1
½
2Michael Tselenko
½
*
1
1
3Roman Ermakov
0
0
*
4Efim Rakita
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zusman, Tal1749ISR+23B+5B+11N=4N=2B+6B+8N6.026.527.022.002093+56.4
2Tselenko, Michael1753ISR+13N=12B+19N+6B=1N=3B+4B5.526.528.521.501929+28.2
3Keren, Jonatan1883ISR=18B=9N+12N+8B=4B=2N=7B4.526.028.518.001854-2.2
4Rakita, Efim1860ISR=22N+17B+14N=1B=3N+5B2N4.526.027.516.001830-2.0
5Ochman, Philip1915ISR+21B1N=9B+22N+11B4N+13B4.523.525.012.501788-18.6
6Ermakov, Roman1823ISR=9B+24N+22B2N+18B1N+11B4.523.023.510.001792-6.4
7Dayan, Prosper1976ISR=17N=19B=13N=12B+14N+16B=3N4.520.022.014.001824-18.4
8Paskal, Ohad1741ISR+20B11N+15B3N+9B+12N1B4.024.526.512.501735-0.2
9Filiarsky, Yonatan1676ISR=6N=3B=5N=14B8N+21B+16N4.023.525.513.251817+53.2
10Avraham, Juda1732ISR19N=20B+17N=11B12N+14B+15N4.017.519.511.251762+10.8
11Salman, Jude1701ISR+15N+8B1B=10N5N+17B6N3.526.028.511.501769+14.8
12Tzur, Ofir1469ISR+16B=2N3B=7N+10B8B=20N3.525.527.513.001762+94.4
13Vednin, Sergey1630ISR2B+23N=7B15N+20B+18N5N3.522.022.57.251768+23.8
14Bloch, Yarden1597ISR=24B+18N4B=9N7B10N+19B3.021.522.06.751665+8.4
15Shkuri, Joseph1684ISR11B+21N8N+13B16B+22N10B3.020.021.57.001615-13.0
16Kotler, Zvi1765ISR12N22B+23N+21B+15N7N9B3.018.519.05.501597-30.0
17Shorosh, Lana1738ISR=7B4N10BF+19N11N+18B2.521.021.56.751666-20.0
18Popaotsan, Manoli1776ISR=3N14B+20N+19B6N13B17N2.520.022.06.251520-39.8
19Shapira, Shahked0ISR+10B=7N2B18N17B=23N14N2.022.022.56.501590-9.6
20Shaer, Ward1603ISR8N=10N18B+23B13NF=12B2.018.018.04.251544-18.4
21Shtewi, Hosni1645ISR5N15B+24B16N+22B9N2.016.016.52.001571-23.6
22Iktelat, Ahmad1412ISR=4B+16N6N5B21N15BF1.521.522.05.251562+30.8
23Kahan, Sami1665ISR1N13B16B20NF=19BF0.518.018.01.00887-37.6
24Toby, Ohad1722ISR=14N6B21NF0.510.012.01.501416-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets