Masters Haifa -Nesher B 2025
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1802, and top seed was Arsenii Pogoreltsev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1970).
Yonatan Blumenthal (🇮🇱 ISR, 1856) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Arsenii Pogoreltsev (3.5) and Boris Sorin (3.5). Blumenthal won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Moneb Serhan (1634) beat Boris Sorin (1875), a +241-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsYonatan Blumenthal led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Yonatan Blumenthal held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.
Yonatan Blumenthal beat Arsenii Pogoreltsev (White).
Yonatan Blumenthal 4 wins (R1–R4)Boris Sorin 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yonatan Blumenthal | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Arsenii Pogoreltsev | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Boris Sorin | 1 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Sergey Vednin | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blumenthal, Yonatan | 1856 | ISR | +12B | +7N | +2B | +5N | −3B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 2050 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Pogoreltsev, Arsenii | 1970 | ISR | =5N | +4B | −1N | +8B | +9N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 1889 | -16.4 |
| 3 | Sorin, Boris | 1875 | RUS | −4N | =6B | +11N | +7B | +1N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 8.75 | 1819 | -5.6 |
| 4 | Serhan, Moneb | 1634 | ISR | +3B | −2N | =8B | =9N | =6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1791 | +38.0 |
| 5 | Salman, Jude | 1701 | ISR | =2B | =9N | +7B | −1B | =8N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1740 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Vednin, Sergey | 1630 | ISR | −8N | =3N | +12B | =10B | =4N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1788 | +19.8 |
| 7 | Pen, Shahar | 0 | ISR | +10N | −1B | −5N | −3N | +11B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1751 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Levitan, LielWCM | 1690 | ISR | +6B | F | =4N | −2N | =5B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1742 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Abuelhijaa, Fadi | 1787 | ISR | =11N | =5B | =10N | =4B | −2B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1726 | -8.6 |
| 10 | Keren, Jonatan | 1883 | ISR | −7B | +12N | =9B | =6N | — | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1881 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Grechin, Yan | 1768 | ISR | =9B | F | −3B | +12N | −7N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1838 | +10.8 |
| 12 | Asadi, Anas | 1851 | ISR | −1N | −10B | −6N | −11B | — | 0.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 986 | -93.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Serhan, MonebISR+38.02.5 pts · #5
- 2Blumenthal, YonatanISR+20.04.0 pts · #2
- 3Vednin, SergeyISR+19.82.5 pts · #3
- 1Asadi, AnasISR-93.60.0 pts · #12
- 2Pogoreltsev, ArseniiISR-16.43.5 pts · #1
- 3Abuelhijaa, FadiISR-8.62.0 pts · #6
- R1+241 Elo gap
- R3+221 Elo gap
- R3+114 Elo gap