Eighth - Final of the 2025 Israeli Championship - Green Village
20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Sept 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Green Village, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1749, and top seed was Benny Priel (🇮🇱 ISR, 1803).
Yevgeny Bedyovkin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1740) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Roy Karov (5.5) and Nataniel Alexey Bedyovkin (5.0). Bedyovkin shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Amit Oring (1552) beat Daniel Savaldi (1756), a +204-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight 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.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Bedyovkin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).
Roy Karov won 4 in a row (R4–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roy Karov | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Yevgeny Bedyovkin | — | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Hadar Shaashua | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Nataniel Alexey Bedyovkin | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedyovkin, Yevgeny | 1740 | ISR | +16N | =9B | +15N | +4B | =3N | =5B | +6N | 5.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 19.50 | 1937 | +33.6 |
| 2 | Karov, Roy | 1746 | ISR | +11N | −7B | =16N | +13B | +15B | +3N | +5N | 5.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 1926 | +31.0 |
| 3 | Bedyovkin, Nataniel Alexey | 1771 | ISR | =12N | +18B | +9N | +6N | =1B | −2B | +7N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 17.00 | 1860 | +26.8 |
| 4 | Shaashua, Hadar | 1686 | ISR | =15B | +13N | +10B | −1N | =6B | +11N | +9B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 14.50 | 1858 | +33.2 |
| 5 | Ben Avi, Adam | 1716 | ISR | +8B | −6N | +18B | +11N | +7B | =1N | −2B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 14.75 | 1761 | +16.4 |
| 6 | Vydeslaver, Alla | 1775 | ISR | +20N | +5B | +7N | −3B | =4N | =9B | −1B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 12.75 | 1736 | -6.4 |
| 7 | Levanzov, Yevgeny | 1790 | ISR | +14B | +2N | −6B | +12B | −5N | +8N | −3B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 14.50 | 1747 | -7.0 |
| 8 | Geva Brodt, Yoav | 1671 | ISR | −5N | −11B | +19N | +18N | +12B | −7B | +15N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 1643 | -8.4 |
| 9 | Welt, Chanan | 1709 | ISR | +17B | =1N | −3B | +14N | =10B | =6N | −4N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 10.75 | 1657 | -9.0 |
| 10 | Savaldi, Daniel | 1756 | ISR | =18N | =12B | −4N | +17B | =9N | =15B | −14N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1493 | -35.4 |
| 11 | Freiberg, Doron | 1501 | ISR | −2B | +8N | =13B | −5B | +16N | −4B | −17N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 7.25 | 1658 | +22.4 |
| 12 | Hochshtad, Shachar | 1636 | ISR | =3B | =10N | +14B | −7N | −8N | =13B | −18N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 7.75 | 1667 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Priel, Benny | 1803 | ISR | =19B | −4B | =11N | −2N | F | =12N | +16B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.75 | 1582 | -35.0 |
| 14 | Oring, Amit | 1552 | ISR | −7N | F | −12N | −9B | +17N | =16B | +10B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 1565 | +1.2 |
| 15 | Armon, Eli | 1618 | ISR | =4N | +19B | −1B | F | −2N | =10N | −8B | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 4.50 | 1573 | -7.0 |
| 16 | Katz, Yahel | 1668 | ISR | −1B | +17N | =2B | F | −11B | =14N | −13N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 6.00 | 1429 | -59.6 |
| 17 | Goldberg, Hadar | 0 | ISR | −9N | −16B | +20N | −10N | −14B | F | +11B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Agmon, Michael | 0 | ISR | =10B | −3N | −5N | −8B | F | F | +12B | 1.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1564 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Cohen, Yarden | 1588 | ISR | =13N | −15N | −8B | F | F | F | — | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.25 | 1424 | -23.2 |
| 20 | Emergui, Barak Rey | 0 | ISR | −6B | F | −17B | F | F | F | — | 0.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 975 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bedyovkin, YevgenyISR+33.65.5 pts · #2
- 2Shaashua, HadarISR+33.25.0 pts · #3
- 3Karov, RoyISR+31.05.5 pts · #1
- 1Katz, YahelISR-59.62.0 pts · #17
- 2Savaldi, DanielISR-35.43.0 pts · #16
- 3Priel, BennyISR-35.02.5 pts · #12
- R7+204 Elo gap
- R2+170 Elo gap
- R5+167 Elo gap