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One-eighth final finals of Israel Chess Championships 2025 26 in Kiryat Bialik

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Sept 2025 to 04 Dec 2025 in Kiryat Bialik, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1834, and top seed was Dmitry Shcipko (🇮🇱 ISR, 2009).

Ilya Broytman (🇮🇱 ISR, 1741) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Efim Rakita (5.5) and Adi Akman (5.0). Broytman won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ilya Broytman (1741) beat Dmitry Shcipko (2009), a +268-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Bialik, Israel
Dates
18 Sept 2025 → 04 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Dmitry Shcipko2009
Avg top 10
1,834
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Ilya Broytman
    🇮🇱ISR·1741
    5.5pts·2037perf+51.8
  • 🥈
    Efim Rakita
    🇮🇱ISR·1860
    5.5pts·2050perf+32.8
  • 🥉
    Adi Akman
    🇮🇱ISR·1888
    5.0pts·1969perf+16.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
8
2
4
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Rakita5.5Broytman5.5Akman5Shcipko4.5Mishkovsky4Donchik4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Broytman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Efim Rakita beat Ilya Broytman (Black).

R4–R7 · WIN STREAK

Ilya Broytman won 4 in a row (R4–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Efim Rakita*
1
0
1
2Ilya Broytman
0
*
1
1
3Adi Akman
1
0
*
½
4Dmitry Shcipko
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Broytman, Ilya1741ISR+4B=9N−2B+13N+6B+5N+3B5.526.028.021.002037+51.8
2Rakita, Efim1860ISR+13N=5B+1N+7B−3N+10B+4B5.525.027.020.002050+32.8
3Akman, Adi1888ISR+16B+6N=7N+5B+2B=4N−1N5.026.527.518.251969+16.4
4Shcipko, Dmitry2009ISR−1N+14B+12N+11B+9N=3B−2N4.524.026.012.501886-38.4
5Donchik, Alexander1812ISR+10B=2N+8B−3N=7N−1B+15B4.025.026.511.751849+7.4
6Mishkovsky, Shaul1656ISR+12N−3B+15N−9B−1N+11B+14N4.020.522.08.501809+29.2
7Margovsky, Naum1929ISR+11B+8N=3B−2N=5B——3.017.520.010.001872-7.0
8Kotler, Zvi1765ISR+15N−7B−5N=12B−10N+16B=11N3.016.517.55.001709-11.2
9Abuelhijaa, Fadi1787ISR+14N=1B=13B+6N−4B——3.016.018.09.751824+4.8
10Toby, Ohad1722ISR−5N−13B+16B+15N+8B−2N—3.016.017.05.501737+2.4
11Smilovich, Eli1674ISR−7N=15B+14N−4N=13B−6N=8B2.518.520.05.251669-4.2
12Gurtovoy, Boris1822ISR−6B+16N−4B=8N−14B−15N+16B2.516.017.03.501635-36.0
13Serhan, Moneb1634ISR−2B+10N=9N−1B=11NF—2.019.521.55.751685+5.8
14Fridman, Mike1712ISR−9B−4N−11B+16N+12NF−6B2.018.519.53.501645-24.0
15Shkuri, Joseph1684ISR−8B=11N−6B−10B−16N+12B−5N1.519.020.03.751501-31.4
16Kahan, Sami1665ISR−3N−12B−10N−14B+15B−8N−12N1.018.019.51.501465-29.6

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One-eighth final finals of Israel Chess Championships 2025 26 in Kiryat Bialik — Kiryat Bialik, Israel | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats