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Round of 16 of the State Chess Championship, Group 6

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Sept 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1461, and top seed was Eyal Politzer (🇮🇱 ISR, 1739).

Pavel Gerchikov (🇮🇱 ISR, 1714) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Beeri Yehuda (4.0) and Israel Gorelikov (4.0). Gerchikov won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Shelley Potikha (1529) beat Dana Eden (1712), a +183-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
17 Sept 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Eyal Politzer1739
Avg top 10
1,461
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Pavel Gerchikov led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
4
1
4
3
2
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Gerchikov#1Yehuda#2Gorelikov#3Potikha#4Politzer#5Eden#6Scheinfeild#7#8
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

Pavel Gerchikov never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Pavel Gerchikov lost to Beeri Yehuda (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Pavel Gerchikov 3 wins (R4–R6)Beeri Yehuda 3 wins (R2–R4)Israel Gorelikov 4 wins (R2–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇱Gerchikov, Pavel1714*011111—5.014.0018.0+31.61935
2🇮🇱Yehuda, Beeri16831*00111—4.012.0019.0+34.81792
3🇮🇱Gorelikov, Israel162901*101014.09.0019.0+7.81676
5🇮🇱Politzer, Eyal1739010*101—3.09.0020.0-26.01658
4🇮🇱Potikha, Shelley15290010*11—3.08.0020.0+51.61693
6🇮🇱Eden, Dana171200010*1—2.05.0021.0-56.01537
7🇮🇱Scheinfeild, Michael1679001000*12.04.0021.0-41.61395
8FIDE 28903050——0———0*0.00.0023.00.0854

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets