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Chess fitness meter improvement competition

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Sept 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1561, and top seed was Amir Lubetkin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1698).

Ido Steinberg (🇮🇱 ISR, 1536) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Einav Dambin (6.0) and Amir Lubetkin (5.0). Steinberg won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ido Steinberg (1536) beat Amir Lubetkin (1698), a +162-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kfar Saba, Israel
Dates
18 Sept 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Amir Lubetkin1698
Avg top 10
1,561
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×22
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Ido Steinberg
    🇮🇱ISR·1536
    7.0pts·2367perf+86.0
  • 🥈
    Einav Dambin
    🇮🇱ISR
    6.0pts·1598perf0.0
  • 🥉
    Amir Lubetkin
    🇮🇱ISR·1698
    5.0pts·1727perf+5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ido Steinberg led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Steinberg7Dambin6Lubetkin5Alon4.5Zwilling4.5Hazan4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ido Steinberg never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ido Steinberg beat Einav Dambin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ido Steinberg 7 wins (R1–R7)Einav Dambin 4 wins (R4–R7)Amir Lubetkin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ido Steinberg*
1
1
—
2Einav Dambin
0
*
1
—
3Amir Lubetkin
0
0
*—
4Bar Alon———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Steinberg, Ido1536ISR+8B+21N+2B+9N+6B+14N+3B7.025.527.527.502367+86.0
2Dambin, Einav0ISR+19N+15B−1N+3B+14N+9B+6N6.025.528.021.0015980.0
3Lubetkin, Amir1698ISR+16B+20N+6B−2N+4B+7N−1N5.028.530.517.501727+5.6
4Zwilling, Eden0ISR+10N−9B=5N+23B−3N+17B+11N4.522.523.512.7515680.0
5Alon, Bar0ISR−21B+8N=4B+17N−7B+12N+20B4.520.522.514.2516160.0
6Hazan, Hodael0ISR+13N+11B−3N+15B−1N+10B−2B4.028.531.513.5015560.0
7Botvinnik, Roman1562ISR=9N−14B+13N+11B+5N−3B=10N4.023.526.515.001465-13.4
8Priel, Raz1571ISR−1N−5B+24N+22B−10N+15B+16N4.023.023.08.001401-27.6
9Margulis, Michael1514ISR=7B+4N+18B−1B+15N−2NF3.527.530.012.001536+9.2
10Erez, Mordechai1565ISR−4B+23N−12B+19N+8B−6N=7B3.522.523.59.501629+6.6
11Hamra, Shaked0ISR+17B−6N+20B−7N=12B+18N−4B3.521.023.08.7515840.0
12Lahav, Nadav1546ISR−15N=19B+10N=20B=11N−5B+17N3.519.521.510.001828+41.6
13Yaron yuster, Amit1428ISR−6B=17N−7B+24N−20N+22B+18B3.517.017.05.751456+2.8
14Brayer, Henry1517ISRF+7N+16B+18N−2B−1BF3.026.028.09.501714+40.8
15Elbank, Omer0ISR+12B−2N+21B−6N−9B−8N+24B3.023.023.05.5014080.0
16Weisserman, Miroslav1464ISR−3N+24B−14N+21B=18B=20N−8B3.018.518.54.251331-34.8
17Galant, Chaim1543ISR−11N=13B+22N−5B+21N−4N−12B2.521.523.55.751293-13.0
18Sherman, Uri1510ISR+23N+22B−9N−14B=16N−11B−13N2.518.519.54.501322-51.2
19Apelbaum, Rotem0ISR−2B=12N+23B−10B−22N+24NF2.518.018.02.7515220.0
20Friedland, Benzi1560ISRF−3B−11N=12N+13B=16B−5N2.023.026.06.751537-4.8
21Qasem, Shahd1437ISR+5N−1B−15N−16N−17B+23BF2.022.523.55.5013090.0
22FIDE 28820000—+24N−18N−17B−8N+19B−13NF2.016.016.02.507130.0
23Ben Aharon, Ariel1460ISR−18B−10B−19N−4N+24B−21NF1.017.017.00.00738-30.8
24FIDE 28797190—−22B−16N−8B−13B−23N−19B−15N0.018.019.00.006820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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