Israeli Youth Championship Qualifiers prep U11 2025
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 06 Dec 2025 in Kiryat Ono, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1521, and top seed was Benjamin Feigin (🇰🇷 KOR, 1672).
Alexander Dolgin-Kerner (🇮🇱 ISR, 1514) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Rom Roichman (4.0) and Adam Kass bergman (4.0). Dolgin-Kerner took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Arielle Dolgin-Kerner (1417) beat Ofir Tsairof (1611), a +194-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAlexander Dolgin-Kerner led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Alexander Dolgin-Kerner takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
Alexander Dolgin-Kerner beat Adam Kass bergman (White).
Adam Kass bergman 3 wins (R3–R5)Rom Roichman 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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| 1Alexander Dolgin-Kerner | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Adam Kass bergman | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Rom Roichman | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Noam Gvirtz | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolgin-Kerner, Alexander | 1514 | ISR | +12N | +3B | =8N | +2B | +4N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 14.25 | 1711 | +13.6 |
| 2 | Roichman, Rom | 0 | ISR | +?B | +4N | +5B | −1N | +6B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Kass bergman, Adam | 1570 | ISR | +7B | −1N | +9B | +5N | +8B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Gvirtz, Noam | 1597 | ISR | +10N | −2B | +13N | +8B | −1B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1697 | +42.0 |
| 5 | Pechatnikov, Daniel | 0 | ISR | +?N | +11B | −2N | −3B | +14N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1675 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Dolgin-Kerner, Arielle | 1417 | ISR | +13N | −8B | +12N | +11B | −2N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1628 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Schwartz, Nadav | 1477 | ISR | −3N | +?B | −11N | +10B | +12N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Elmalem, Tamar | 1442 | ISR | +16B | +6N | =1B | −4N | −3N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1315 | -30.0 |
| 9 | Feigin, Benjamin | 1672 | KOR | +15N | =10B | −3N | −13B | +11N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1789 | +20.0 |
| 10 | Nelke, Ori | 1450 | ISR | −4B | =9N | +14B | −7N | +15B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1323 | -22.4 |
| 11 | Tsairof, Ofir | 1611 | ISR | +14B | −5N | +7B | −6N | −9B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 796 | -23.2 |
| 12 | Fichman, Sean | 1456 | ISR | −1B | +16N | −6B | +15N | −7B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Slonim, Eitan | 0 | ISR | −6B | +?N | −4B | +9N | −16N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2889536 | 0 | — | −11N | +15B | −10N | +?B | −5B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2872471 | 0 | — | −9B | −14N | +?B | −12B | −10N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 766 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Shteynbuk, Sam samuel | 0 | ISR | −8N | −12B | −?N | F | +13B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 800 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gvirtz, NoamISR+42.03.0 pts · #2
- 2Feigin, BenjaminKOR+20.02.5 pts · #3
- 3Dolgin-Kerner, AlexanderISR+13.64.5 pts · #4
- 1Elmalem, TamarISR-30.02.5 pts · #11
- 2Tsairof, OfirISR-23.22.0 pts · #13
- 3Nelke, OriISR-22.42.5 pts · #10
- R4+194 Elo gap
- R3+102 Elo gap