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Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Sept 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Haifa, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1412, and top seed was Rafael Klein (🇮🇱 ISR, 1700).

Khalil Hafi (🇮🇱 ISR, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ron Shinkarenko (5.5) and Anton Nikitin (5.0). Hafi shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Yurii Khokhlov (1584) beat Rafael Klein (1700), a +116-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Haifa, Israel
Dates
28 Sept 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Rafael Klein1700
Avg top 10
1,412
Participants
18
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×16
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Khalil Hafi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
3
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Hafi6Shinkarenko5.5Nikitin5Pogoreltsev5Khokhlov5Politansky4
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Khalil Hafi held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Khalil Hafi beat Ron Shinkarenko (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Khalil Hafi 3 wins (R4–R6)Ron Shinkarenko 3 wins (R1–R3)Anton Nikitin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Khalil Hafi*
1
1
½
2Ron Shinkarenko
0
*
½
1
3Anton Nikitin
0
½
*
½
4Andrey Pogoreltsev
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hafi, Khalil0ISR+11N+12B=6N+10B+2N+3B=4N6.025.528.524.0016220.0
2Shinkarenko, Ron1637ISR+13N+5B+4B=3N−1B+7N+9B5.528.031.022.502420+57.2
3Nikitin, Anton0ISR+7B+16N+5B=2B=4N−1N+14B5.028.030.018.7516640.0
4Pogoreltsev, Andrey1574ISR+8N+10B−2N+6B=3B+14N=1B5.027.030.019.001691+18.8
5Khokhlov, Yurii1584UKR+15B−2N−3N+13B+11N+10B+7B5.023.025.515.001717+10.6
6Politansky, Haim1542ISR+18N=8B=1B−4N−14B+13N+12N4.023.524.511.751571+2.4
7Klein, Rafael1700ISR−3N+17B+15N=16B+12N−2B−5N3.523.024.58.001586-12.2
8Watted, Aya1519ISR−4B=6N+13N−12B=10N=11B+16N3.521.023.010.001351-34.4
9Amiri, Kfir0ISR−10N−11B=17N+15B+16N+12B−2N3.519.020.58.2514630.0
10Mawasi, Ram0ISR+9B−4N+14B−1N=8B−5N=11B3.026.029.09.7513360.0
11Akushsky, Yonatan1438ISR−1B+9N−12N+18B−5B=8N=10N3.024.025.07.751301-18.0
12Tenenbaum, Adam1619ISR+14B−1N+11B+8N−7B−9N−6B3.023.526.59.501550-7.6
13Azam, Amir0ISR−2B+15N−8B−5N+18B−6B+17N3.022.023.05.0013170.0
14Watad, Ghazal0ISR−12N+18B−10N+17B+6N−4B−3N3.021.522.56.5015600.0
15Frishman, Ari0ISR−5N−13B−7B−9N+17N=16B+18N2.518.519.53.5014710.0
16Jabaly, Jude0ISR+17N−3B−18N=7N−9B=15N−8B2.019.520.54.5015740.0
17Smolyar, Mark1503ISR−16B−7N=9B−14N−15B+18N−13B1.517.518.52.75900-10.0
18FIDE 28617710—−6B−14N+16B−11N−13N−17B−15B1.017.519.02.006950.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets