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Israeli Championship 1 8 Final in Rishon LeZion 2025

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Oct 2025 to 09 Dec 2025 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1791, and top seed was Dan Zrihan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1925).

Dan Zrihan (🇮🇱 ISR, 1925) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yan Terentev (5.0) and Daniel Merensky (5.0). Zrihan won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Eylon Shiloah (1491) beat Nataniel Alexey Bedyovkin (1754), a +263-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
21 Oct 2025 → 09 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Dan Zrihan1925
Avg top 10
1,791
Participants
24
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×23
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Dan Zrihan
    🇮🇱ISR·1925
    6.5pts·2161perf+26.6
  • 🥈
    Yan Terentev
    🇷🇺RUS·1746
    5.0pts·1892perf+27.4
  • 🥉
    Daniel Merensky
    🇮🇱ISR·1755
    5.0pts·1996perf+69.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Dan Zrihan led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Zrihan6.5Terentev5Merensky5Bedyovkin4.5Raiko4.5Bedyovkin4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Dan Zrihan never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dan Zrihan beat Yan Terentev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Dan Zrihan 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Daniel Merensky 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Dan Zrihan*
1
—
1
2Yan Terentev
0
*—
1
3Daniel Merensky——*—
4Yevgeny Bedyovkin
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zrihan, Dan1925ISR+7B+8N+4B=11N+5B+6N+2N6.526.029.527.752161+26.6
2Terentev, Yan1746RUS=17B+24N+16B=6B+11N+5N−1B5.024.024.514.751892+27.4
3Merensky, Daniel1755ISR−20N−13B+23N+18B+10B+16N+6B5.019.020.515.001996+69.6
4Raiko, Gal1749ISR+13N+20B−1N−5B=9N+17B+7B4.525.027.014.001805+9.8
5Bedyovkin, Yevgeny1740ISR+23B+22N=11B+4N−1N−2B+12B4.524.526.012.751797+11.8
6Shalev, Ido1750ISR=12B+9N+17B=2N+7B−1B−3N4.028.030.514.751807+23.2
7Doctori, Shimri Leshem1695ISR−1N+14N+22B+13B−6N+11B−4N4.025.527.012.001729+10.8
8Landa, Alex1820ISR+16B−1B+18N=10N−12B+14N=9B4.024.527.013.001842+4.4
9Dotan, ValeriaWFM1771ISR=18N−6B+15N=12N=4B+13B=8N4.023.025.514.251755-2.6
10Bedyovkin, Nataniel Alexey1754ISR−22N+23B+19N=8B−3N=12N+16B4.019.521.010.751744-1.6
11Piakarchyk, Artsemi1675ISR+21N+19B=5N=1B−2B−7N=15B3.526.028.011.751735+21.6
12Drubin, Simha1704ISR=6N=18B=20N=9B+8N=10B−5N3.523.025.012.251755+19.2
13Pulatov, Ethan0ISR−4B+3N+24B−7N=17B−9N+19B3.522.523.09.2517020.0
14Ashkenazi, Dror1787ISR−19N−7B=21N+22B+18N−8B+17N3.517.519.07.501689-17.8
15Bacall, Udi1715ISR=24B−17N−9B=23N+21N+20B=11N3.515.516.06.751648-12.4
16Marcovici, Adrian1807ISR−8N+21B−2N+19B+20N−3B−10N3.022.524.56.501672-25.8
17Drubin, Emanuel1704ISR=2N+15B−6N=20B=13N−4N−14B2.524.026.08.751608-30.0
18Levanzov, Yevgeny1794ISR=9B=12N−8B−3N−14B=22N+24B2.521.522.05.001593-37.0
19Gera, Dan1704ISR+14B−11N−10B−16N+22N=21B−13N2.519.521.06.001632-12.0
20Ifrach, Shai1652ISR+3B−4N=12B=17N−16B−15NF2.022.024.08.001614-12.0
21Vaserman, Eduard1618ISR−11B−16N=14B+24N−15B=19NF2.018.018.53.501579-6.4
22Shiloah, Eylon1491ISR+10B−5B−7N−14N−19B=18B—1.518.521.05.251553+7.4
23Cherner, Igor1576ISR−5N−10N−3B=15B+24N——1.517.017.52.251551-3.6
24Volodarsky, Michael1539ISR=15N−2B−13N−21B−23BF−18N0.518.018.01.751324-20.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
Israeli Championship 1 8 Final in Rishon LeZion 2025 — Rishon Lezion, Israel | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats