PORAT TUESDAYS TOURNAMENT A 2025
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Nov 2025 to 23 Dec 2025 in Rehovot, Israel. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1668, and top seed was Elad Buyum (🇮🇱 ISR, 1766).
Elad Buyum (🇮🇱 ISR, 1766) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Nitay Rozenboim-Letai (5.0) and Yuval Berger (4.5). Buyum won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ofir Ben artzi (1553) beat Nathanel Karlinsky (1711), a +158-point gap.
Location
🇮🇱Rehovot, Israel
Dates
04 Nov 2025 → 23 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×11
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsElad Buyum led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R2–R7 · LEAD HELD
Elad Buyum never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Elad Buyum beat Nitay Rozenboim-Letai (White).
R1–R7 · UNBEATEN
Elad Buyum went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elad Buyum | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Nitay Rozenboim-Letai | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Yuval Berger | ½ | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Eyal Aldema | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buyum, Elad | 1766 | ISR | +12N | +6B | =7N | +2B | =3N | +4N | +5B | 6.0 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 21.50 | 1945 | +52.0 |
| 2 | Rozenboim-Letai, Nitay | 1558 | ISR | +9N | =8B | +10N | −1N | +5B | +3N | =4B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 17.50 | 1821 | +100.0 |
| 3 | Berger, Yuval | 1664 | ISR | +6N | =4B | =8N | +7B | =1B | −2B | +11N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 16.00 | 1757 | +36.4 |
| 4 | Aldema, Eyal | 1713 | ISR | +10N | =3N | =5B | =9B | +8N | −1B | =2N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.75 | 1691 | -7.2 |
| 5 | Ben artzi, Ofir | 1553 | ISR | =7N | +9B | =4N | +8B | −2N | +12B | −1N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 10.25 | 1703 | +56.4 |
| 6 | Hirsch, Roei | 1693 | ISR | −3B | −1N | +11B | +10B | −7N | +8B | +12N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1701 | +1.8 |
| 7 | Guberman, Asaf | 1679 | ISR | =5B | +12N | =1B | −3N | +6B | −11N | =10B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 10.75 | 1653 | -5.0 |
| 8 | Hornung, Ziv | 1554 | ISR | +11B | =2N | =3B | −5N | −4B | −6N | +9N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 9.75 | 1595 | +14.4 |
| 9 | Karlinsky, Nathanel | 1711 | ISR | −2B | −5N | +12B | =4N | +11B | =10N | −8B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 5.75 | 1560 | -58.4 |
| 10 | Luria, Yonatan | 1678 | ISR | −4B | +11N | −2B | −6N | =12N | =9B | =7N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1551 | -49.6 |
| 11 | Pinsker, Omer | 1624 | FID | −8N | −10B | −6N | +12B | −9N | +7B | −3B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 4.00 | 1495 | -48.0 |
| 12 | Breuer, Yuval | 1592 | ISR | −1B | −7B | −9N | −11N | =10B | −5N | −6B | 0.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 1.25 | 1250 | -44.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rozenboim-Letai, NitayISR+100.05.0 pts · #2
- 2Ben artzi, OfirISR+56.44.0 pts · #6
- 3Buyum, EladISR+52.06.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Karlinsky, NathanelISR-58.43.0 pts · #9
- 2Luria, YonatanISR-49.62.5 pts · #10
- 3Pinsker, OmerFID-48.02.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R2+158 Elo gap
- R7+157 Elo gap
- R1+153 Elo gap