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Israel Chess Championship Round of 1 8 in PT

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12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Oct 2025 to 09 Dec 2025 in Petah Tikva, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1602, and top seed was Noam Slutsky (🇮🇱 ISR, 1734).

Amit Haim Yankilevich (🇮🇱 ISR, 1670) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Ariel Larioshin (5.0) and Noam Slutsky (4.5). Yankilevich broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Naama Gelis (1437) beat Noam Slutsky (1734), a +297-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Petah Tikva, Israel
Dates
28 Oct 2025 → 09 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Noam Slutsky1734
Avg top 10
1,602
Participants
12
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Amit Haim Yankilevich led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Yankilevich5.5Larioshin5Slutsky4.5Gelis4.5Ovadia4Manyevich3.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Amit Haim Yankilevich held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amit Haim Yankilevich lost to Ariel Larioshin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Amit Haim Yankilevich 3 wins (R1–R3)Ariel Larioshin 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Amit Haim Yankilevich*
0
1
1
2Ariel Larioshin
1
*
0
—
3Noam Slutsky
0
1
*
0
4Naama Gelis
0
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yankilevich, Amit Haim1670ISR+7B+3N+5B=6N+9N−2B+4B5.525.027.520.751809+47.6
2Larioshin, Ariel1643ISR+5B−9N−3B+10N+8B+1N+6N5.023.025.018.001768+48.0
3Slutsky, Noam1734ISR+11N−1B+2N=9B+6B−4N+12N4.523.025.013.751700-9.6
4Gelis, Naama1437ISR−6N+11B+10N=5N+12B+3B−1N4.521.523.512.501696+95.6
5Ovadia, Amir1460ISR−2N+10B−1N=4B+11N+6B=7N4.024.026.011.501610+56.8
6Manyevich, Ofek1639ISR+4B+8N+9B=1B−3N−5N−2B3.526.529.012.751595-16.0
7Fusman, Noam1455ISR−1N+12B−11N−8N+10B+9N=5B3.519.021.08.501572+43.2
8Lavi, Itay1536ISR+10N−6B−12N+7B−2N−11B+9B3.018.520.58.001532-2.4
9Elinav, Dror1687ISR+12N+2B−6N=3N−1B−7B−8N2.525.027.09.251505-69.2
10Segal, Yael1539ISR−8B−5N−4B−2B−7N+12B+11N2.022.024.04.001362-68.4
11Svyatets, Liron1536ISR−3B−4N+7B−12N−5B+8N−10B2.021.523.56.501375-61.2
12Staricoff, Alon1572ISR−9B−7N+8B+11B−4N−10N−3B2.020.022.05.001403-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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