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Preparation for Israeli Youth Championship Qualifiers A

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15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 29 Nov 2025 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1546, and top seed was Amit Baruch (🇮🇱 ISR, 1663).

Dan Otcheretianski (🇮🇱 ISR, 1419) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Amit Baruch (4.0) and Yoav Geva Brodt (3.5). Otcheretianski shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dan Otcheretianski (1419) beat Amit Baruch (1663), a +244-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 29 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Amit Baruch1663
Avg top 10
1,546
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×15
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Dan Otcheretianski
    🇮🇱ISR·1419
    4.0pts·1946perf+53.9
  • 🥈
    Amit Baruch
    🇮🇱ISR·1663
    4.0pts·1752perf-5.6
  • 🥉
    Yoav Geva Brodt
    🇮🇱ISR·1634
    3.5pts·1739perf+20.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Otcheretianski4Baruch4Geva Brodt3.5Dolgin-Kerner3.5Dolgin-Kerner3Hornung3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Otcheretianski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dan Otcheretianski beat Amit Baruch (White).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Amit Baruch won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Dan Otcheretianski*
1
½
½
2Amit Baruch
0
*
1
—
3Yoav Geva Brodt
½
0
*—
4Arielle Dolgin-Kerner
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Otcheretianski, Dan1419ISR+2B+14N=3N+5B=4B4.014.015.512.001946+53.9
2Baruch, Amit1663ISR−1N+10B+9N+8B+3N4.011.513.59.501752-5.6
3Geva Brodt, Yoav1634ISR+8B+9N=1B+6N−2B3.513.015.09.001739+20.0
4Dolgin-Kerner, Arielle1417ISR−13N+15B+11N+14B=1N3.59.59.55.5015660.0
5Hornung, Ziv1535ISR+7N+11BF−1N+12B3.010.512.56.50802-17.2
6Dolgin-Kerner, Alexander1514ISR+15N−13B+7N−3B+8N3.010.010.04.501475-16.4
7Senior, Yonatan1415ISR−5B+?N−6B+9B=10N2.510.010.03.0014230.0
8Argaman, Or1517ISR−3N+12B+10N−2N−6B2.012.514.54.00881-28.0
9Bashin, Inbar1468ISR+12N−3B−2B−7N+15B2.012.012.02.00932-18.0
10Agmon, Michael1430ISR=14B−2N−8B+?N=7B2.010.010.02.001288-50.0
11Kass bergman, Adam1632ISR+?B−5N−4B−12N+14N2.010.010.01.5014890.0
12Lohem, Leo1484ISR−9B−8N+?B+11B−5N2.09.09.02.007080.0
13Piakarchyk, Artsemi1505ISR+4B+6NF——2.06.59.56.502380+14.8
14Savateib, Liam1503ISR=10N−1B+15N−4N−11B1.511.511.51.00802-10.4
15Dadush, Atai1426ISR−6B−4N−14BF−9N0.010.010.00.007040.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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