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Eliyahu Levant Memorial classic chess championship - Beer Sheva 2025

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Nov 2025 to 01 Jan 2026 in Beer Sheva, Israel. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2062, and top seed was Kafar Iliaguev (🇮🇱 ISR, FM, 2266).

Shalev Hasson Schrager (🇮🇱 ISR, 1931) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Arkadij Slonimskij (5.0) and Kafar Iliaguev (5.0). Hasson Schrager shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Michael Levit (1594) beat Ronen Riabushkin (1947), a +353-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Beer Sheva, Israel
Dates
16 Nov 2025 → 01 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱FMKafar Iliaguev2266
Avg top 10
2,062
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇱Israel×21
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Shalev Hasson Schrager led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
9
2
3
6
3
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Hasson Schrager5.5Shinkarev5Slonimskij5Iliaguev5Shaban4.5Mamut4.5
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Shalev Hasson Schrager held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shalev Hasson Schrager drew with IM Mikhailo Shinkarev (White).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Shalev Hasson Schrager went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shalev Hasson Schrager*
½
½
1
2IMMikhailo Shinkarev
½
*
½
—
3Arkadij Slonimskij
½
½
*
½
4FMKafar Iliaguev
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hasson Schrager, Shalev1931ISR+22N=7N=4B+9B+3N=2B+8N5.527.028.521.502276+61.0
2Slonimskij, Arkadij2082RUS+11N+12B=3N=7B+8B=1N=4N5.027.030.020.252173+19.8
3Iliaguev, KafarFM2266ISR+13B+10N=2B=8N−1B+9N+7B5.026.529.519.502176-11.4
4Shinkarev, MikhailoIM2109ISR=6B+21N=1N+16B+10B=7N=2B5.025.527.017.502070-2.0
5Mamut, Igor2043ISR=14B+6N−8B+12N−9B+17N+10B4.522.525.015.502026-0.2
6Shaban, Elad1860ISR=4N−5B+14N+19B−7N+16B+12N4.522.024.513.501995+50.8
7Yartsev, Pavel2094ISR+18N=1B=9N=2N+6B=4B−3N4.029.031.516.752044-6.4
8Faerman, Igor2157ISR+19N=9B+5N=3B−2N+12B−1B4.027.029.514.502052-16.6
9Mirzabaev, Andrei2000ISR+20B=8N=7B−1N+5N−3B+13N4.026.028.013.502050+11.0
10Roisman, Mario1995ISR+16N−3B+11N+17B−4N+13B−5N4.023.526.011.501990+1.6
11Erez, Eitan1706ISR−2B+22N−10B+21N−12B=18N+14B3.519.020.57.251786+24.0
12Ginsburg, Zeev1842ISR+15N−2N+21B−5B+11N−8N−6B3.024.526.08.001796-8.8
13Aleksandrova, AleksandraWFM1863ISR−3N+18B−16N+15B+17N−10N−9B3.021.023.58.001813-9.8
14Dvoeglazova, Daria1667ISR=5N−17B−6B+20N=16N+19B−11N3.020.022.08.001765+14.8
15Kadri, Yehia1478ISR−12B−16B+18N−13N−22B+20N+21B3.014.516.06.001653+56.0
16Porat, Shahar1650ISR−10B+15N+13B−4N=14B−6NF2.522.525.07.501762+25.6
17Riabushkin, Ronen1947ISR−21B+14N+20B−10N−13B−5B=19N2.519.020.56.251706-42.8
18Fitusi, Dvir1709ISR−7B−13N−15B+22N+20B=11BF2.518.019.55.251677-15.2
19Pik, Vladimir1847ISR−8B−20N+22B−6N+21B−14N=17B2.517.519.04.251682-31.6
20Fuksman, Sheli1649ISR−9N+19B−17N−14B−18N−15B+22N2.017.519.04.001593-26.8
21Levit, Michael1594ISR+17N−4B−12N−11B−19N=22B−15N1.519.521.03.251545-11.0
22Lahat, Eli1613ISR−1B−11B−19N−18B+15N=21N−20B1.519.020.53.751472-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets