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Israeli Youth Championship Qualifiers U13

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Kiryat Yam, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1418, and top seed was Anton Tannous (🇮🇱 ISR, 1685).

Yan Grechin (🇮🇱 ISR, 1576) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Shahked Shapira (4.5) and Ward Shaer (3.5). Grechin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ward Shaer (1573) beat Anton Tannous (1685), a +112-point gap.

Location
🇮🇱Kiryat Yam, Israel
Dates
16 Dec 2025 → 18 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱Anton Tannous1685
Avg top 10
1,418
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
4
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Grechin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shahked Shapira beat Yan Grechin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Shahked Shapira 4 wins (R2–R5)Yan Grechin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shahked Shapira*
1
1
2Yan Grechin
0
*
½
1
3Ilay Biton
½
*
0
4Ward Shaer
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grechin, Yan1576ISR+10B+7N+3B2N+4B=6N4.518.020.013.751801+19.2
2Shapira, Shahked1628ISRF+4B+12N+1B+3N=5N4.516.516.514.751981+77.2
3Shaer, Ward1573ISR+6N+8B1N+5B2B=4N3.519.522.011.251634+13.2
4Shorosh, Lana1659ISR+13B2N+9B+7N1N=3B3.517.518.57.751534-18.8
5Tannous, Anton1685ISR8N+11N+6B3N+7B=2B3.517.018.510.251476-52.8
6Biton, Ilay0ISR3B+10N5N+12B+8N=1B3.516.017.58.2515830.0
7Abo Mokh, Fadi1551ISR+9N1B+8N4B5N+13B3.016.017.05.501443-22.4
8Shapiro, Artiom1644ISR+5B3N7B+11N6B=9B2.515.517.06.001493+0.4
9Rasner, Yochai0ISR7B+13N4NF=14B=8N2.010.510.52.5012780.0
10Watted, Aya1429ISR1N6B+14BFF+11N2.010.010.02.00920-6.0
11FIDE 28919560=12N5BF8B+13N10B1.510.510.51.7511960.0
12Iktelat, Ahmad1437ISR=11B+14N2B6N1.59.510.01.25828-10.0
13Atamnah, Mohamad0ISR4N9BF+14N11B7N1.010.510.50.507830.0
14FIDE 28662420F12B10N13B=9N0.56.56.51.006330.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets