2025 Israel Youth Championship Qualifiers Central District Rishon LeZion, Age 11
18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1193, and top seed was Alexander Chelishev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1598).
Yotam Taub Tabib (🇮🇱 ISR, 1562) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Ariel Yankovitz (5.0) and Alexander Dolgin-Kerner (4.5). Taub Tabib shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Yali Stajero (1408) beat Alexander Chelishev (1598), a +190-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Taub Tabib takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
Ariel Yankovitz drew with Yotam Taub Tabib (White).
Ariel Yankovitz won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ariel Yankovitz | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Yotam Taub Tabib | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Alexander Dolgin-Kerner | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Arielle Dolgin-Kerner | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taub Tabib, Yotam | 1562 | ISR | +18N | +11B | =3N | +4B | =2N | +5B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 17.75 | 1696 | +14.8 |
| 2 | Yankovitz, Ariel | 0 | ISR | =?N | +?B | +7N | +3B | =1B | +4N | 5.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 14.50 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dolgin-Kerner, Alexander | 1514 | ISR | +14B | +6N | =1B | −2N | +8B | +11N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 15.00 | 1681 | +10.0 |
| 4 | Dolgin-Kerner, Arielle | 1417 | ISR | +9B | +12N | +5B | −1N | +11B | −2B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 13.50 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Stajero, Yali | 1408 | ISR | +15N | +10B | −4N | +6B | +12N | −1N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 12.50 | 753 | -13.2 |
| 6 | Bezuglov, Georgy | 1451 | ISR | +16B | −3B | +13N | −5N | +17B | +?N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Rafaeli, Noam | 1472 | ISR | +17B | +8N | −2B | −12N | +14B | =9N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 9.25 | 2222 | +14.4 |
| 8 | Savateib, Liam | 1503 | ISR | +13N | −7B | +15N | =10B | −3N | +16B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 751 | -26.0 |
| 9 | Yakhkind, Yakov | 0 | ISR | −4N | +?B | −10N | +15B | +16N | =7B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.75 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Chelishev, Alexander | 1598 | ISR | +?B | −5N | +9B | =8N | −?B | +13N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 2881462 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | +17B | +?N | −4N | −3B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Porat, Koren | 0 | ISR | +?N | −4B | +?N | +7B | −5B | −?N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2891581 | 0 | — | −8B | +14N | −6B | =?N | +?B | −10B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2875578 | 0 | — | −3N | −13B | +?N | +18B | −7N | −15B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Milyavsky, Mark | 0 | ISR | −5B | +?N | −8B | −9N | F | +14N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2886111 | 0 | — | −6N | −18B | +?N | +?B | −9B | −8N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 2890577 | 0 | — | −7N | +?B | −11N | +?B | −6N | −?B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2882620 | 0 | — | −1B | +16N | −?B | −14N | −?B | +?N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Taub Tabib, YotamISR+14.85.0 pts · #3
- 2Rafaeli, NoamISR+14.43.5 pts · #6
- 3Dolgin-Kerner, AlexanderISR+10.04.5 pts · #2
- 1Savateib, LiamISR-26.03.5 pts · #9
- 2Stajero, YaliISR-13.24.0 pts · #12
- 3Yankovitz, ArielISR0.05.0 pts · #1
- R2+190 Elo gap
- R5+183 Elo gap