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2025 Israel Youth Championship Qualifiers Central District Rishon LeZion, Age 11

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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.

Location
🇮🇱Rishon Lezion, Israel
Dates
16 Dec 2025 → 18 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,193
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇱Israel×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
2
4
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Taub Tabib takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ariel Yankovitz drew with Yotam Taub Tabib (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Ariel Yankovitz won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Taub Tabib, Yotam1562ISR+18N+11B=3N+4B=2N+5B5.020.522.517.751696+14.8
2Yankovitz, Ariel0ISR=?N+?B+7N+3B=1B+4N5.017.017.014.5015920.0
3Dolgin-Kerner, Alexander1514ISR+14B+6N=1B2N+8B+11N4.520.522.515.001681+10.0
4Dolgin-Kerner, Arielle1417ISR+9B+12N+5B1N+11B2B4.020.523.513.5014900.0
5Stajero, Yali1408ISR+15N+10B4N+6B+12N1N4.019.521.512.50753-13.2
6Bezuglov, Georgy1451ISR+16B3B+13N5N+17B+?N4.015.015.06.507030.0
7Rafaeli, Noam1472ISR+17B+8N2B12N+14B=9N3.517.019.09.252222+14.4
8Savateib, Liam1503ISR+13N7B+15N=10B3N+16B3.516.018.08.25751-26.0
9Yakhkind, Yakov0ISR4N+?B10N+15B+16N=7B3.515.015.05.7515220.0
10Chelishev, Alexander1598ISR+?B5N+9B=8N?B+13N3.513.513.57.7512310.0
11FIDE 28814620+?B1N+17B+?N4N3B3.015.515.52.007670.0
12Porat, Koren0ISR+?N4B+?N+7B5B?N3.011.511.53.5014740.0
13FIDE 289158108B+14N6B=?N+?B10B2.513.013.02.006220.0
14FIDE 287557803N13B+?N+18B7N15B2.014.514.52.007510.0
15Milyavsky, Mark0ISR5B+?N8B9NF+14N2.013.013.02.006240.0
16FIDE 288611106N18B+?N+?B9B8N2.013.013.00.006220.0
17FIDE 289057707N+?B11N+?B6N?B2.010.510.50.007220.0
18FIDE 288262001B+16N?B14N?B+?N2.09.09.02.007530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets