2025 Israel Youth Championship Qualifiers Ashdod Age 15

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Ashdod, Israel. Top 10 Elo average was 1730, and top seed was Robert Andreev (🇮🇱 ISR, 1965).

Eyal Cohen (🇮🇱 ISR, 1813) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Eitan Kendel (5.0) and Omer Levy (4.5). Cohen broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Yuval Berger (1591) beat Robert Andreev (1965), a +374-point gap.

Location

🇮🇱Ashdod, Israel

Dates

16 Dec 2025 → 18 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱Robert Andreev1965

Avg top 10

1,730

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇱Israel×21

Top 3

🥇
Eyal Cohen
🇮🇱ISR·1813
5.5pts·2120perf+117.6
🥈
Eitan Kendel
🇮🇱ISR·1586
5.0pts·1978perf+45.2
🥉
Omer Levy
🇮🇱ISR·1705
4.5pts·1913perf-18.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Eyal Cohen led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Cohen5.5Kendel5Levy4.5Krasniynski4Brodsky3.5Andreev3.5

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Eyal Cohen held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eyal Cohen drew with Eitan Kendel (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Eyal Cohen 3 wins (R1–R3)Eitan Kendel 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Eyal Cohen	*	½	1	1
2Eitan Kendel	½	*	½	1
3Omer Levy	0	½	*	—
4Eitan Krasniynski	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cohen, Eyal	1813	ISR	+18N	+10B	+3B	=2N	+4B	+5N	5.5	20.0	22.0	19.50	2120	+117.6
2	Kendel, Eitan	1586	ISR	+20N	+4B	+11N	=1B	+10N	=3B	5.0	20.0	21.0	16.00	1978	+45.2
3	Levy, Omer	1705	ISR	+14N	+12B	−1N	+11B	+6N	=2N	4.5	20.0	22.5	14.50	1913	-18.0
4	Krasniynski, Eitan	1564	ISR	+21N	−2N	+13B	+17B	−1N	+10B	4.0	18.5	19.5	9.00	1765	+19.2
5	Brodsky, Yoav	1530	ISR	=17N	=8B	=6N	+20B	+12N	−1B	3.5	17.5	18.5	8.50	1821	+62.8
6	Shalev, Ido	1688	ISR	+13B	−11N	=5B	+15N	−3B	+14N	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.25	1691	-22.0
7	Andreev, Robert	1965	ISR	=8N	+9B	=17N	−10B	+11N	=12B	3.5	16.0	18.0	10.75	1829	-54.8
8	Karlinsky, Nathanel	1620	ISR	=7B	=5N	+16B	=12B	F	+13N	3.5	15.0	17.0	10.00	1834	+19.2
9	Wolfovich, Daniel	1801	ISR	−15B	−7N	+21B	+19N	=14B	+16N	3.5	12.0	13.0	6.25	1501	-54.0
10	Berger, Yuval	1591	ISR	+16B	−1N	+19B	+7N	−2B	−4N	3.0	20.0	22.0	7.50	1603	-14.4
11	Rekhter, Ariel	1455	ISR	+22N	+6B	−2B	−3N	−7B	+15N	3.0	18.5	18.5	5.50	1757	+41.6
12	Shaban, Elad	1597	ISR	+19B	−3N	+15B	=8N	−5B	=7N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1727	-29.2
13	Shpektor, Adam	0	ISR	−6N	+22B	−4N	+16B	+18N	−8B	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	1479	0.0
14	Idan, Tani	1437	ISR	−3B	−19N	+20N	+18B	=9N	−6B	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.75	1777	+33.2
15	Amsily, Itay	1637	ISR	+9N	−17B	−12N	−6B	+21N	−11B	2.0	15.0	16.0	4.50	1554	-21.2
16	Rulenkov, Andrey	0	ISR	−10N	+18B	−8N	−13N	+22B	−9B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	1499	0.0
17	Segev, Oz	1782	ISR	=5B	+15N	=7B	−4N	F	—	2.0	14.5	16.5	5.50	1743	-35.2
18	Idelson, Tamir	1522	ISR	−1B	−16N	+22B	−14N	−13B	+21N	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	847	-29.6
19	Suari, Nadav	0	ISR	−12N	+14B	−10N	−9B	F	+22N	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.50	1557	0.0
20	Fitusi, Dvir	1695	ISR	−2B	+21N	−14B	−5N	F	—	1.0	13.0	14.0	1.00	892	-60.4
21	Tuchin, Roy	0	ISR	−4B	−20B	−9N	+22N	−15B	−18B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	884	0.0
22	FIDE 2891638	0	—	−11B	−13N	−18N	−21B	−16N	−19B	0.0	12.0	13.0	0.00	755	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cohen, EyalISR
+117.6
5.5 pts · #1
2Brodsky, YoavISR
+62.8
3.5 pts · #4
3Kendel, EitanISR
+45.2
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Fitusi, DvirISR
-60.4
1.0 pts · #21
2Andreev, RobertISR
-54.8
3.5 pts · #5
3Wolfovich, DanielISR
-54.0
3.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R4+374 Elo gap
Berger, Yuval1591 beat Andreev, Robert1965
R3+258 Elo gap
Idan, Tani1437 beat Fitusi, Dvir1695
R2+233 Elo gap
Rekhter, Ariel1455 beat Shalev, Ido1688