16th Premium Chess Tournament Budapest O1800

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34 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 8 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2109, and top seed was Tibor Bodi (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2326).

Zurab Gongliashvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1872) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jozsef Jr. Lehocz (5.5) and Tibor Bodi (5.0). Gongliashvili shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Zurab Gongliashvili (1872) beat Tibor Bodi (FM, 2326), a +454-point gap.

Location

🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary

Dates

15 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺FMTibor Bodi2326

Avg top 10

2,109

Participants

Titled players · 8

FM×3

CM×4

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇭🇺Hungary×30

🇸🇪Sweden×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

Top 3

🥇
Zurab Gongliashvili
🇬🇪GEO·1872
6.0pts·2419perf+90.6
🥈
CMJozsef Jr. Lehocz
🇭🇺HUN·2131
5.5pts·2232perf+34.0
🥉
FMTibor Bodi
🇭🇺HUN·2326
5.0pts·2155perf-21.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Zurab Gongliashvili led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Gongliashvili6Lehocz5.5Kormos5Bodi5Elci4.5Szabo4.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Zurab Gongliashvili held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zurab Gongliashvili drew with CM Jozsef Jr. Lehocz (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Zurab Gongliashvili 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Jozsef Jr. Lehocz 3 wins (R1–R3)Adam Kormos 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Zurab Gongliashvili	*	½	1	1
2CMJozsef Jr. Lehocz	½	*	—	½
3Adam Kormos	0	—	*	—
4FMTibor Bodi	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gongliashvili, Zurab	1872	GEO	+19B	+7B	=8N	+9N	+3B	+4B	=2N	6.0	27.5	30.5	25.75	2419	+90.6
2	Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.CM	2131	HUN	+15B	+17N	+5B	=3N	=7B	+13N	=1B	5.5	26.5	29.5	22.00	2232	+34.0
3	Bodi, TiborFM	2326	HUN	+6N	+20B	+10N	=2B	−1N	+7N	=5B	5.0	28.5	31.5	20.50	2155	-21.6
4	Kormos, Adam	2162	HUN	+11B	−5N	+18B	+29N	+17B	−1N	+8B	5.0	24.5	26.5	16.00	2143	-2.0
5	Elci, ErenFM	1981	TUR	+30N	+4B	−2N	−7B	+22N	+20B	=3N	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.50	2155	+64.0
6	Szabo, Marton Nandor	1931	HUN	−3B	+28N	=14B	=18N	+19B	+21N	=7B	4.5	21.5	23.5	13.25	2159	+82.0
7	Fellegi, Zoltan	2070	HUN	+27B	−1N	+11B	+5N	=2N	−3B	=6N	4.0	29.5	32.0	16.00	2056	-2.6
8	Gabula, Adam	2045	HUN	=21B	+24N	=1B	=10N	=18B	+26N	−4N	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.00	2022	-3.4
9	Seres, BarnabasCM	2050	HUN	+22N	F	+15B	−1B	=12N	=17N	+13B	4.0	23.0	23.0	13.50	2033	-5.2
10	Kovacs, RekaWFM	1963	HUN	+23B	+14N	−3B	=8B	−13N	=15N	+21B	4.0	22.5	25.5	13.25	2048	+29.2
11	Kochetkov, Maxim	1915	SWE	−4N	+30B	−7N	+28B	−20N	+23B	+17B	4.0	20.0	22.0	10.00	1995	+15.2
12	Karacsonyi, Luca	1931	HUN	=31N	=13B	=25N	=23B	=9B	=18N	+24B	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.00	1934	+2.4
13	Hugyecz, Barnabas	1884	HUN	=18B	=12N	=19B	+14N	+10B	−2B	−9N	3.5	24.0	27.0	12.50	2055	+61.6
14	Medve, MarkCM	2154	HUN	+33N	−10B	=6N	−13B	+31N	−16B	+27B	3.5	19.5	19.5	6.25	1895	-43.6
15	Demeter, Levente	1906	HUN	−2N	+32B	−9N	+30N	+29B	=10B	F	3.5	18.0	18.0	6.50	2017	+18.2
16	Banvolgyi, Zoltan	1947	HUN	+34B	F	=23N	=21N	=24B	+14N	F	3.5	12.5	12.5	8.00	2033	+11.4
17	Saar, Patrik	1973	HUN	+32N	−2B	=22N	+25B	−4N	=9B	−11N	3.0	24.5	25.0	7.00	1908	-12.6
18	Karacsonyi, Bank	2119	HUN	=13N	+25B	−4N	=6B	=8N	=12B	F	3.0	24.0	27.0	11.00	1953	-48.4
19	Koczo, KristofFM	2041	HUN	−1N	+31B	=13N	=22B	−6N	=24N	=25B	3.0	23.0	24.5	7.75	1794	-44.8
20	Mester, Attila	1979	HUN	+28B	−3N	=21B	=24N	+11B	−5N	F	3.0	22.5	24.5	9.00	1961	-4.6
21	Tagai, Marton	1878	HUN	=8N	=29B	=20N	=16B	+25N	−6B	−10N	3.0	22.0	24.0	9.25	1895	+5.6
22	Szakolczai, Alex	1882	HUN	−9B	+26N	=17B	=19N	−5B	+28N	F	3.0	20.5	22.5	8.00	1970	+28.8
23	Rakias, Csaba Tibor	1792	HUN	−10N	+33B	=16B	=12N	−26B	−11N	+28B	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.75	1870	+26.4
24	Mohacsy, Zsombor	1850	HUN	=29N	−8B	+31N	=20B	=16N	=19B	−12N	3.0	19.5	21.0	7.25	1902	+17.6
25	Lippert, Ferenc	1761	HUN	+26B	−18N	=12B	−17N	−21B	+33B	=19N	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	1923	+27.0
26	Bakk, Zoltan	1960	HUN	−25N	−22B	+32N	+27B	+23N	−8B	F	3.0	18.5	19.0	6.00	1861	-15.8
27	Illes, Andras	1883	HUN	−7N	+34B	−29N	−26N	=32B	+31B	−14N	2.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	1820	-26.8
28	Toth, Rafael	1814	HUN	−20N	−6B	+33N	−11N	+30B	−22B	−23N	2.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	1732	-31.2
29	Kecskes, Gabor	1990	HUN	=24B	=21N	+27B	−4B	−15N	F	F	2.0	17.0	17.0	5.50	1864	-17.6
30	Kovacs, Veronika	1819	HUN	−5B	−11N	+34N	−15B	−28N	F	+33B	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1753	-21.2
31	Forrai-Nagy, Balint	1732	HUN	=12B	−19N	−24B	+33N	−14B	−27N	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	2.00	1764	+5.2
32	Hugyecz, Marton	1802	HUN	−17B	−15N	−26B	F	=27N	F	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	1.25	1609	-32.8
33	Hajdu, IstvanCM	1907	HUN	−14B	−23N	−28B	−31B	F	−25N	−30N	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	1046	-70.4
34	Kadeliding, Alimujiang	1744	CHN	−16N	−27N	−30B	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1083	-19.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gongliashvili, ZurabGEO
+90.6
6.0 pts · #1
2Szabo, Marton NandorHUN
+82.0
4.5 pts · #6
3Elci, ErenFMTUR
+64.0
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Hajdu, IstvanCMHUN
-70.4
0.0 pts · #33
2Karacsonyi, BankHUN
-48.4
3.0 pts · #20
3Koczo, KristofFMHUN
-44.8
3.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R5+454 Elo gap
Gongliashvili, Zurab1872 beat FMBodi, Tibor2326
R6+290 Elo gap
Gongliashvili, Zurab1872 beat Kormos, Adam2162
R4+270 Elo gap
Hugyecz, Barnabas1884 beat CMMedve, Mark2154