Austrian Youth Championship Boys U14 2025
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Fuerstenfeld, Austria. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1981, and top seed was Florentin Stickler (🇦🇹 AUT, FM, 2209).
Benjamin Veladzic (🇦🇹 AUT, 1975) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Noah Pleimer (6.0) and Thomas Jakob Kim (5.0). Veladzic shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Benjamin Veladzic (1975) beat Florentin Stickler (FM, 2209), a +234-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Veladzic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).
Benjamin Veladzic lost to CM Noah Pleimer (White).
Benjamin Veladzic 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)CM Noah Pleimer 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Florentin Stickler 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benjamin Veladzic | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2CMNoah Pleimer | 1 | * | — | 1 |
| 3FMFlorentin Stickler | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Leo Radnaev | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veladzic, Benjamin | 1975 | AUT | +6N | +7B | +8N | −2B | +12N | +5B | +3B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 27.00 | 2242 | +85.6 |
| 2 | Pleimer, NoahCM | 2065 | AUT | =15B | +22N | +9B | +1N | +13B | =3N | +4B | 6.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 25.25 | 2178 | +35.6 |
| 3 | Kim, Thomas JakobCM | 2084 | AUT | +19N | +11B | +10N | +5B | =4N | =2B | −1N | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 22.00 | 2096 | +6.8 |
| 4 | Radnaev, Leo | 1880 | AUT | =24B | +20N | +15B | +10N | =3B | +7N | −2N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 18.75 | 1994 | +44.8 |
| 5 | Stickler, FlorentinFM | 2209 | AUT | +30B | +23N | +13B | −3N | +14B | −1N | +8B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 15.50 | 2070 | -34.8 |
| 6 | Aichinger, Johannes | 1700 | AUT | −1B | +31N | =14B | =9N | =11N | +16B | +20N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 13.25 | 1861 | +50.4 |
| 7 | Wagner, Samuel | 1788 | AUT | +31N | −1N | +29B | =8B | +18N | −4B | +14N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 12.00 | 1915 | +50.4 |
| 8 | Matthias, Liam | 1902 | AUT | +16N | +28B | −1B | =7N | +15B | =9N | −5N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 13.25 | 1871 | -9.2 |
| 9 | Kiss, Andor | 1832 | AUT | =20B | +24N | −2N | =6B | +21N | =8B | =11N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 13.25 | 1825 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Wallinger, Nikolaus | 1960 | AUT | +21B | +17N | −3B | −4B | F | +13N | +12N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 14.00 | 1984 | +9.2 |
| 11 | Hahn, Tobias | 0 | AUT | +26B | −3N | +30B | −13N | =6B | +22N | =9B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.25 | 1812 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Gstrein, Matteo | 1780 | AUT | +32B | −13N | +25B | +23N | −1B | +17N | −10B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 9.00 | 1832 | +12.8 |
| 13 | Raber, Eduard | 1943 | AUT | +29N | +12B | −5N | +11B | −2N | −10B | =18N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 11.75 | 1877 | -22.8 |
| 14 | Ruescher, Anton | 1793 | AUT | −28N | +16B | =6N | +19B | −5N | +15B | −7B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.75 | 1766 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Feiertag, Niklas | 1702 | AUT | =2N | +18B | −4N | +28B | −8N | −14N | +22B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 11.00 | 1831 | +43.2 |
| 16 | Slavskyi, Maksym | 1655 | AUT | −8B | −14N | +31B | +25N | =17B | −6N | +23B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.75 | 1708 | +14.0 |
| 17 | Haselsberger, Roman | 1779 | AUT | +25N | −10B | =28N | =18B | =16N | −12B | +24N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1702 | -26.4 |
| 18 | Unger, Alexander | 1930 | AUT | =22B | −15N | +24B | =17N | −7B | +29N | =13B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 9.25 | 1739 | -66.4 |
| 19 | Schinwald, Florian | 1734 | AUT | −3B | +26N | =23B | −14N | −22B | +31N | +25B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.25 | 1696 | -16.8 |
| 20 | Lobnig, Tristan | 1612 | AUT | =9N | −4B | −22B | +32N | =23B | +21N | −6B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 6.75 | 1644 | +8.0 |
| 21 | Rella, Mario | 1684 | AUT | −10N | −25B | +26N | +29N | −9B | −20B | +28N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1704 | +4.8 |
| 22 | Markstaler, Tobias | 1657 | AUT | =18N | −2B | +20N | −30B | +19N | −11B | −15N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 8.25 | 1741 | +19.6 |
| 23 | Ringbauer, Daniel | 1861 | AUT | +27N | −5B | =19N | −12B | =20N | =24B | −16N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 7.00 | 1650 | -81.2 |
| 24 | Gartner, Tobias | 1642 | AUT | =4N | −9B | −18N | =27B | +26N | =23N | −17B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 1682 | +9.6 |
| 25 | Ponomarenko, Imman | 0 | AUT | −17B | +21N | −12N | −16B | +27N | =28B | −19N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Atlas, Daniel | 1572 | AUT | −11N | −19B | −21B | +31N | −24B | =27N | +32B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 2.75 | 1500 | -19.6 |
| 27 | Perfler, Daniel | 1633 | AUT | −23B | −30N | =32B | =24N | −25B | =26B | +29N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 1626 | -2.8 |
| 28 | Kardos, Levente | 1588 | AUT | +14B | −8N | =17B | −15N | −29B | =25N | −21B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 1560 | -9.6 |
| 29 | Riesz, Norbert | 1659 | AUT | −13B | +32N | −7N | −21B | +28N | −18B | −27B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 2.50 | 1488 | -50.8 |
| 30 | Swoboda, Fabian | 1754 | AUT | −5N | +27B | −11N | +22N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1940 | +24.8 |
| 31 | Geroe, Maximilian | 1552 | AUT | −7B | −6B | −16N | −26B | +32N | −19B | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.50 | 890 | -63.6 |
| 32 | Eder, Ralph | 0 | AUT | −12N | −29B | =27N | −20B | −31B | F | −26N | 0.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.25 | 1234 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Veladzic, BenjaminAUT+85.66.0 pts · #1
- 2Wagner, SamuelAUT+50.44.5 pts · #5
- 3Aichinger, JohannesAUT+50.44.5 pts · #8
- 1Ringbauer, DanielAUT-81.22.5 pts · #20
- 2Unger, AlexanderAUT-66.43.5 pts · #14
- 3Geroe, MaximilianAUT-63.61.0 pts · #32
- R6+234 Elo gap
- R2+228 Elo gap
- R7+206 Elo gap