53. rocnik turnaja mladeze - Memorial Ondreja Rintela

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 22 Aug 2025 in Bratislava - Petrzalka ZS Cernysevskeho 8, Slovakia. Top 10 Elo average was 1816, and top seed was Matus Kapinaj (🇸🇰 SVK, 2023).

Michal Livnansky (🇸🇰 SVK, 1912) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Matus Kapinaj (7.0) and David Boros (6.0). Livnansky shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Adriana Sefcova (1527) beat Simon Vanco (1682), a +155-point gap.

Location

🇸🇰Bratislava - Petrzalka ZS Cernysevskeho 8, Slovakia

Dates

18 Aug 2025 → 22 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇰Matus Kapinaj2023

Avg top 10

1,816

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇸🇰Slovakia×33

Top 3

🥇
Michal Livnansky
🇸🇰SVK·1912
7.0pts·1989perf+38.0
🥈
Matus Kapinaj
🇸🇰SVK·2023
7.0pts·1987perf-7.6
🥉
David Boros
🇸🇰SVK·1880
6.0pts·1883perf+5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Livnansky7Kapinaj7Cerny6Livnansky6Bartelt6Boros6

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Michal Livnansky held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Livnansky takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Michal Livnansky drew with Matus Kapinaj (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Michal Livnansky	*	½	—	½
2Matus Kapinaj	½	*	½	1
3Filip Cerny	—	½	*	—
4Tomas Livnansky	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Livnansky, Michal	1912	SVK	+10B	+15N	+12B	=2N	=3B	=5N	+11B	+4N	=6B	7.0	46.5	51.5	39.00	1989	+38.0
2	Kapinaj, Matus	2023	SVK	+27N	+13B	+5N	=1B	=7N	=11B	=4N	+3B	+12N	7.0	46.0	49.0	37.00	1987	-7.6
3	Boros, David	1880	SVK	+17N	+14B	+7N	=11B	=1N	=4B	+5B	−2N	=8B	6.0	47.5	52.5	33.75	1883	+5.6
4	Vavra, Martin	1613	SVK	+25B	=9N	=6B	+15N	+18B	=3N	=2B	−1B	+16N	6.0	46.0	49.5	30.25	1858	+84.0
5	Livnansky, Tomas	1874	SVK	+21B	+8N	−2B	+22N	+14B	=1B	−3N	+11N	=9B	6.0	45.5	49.5	30.25	1874	+4.8
6	Bartelt, Tobias	1772	SVK	=32N	+18B	=4N	+20B	=8N	=9B	=7N	+10B	=1N	6.0	44.5	47.5	31.00	1788	+8.0
7	Cerny, Filip	1791	SVK	+23B	+22N	−3B	+24N	=2B	=8N	=6B	=9N	+15B	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.00	1843	+23.9
8	Sykora, Miro	1644	SVK	+31N	−5B	+16N	+12N	=6B	=7B	=9N	=13B	=3N	5.5	44.5	47.5	27.25	1797	+66.4
9	Dvorak, Alfred	1707	SVK	+28N	=4B	=11N	=18B	+12N	=6N	=8B	=7B	=5N	5.5	44.0	47.0	27.50	1774	+35.2
10	Novak, Jaroslav	1560	SVK	−1N	+34B	+13N	+27B	−11N	+16B	=14N	−6N	+22B	5.5	40.0	41.5	21.00	1730	+70.4
11	Vesely, Filip	1724	SVK	+26B	+24N	=9B	=3N	+10B	=2N	−1N	−5B	=13N	5.0	46.0	49.5	24.75	1781	+21.2
12	Ruggiero, Chance Timothy	1792	SVK	+16N	+20B	−1N	−8B	−9B	+21N	+23B	+18N	−2B	5.0	43.5	47.5	22.50	1722	-31.2
13	Cerny, Patrik	1683	SVK	+30B	−2N	−10B	+19N	+21B	=14N	=22B	=8N	=11B	5.0	41.0	44.0	21.75	1636	-22.4
14	Gallo, Filip	1681	SVK	+19B	−3N	+21B	+25N	−5N	=13B	=10B	−15N	+23B	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.75	1628	-22.0
15	Vanco, Simon	1682	SVK	+34N	−1B	+27N	−4B	−16N	+28B	+19N	+14B	−7N	5.0	39.5	41.0	17.00	1596	-33.6
16	Sefcova, Adriana	1527	SVK	−12B	+33N	−8B	+29N	+15B	−10N	+25B	+22N	−4B	5.0	37.5	39.5	17.50	1527	-0.4
17	Belovic, Samuel	1558	SVK	−3B	−19N	−25B	+33B	+31N	=30N	+24B	=20B	+29N	5.0	31.5	33.5	15.75	1706	+21.6
18	Mordavsky, Martin	1608	SVK	+36B	−6N	+19B	=9N	−4N	=23B	+26N	−12B	=20N	4.5	39.0	39.0	15.00	1479	-34.3
19	Macek, Martin	0	SVK	−14N	+17B	−18N	−13B	+27N	+24N	−15B	=30N	+26B	4.5	35.0	38.0	17.00	1578	0.0
20	Hrusecky, Dominik	1627	SVK	+33B	−12N	+23B	−6N	=25B	−22N	+30B	=17N	=18B	4.5	35.0	37.0	15.50	1520	-34.8
21	Bublyk, Pavlo	1549	SVK	−5N	+31B	−14N	+28B	−13N	−12B	+27N	=26B	+25N	4.5	34.0	37.0	14.25	1546	-4.4
22	Raschetin, Nikita	1621	SVK	+35N	−7B	+26N	−5B	=23N	+20B	=13N	−16B	−10N	4.0	39.5	40.5	13.50	1496	-48.8
23	Bucher, Andrej	1516	SVK	−7N	+35B	−20N	+36B	=22B	=18N	−12N	+28B	−14N	4.0	33.0	33.0	8.25	1491	-13.6
24	Slamka, Matias	1609	SVK	+29N	−11B	+36N	−7B	−26N	−19B	−17N	+33B	+32N	4.0	32.0	32.0	8.00	1452	-32.8
25	Janickova, Nada	0	SVK	−4N	+28B	+17N	−14B	=20N	+26B	−16N	−29B	−21B	3.5	36.5	39.5	13.75	1467	0.0
26	Zeman, Alex	0	SVK	−11N	+29B	−22B	+30N	+24B	−25N	−18B	=21N	−19N	3.5	33.0	36.0	12.25	1474	0.0
27	Pearson, Sebastian	1572	SVK	−2B	+30N	−15B	−10N	−19B	+33N	−21B	+36N	−31B	3.0	34.5	34.5	5.00	891	-59.2
28	Voskar, Miloslav	1423	SVK	−9B	−25N	+31B	−21N	+29B	−15N	F	−23N	+35B	3.0	30.0	31.0	7.00	814	-41.6
29	FIDE 549001140	0	—	−24B	−26N	F	−16B	−28N	+34B	+31N	+25N	−17B	3.0	28.5	28.5	8.00	730	0.0
30	Patay, Daniel	0	SVK	−13N	−27B	+35N	−26B	+34N	=17B	−20N	=19B	F	3.0	28.0	28.0	7.25	1288	0.0
31	Gallagher, Henry	0	SVK	−8B	−21N	−28N	+35B	−17B	+36N	−29B	F	+27N	3.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	1309	0.0
32	Kaco, Kristian	1504	SVK	=6B	F	F	=34B	+36N	F	F	+35N	−24B	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.75	1500	-0.8
33	Grman, Jan	0	SVK	−20N	−16B	−34N	−17N	+35B	−27B	F	−24N	+36B	2.0	24.0	24.0	1.00	779	0.0
34	Tchambak, Adam Cadmon	0	SVK	−15B	−10N	+33B	=32N	−30B	−29N	F	F	F	1.5	24.5	24.5	3.50	1309	0.0
35	FIDE 549001710	0	—	−22B	−23N	−30B	−31N	−33N	F	+36B	−32B	−28N	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	716	0.0
36	FIDE 14998866	0	—	−18N	F	−24B	−23N	−32B	−31B	−35N	−27B	−33N	0.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	762	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vavra, MartinSVK
+84.0
6.0 pts · #8
2Novak, JaroslavSVK
+70.4
5.5 pts · #11
3Sykora, MiroSVK
+66.4
5.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Pearson, SebastianSVK
-59.2
3.0 pts · #31
2Raschetin, NikitaSVK
-48.8
4.0 pts · #20
3Voskar, MiloslavSVK
-41.6
3.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R5+155 Elo gap
Sefcova, Adriana1527 beat Vanco, Simon1682
R4+148 Elo gap
Sykora, Miro1644 beat Ruggiero, Chance Timothy1792
R3+123 Elo gap
Novak, Jaroslav1560 beat Cerny, Patrik1683