53. rocnik turnaja mladeze - Memorial Ondreja Rintela
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇰Slovakia×33
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight 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
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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+84.06.0 pts · #8
- 2Novak, JaroslavSVK+70.45.5 pts · #11
- 3Sykora, MiroSVK+66.45.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Pearson, SebastianSVK-59.23.0 pts · #31
- 2Raschetin, NikitaSVK-48.84.0 pts · #20
- 3Voskar, MiloslavSVK-41.63.0 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R5+155 Elo gap
- R4+148 Elo gap
- R3+123 Elo gap