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22. European Union Youth Championship - U10

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Mureck, Austria. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1648, and top seed was Murray Liu (🇮🇪 IRL, 1789).

Tony Pollak (🇦🇹 AUT, 1671) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Murray Liu (7.0) and George White (6.5). Pollak won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Constantinos Stefanos (1428) beat Kende David Gut (1619), a +191-point gap.

Location
🇦🇹Mureck, Austria
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Murray Liu1789
Avg top 10
1,648
Participants
24
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×4
🇸🇮Slovenia×3
🇦🇹Austria×3
🇮🇪Ireland×2
🇭🇺Hungary×2
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Liu7Pollak7White6.5Fiegl6Schoening5.5Stoegerer5.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Murray Liu held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Pollak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Murray Liu drew with Tony Pollak (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Murray Liu*
½
½
—
2Tony Pollak
½
*
½
1
3George White
½
½
*—
4Julian Fiegl—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pollak, Tony1671AUT+15B=7N+13B+11N=2B=5N+4B=3N+8B7.044.549.036.751772+39.6
2Liu, Murray1789IRL+12N+21B+5N=8B=1N+16B=3N+9B=6N7.043.046.534.501838+22.0
3White, George1757IRL+17B−8N+12B=5N+11B+6N=2B=1B+15N6.543.547.532.751766+8.1
4Fiegl, Julian0AUT=9B=13N−6B+18N+19N+21B−1N+10B+5N6.040.544.026.7516410.0
5Schoening, Leopold1575GER+22B+6N−2B=3B+7N=1B+10N=8N−4B5.547.550.528.251749+66.4
6Contala, Noel1731SLO+10N−5B+4N=7B+8N−3B=9N+16B=2B5.545.549.528.751645-32.8
7Stoegerer, Jonathan1546AUT+24N=1B=9B=6N−5B=17N=12B+11B+16N5.540.040.021.501633+38.8
8Krajnc, Jakob1572SLO+20N+3B=11B=2N−6B=9N+16N=5B−1N5.045.049.025.501657+35.2
9Kovac, Faust1580CRO=4N+19B=7N−10B+14N=8B=6B−2N+17N5.042.546.523.501620+17.6
10Lako, Samuel1466HUN−6B+22N+17B+9N−16B+11N−5B−4N+18B5.038.541.520.501614+56.0
11Kindermann, Justus1628GER+18N+16B=8N−1B−3N−10B+13B−7N+23B4.541.542.516.001464-62.0
12Bajde, Zan1520SLO−2B+23N−3N+13B−21N+18B=7N=17B=14N4.539.540.516.501478-21.6
13Rodionova, Dominika0EST+19N=4B−1N−12N−17B+23B−11N+20B+22N4.537.038.015.0013380.0
14Zegrea, Ana0ROU−16N+18B−21N+15N−9B=20B=19N+24N=12B4.533.533.514.751477+11.6
15Stefanos, Constantinos1428CYP−1N+24B−16N−14B+23N=19B+22N+21B−3B4.533.533.59.501408-8.4
16Rejzek, Zdenek1530CZE+14B−11N+15B+21B+10N−2N−8B−6N−7B4.041.545.017.501537+2.8
17Shtogrin, Joseph Stephan1483GER−3N=20B−10N+24B+13N=7B=21N=12N−9B4.038.538.513.251389-29.2
18Benischke, Moritz1426GER−11B−14N+20N−4B+22B−12N+24B+19N−10N4.035.535.511.001289-31.6
19Janaszak, Hanna1557POL−13B−9N+22B+23N−4B=15N=14B−18B+24N4.032.532.58.501276-65.2
20Krivoviaz, Nina0SUI−8B=17N−18B−22N+24B=14N+23B−13N+21N4.029.529.58.7514360.0
21Gut, Kende David1619HUN+23B−2N+14B−16N+12B−4N=17B−15N−20B3.538.539.512.001476-48.4
22Frisch, Gabriel0LUX−5N−10B−19N+20B−18N+24N−15B+23N−13B3.032.532.55.006960.0
23FIDE 29744440—−21N−12B+24N−19B−15B−13N−20N−22B−11N1.032.532.50.007570.0
24FIDE 120003700—−7B−15N−23B−17N−20N−22B−18N−14B−19B0.033.534.50.006850.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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