31. International Styrian Youth Championship U18
25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Mureck, Austria. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1797, and top seed was Niklas Pumberger (🇦🇹 AUT, 1862).
Lin Englert (🇩🇪 GER, 1851) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Anej Zlatolas (6.5) and Niklas Pumberger (6.0). Englert won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Valentin Hutterer (1743) beat Katharina Poetscher (1852), a +109-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Anej Zlatolas takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
2 players finish on 6.5/9. Englert takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).
Lin Englert lost to Anej Zlatolas (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lin Englert | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Anej Zlatolas | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Niklas Pumberger | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Valentin Hutterer | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Englert, Lin | 1851 | GER | +12N | +9B | =5N | =7B | +6N | +4B | =3N | −2N | +10B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 35.75 | 1923 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Zlatolas, Anej | 1829 | SLO | +16B | =4N | =3B | =8N | +11B | +5N | +7N | +1B | −6B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 35.25 | 1905 | +31.5 |
| 3 | Pumberger, Niklas | 1862 | AUT | +14N | =11B | =2N | +9B | +10N | =7B | =1B | =6N | =4B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 32.25 | 1885 | +13.6 |
| 4 | Hutterer, Valentin | 1743 | AUT | +17N | =2B | +11N | −5B | +8N | −1N | +18B | +7B | =3N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 28.75 | 1847 | +45.6 |
| 5 | Ringbauer, Daniel | 1780 | AUT | +21B | +8N | =1B | +4N | −7N | −2B | +12N | =10B | +15N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 28.25 | 1785 | +6.8 |
| 6 | Friscic, Laura | 1780 | CRO | +19N | −7B | +12N | +15B | −1B | +13N | =10N | =3B | +2N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 27.50 | 1780 | +3.2 |
| 7 | Poetscher, Katharina | 1852 | AUT | +18B | +6N | +10B | =1N | +5B | =3N | −2B | −4N | =11B | 5.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 28.75 | 1849 | +2.8 |
| 8 | Knittel-Templ, Richard | 1584 | AUT | +25N | −5B | +13N | =2B | −4B | =9N | =15B | +20N | +14N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 20.25 | 1638 | +11.6 |
| 9 | Pichler, Laurenz | 1685 | AUT | +23B | −1N | +21B | −3N | −15N | =8B | +16N | +12B | +13N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 19.75 | 1638 | -11.2 |
| 10 | Xu, Xingjian | 1821 | AUT | +13N | +20B | −7N | +18B | −3B | +19N | =6B | =5N | −1N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 19.50 | 1643 | -54.4 |
| 11 | Stoegerer, Konstantin | 1768 | AUT | +15B | =3N | −4B | =12N | −2N | +22B | +19N | =13B | =7N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 19.75 | 1602 | -42.0 |
| 12 | Todorova, Daniela | 1467 | BUL | −1B | +23N | −6B | =11B | +21N | +15N | −5B | −9N | +17B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 40.5 | 14.00 | 1406 | -9.6 |
| 13 | Schwarz, Timo | 0 | AUT | −10B | +24N | −8B | +20N | +18N | −6B | +14N | =11N | −9B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 14.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lako, Istvan Jr. | 1512 | HUN | −3B | −15N | +16B | +25N | −19B | +20N | −13B | +18N | −8B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 10.50 | 1590 | +13.2 |
| 15 | Eibisberger, Ben | 0 | AUT | −11N | +14B | +17N | −6N | +9B | −12B | =8N | F | −5B | 3.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 15.75 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Eder, Ralph | 1425 | AUT | −2N | =17B | −14N | −22B | F | +23N | −9B | +19B | +18N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 9.25 | 1434 | -2.0 |
| 17 | Kohlroser, Nico | 0 | AUT | −4B | =16N | −15B | −23N | −20B | +21B | +24N | +25B | −12N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 7.25 | 1272 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Zlebic, Eva | 1487 | SLO | −7N | +19B | +20N | −10N | −13B | +24B | −4N | −14B | −16B | 3.0 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 7.50 | 871 | -58.4 |
| 19 | Danner, Simon | 0 | AUT | −6B | −18N | +24B | +21N | +14N | −10B | −11B | −16N | −20B | 3.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 8.50 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Kostanjevec, Lan | 0 | SLO | F | −10N | −18B | −13B | +17N | −14B | +25N | −8B | +19N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 7.50 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 530002842 | 0 | — | −5N | +25B | −9N | −19B | −12B | −17N | F | +24B | +23N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.00 | 843 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Poetscher, Martin | 0 | AUT | F | F | F | +16N | +25B | −11N | +23B | F | F | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 1693158 | 0 | — | −9N | −12B | −25N | +17B | =24N | −16B | −22N | F | −21B | 1.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.25 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hoeller, Philip | 0 | AUT | F | −13B | −19N | F | =23B | −18N | −17B | −21N | +25B | 1.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 1.75 | 687 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 1693182 | 0 | — | −8B | −21N | +23B | −14B | −22N | F | −20B | −17N | −24N | 1.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.50 | 749 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Hutterer, ValentinAUT+45.66.0 pts · #5
- 2Englert, LinGER+38.86.5 pts · #1
- 3Zlatolas, AnejSLO+31.56.5 pts · #2
- 1Zlebic, EvaSLO-58.43.0 pts · #23
- 2Xu, XingjianAUT-54.45.0 pts · #11
- 3Stoegerer, KonstantinAUT-42.05.0 pts · #14
- R8+109 Elo gap