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31. International Styrian Youth Championship U18

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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.

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
🇦🇹Niklas Pumberger1862
Avg top 10
1,797
Participants
25
Federations · 6 represented
🇦🇹Austria×15
🇸🇮Slovenia×3
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Zlatolas takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE08 Aug

Anej Zlatolas takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Englert takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lin Englert lost to Anej Zlatolas (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lin Englert*
0
½
1
2Anej Zlatolas
1
*
½
½
3Niklas Pumberger
½
½
*
½
4Valentin Hutterer
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Englert, Lin1851GER+12N+9B=5N=7B+6N+4B=3N2N+10B6.546.551.035.751923+38.8
2Zlatolas, Anej1829SLO+16B=4N=3B=8N+11B+5N+7N+1B6B6.546.550.035.251905+31.5
3Pumberger, Niklas1862AUT+14N=11B=2N+9B+10N=7B=1B=6N=4B6.046.050.032.251885+13.6
4Hutterer, Valentin1743AUT+17N=2B+11N5B+8N1N+18B+7B=3N6.044.547.528.751847+45.6
5Ringbauer, Daniel1780AUT+21B+8N=1B+4N7N2B+12N=10B+15N6.043.046.028.251785+6.8
6Friscic, Laura1780CRO+19N7B+12N+15B1B+13N=10N=3B+2N6.042.045.027.501780+3.2
7Poetscher, Katharina1852AUT+18B+6N+10B=1N+5B=3N2B4N=11B5.547.050.028.751849+2.8
8Knittel-Templ, Richard1584AUT+25N5B+13N=2B4B=9N=15B+20N+14N5.539.040.020.251638+11.6
9Pichler, Laurenz1685AUT+23B1N+21B3N15N=8B+16N+12B+13N5.537.038.519.751638-11.2
10Xu, Xingjian1821AUT+13N+20B7N+18B3B+19N=6B=5N1N5.040.543.519.501643-54.4
11Stoegerer, Konstantin1768AUT+15B=3N4B=12N2N+22B+19N=13B=7N5.039.542.519.751602-42.0
12Todorova, Daniela1467BUL1B+23N6B=11B+21N+15N5B9N+17B4.539.040.514.001406-9.6
13Schwarz, Timo0AUT10B+24N8B+20N+18N6B+14N=11N9B4.537.038.514.0015600.0
14Lako, Istvan Jr.1512HUN3B15N+16B+25N19B+20N13B+18N8B4.032.033.010.501590+13.2
15Eibisberger, Ben0AUT11N+14B+17N6N+9B12B=8NF5B3.540.043.015.7515520.0
16Eder, Ralph1425AUT2N=17B14N22BF+23N9B+19B+18N3.530.030.09.251434-2.0
17Kohlroser, Nico0AUT4B=16N15B23N20B+21B+24N+25B12N3.526.527.57.2512720.0
18Zlebic, Eva1487SLO7N+19B+20N10N13B+24B4N14B16B3.034.536.07.50871-58.4
19Danner, Simon0AUT6B18N+24B+21N+14N10B11B16N20B3.032.534.08.5013590.0
20Kostanjevec, Lan0SLOF10N18B13B+17N14B+25N8B+19N3.029.529.57.508020.0
21FIDE 53000284205N+25B9N19B12B17NF+24B+23N3.026.526.54.008430.0
22Poetscher, Martin0AUTFFF+16N+25B11N+23BFF3.014.514.56.0015970.0
23FIDE 169315809N12B25N+17B=24N16B22NF21B1.525.525.54.257250.0
24Hoeller, Philip0AUTF13B19NF=23B18N17B21N+25B1.519.519.51.756870.0
25FIDE 169318208B21N+23B14B22NF20B17N24N1.025.025.01.507490.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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