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2. Open Kavarna Astoria - VBO 2025

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Maribor, Slovenia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1575, and top seed was Miha Gorse Pihler (🇸🇮 SLO, 1738).

Rene Kodric (🇸🇮 SLO, 1539) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Edvard Kaloh (5.0) and Anej Borovinsek (4.5). Kodric shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anej Borovinsek (1531) beat Miha Gorse Pihler (1738), a +207-point gap.

Location
🇸🇮Maribor, Slovenia
Dates
16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇮Miha Gorse Pihler1738
Avg top 10
1,575
Participants
15
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇮Slovenia×13
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
1
3
4
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Kodric5Kaloh5Borovinsek4.5Veber4Genc4Predin4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Rene Kodric held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Kodric takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rene Kodric drew with Edvard Kaloh (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rene Kodric*
½
½
½
2Edvard Kaloh
½
*
½
0
3Anej Borovinsek
½
½
*—
4Tibor Veber
½
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kodric, Rene1539SLO+11N+10B=2N=4B=5B=3N+7N5.024.527.518.751698+50.4
2Kaloh, Edvard1532SLO+12N+6B=1B−5N=3B+10N+4N5.024.527.018.251674+42.2
3Borovinsek, Anej1531SLO+7N=4B=8N=6B=2N=1B+12N4.526.028.517.501638+36.0
4Genc, Gregor1545SLO+14B=3N=5B=1N+9B=6N−2B4.026.027.013.251570+8.4
5Veber, Tibor1570SLOF=8B=4N+2B=1N=7B+9N4.025.525.517.001716+47.2
6Grudinin, Vladislav1592UKR+13B−2N+12B=3N=10B=4B=8N4.023.025.012.251461-36.4
7Gorse Pihler, Miha1738SLO−3B+14N=10B+15N+8B=5N−1B4.021.521.58.501467-71.6
8Predin, Mara1537SLO+15B=5N=3B=9N−7N+14B=6B4.021.021.09.001545+1.2
9Purisic, Radenko1653SLO−10N+11B+15N=8B−4N+12N−5B3.520.520.57.501220-84.4
10Sega, Jost1517SLO+9B−1N=7N+14B=6N−2B−13B3.023.524.58.501539+4.8
11Kaloh, Frida0SLO−1B−9N+13B−12N+15B−?N+14N3.014.014.03.007960.0
12Sternad Lopic, Nik0SLO−2B+13N−6N+11B=?N−9B−3B2.522.022.05.007780.0
13Breznik, Marko0SLO−6N−12B−11N−?B−14N+15B+10N2.013.513.53.0015550.0
14Grudinin, Yurii0UKR−4N−7BF−10N+13B−8N−11B1.020.020.02.007840.0
15Predin, Frida0SLO−8NF−9B−7B−11N−13N−?B0.016.516.50.008430.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets