European School Chess Championship 2025 - Open 7
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 07 Jun 2025 in Mamaia, Romania. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 438, and top seed was Victor Bojica (🇷🇴 ROU, 1479).
Mete Aras Akbudak (🇹🇷 TUR, 0) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Victor Bojica (7.0) and Alexios Alexandrakis (6.5). Akbudak shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇷🇴Mamaia, Romania
Dates
30 May 2025 → 07 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 6 represented
🇷🇴Romania×5
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇸Iceland×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMete Aras Akbudak led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R9 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jun
Mete Aras Akbudak takes the sole lead (8.0/9).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mete Aras Akbudak beat Victor Bojica (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Mete Aras Akbudak 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Victor Bojica 5 wins (R4–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mete Aras Akbudak | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Victor Bojica | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Alexios Alexandrakis | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Julian Morawiec | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akbudak, Mete Aras | 0 | TUR | +?B | +?N | +2N | −4B | +9B | +8N | +3B | +7N | +5B | 8.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 35.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bojica, Victor | 1479 | ROU | +10B | +12N | −1B | +3N | +5B | +4N | +7B | +11N | −6B | 7.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 37.50 | 2243 | +32.8 |
| 3 | Alexandrakis, Alexios | 0 | GRE | +?N | +11B | =7N | −2B | +?N | +?B | −1N | +13B | +4B | 6.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 16.75 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Chirila, Tudor-Ioan | 1461 | ROU | +13N | +6B | +9N | +1N | +7B | −2B | +8N | −5B | −3N | 6.0 | 49.0 | 52.5 | 33.00 | 1462 | -1.2 |
| 5 | Morawiec, Julian | 0 | POL | +?N | −7B | +?N | +6B | −2N | +?B | +9B | +4N | −1N | 6.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 17.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kotsev, Kalin | 0 | BUL | +8B | −4N | +?B | −5N | +12B | −7N | +?N | +?B | +2N | 6.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 16.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bejan, Eric | 1442 | ROU | +14B | +5N | =3B | +12N | −4N | +6B | −2N | −1B | +11B | 5.5 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 26.75 | 691 | -31.6 |
| 8 | Adochiei, Mircea | 0 | ROU | −6N | +13B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −1B | −4B | −9N | +12B | 5.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.50 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan | 0 | ROU | F | +?N | −4B | +?B | −1N | +?B | −5N | +8B | +13N | 5.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 8.50 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Schram Theodor Noel | 0 | ISL | −2N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −11N | +?B | +14N | 5.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 42236487 | 0 | — | +?B | −3N | −12B | +?N | +14B | =13N | +10B | −2B | −7N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 9.75 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 42252903 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | +11N | −7B | −6N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −8N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.50 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 42252938 | 0 | — | −4B | −8N | F | +?B | +?N | =11B | +?N | −3N | −9B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 2.25 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2333619 | 0 | — | −7N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −11N | +?B | −?N | −?N | −10B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 614 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bojica, VictorROU+32.87.0 pts · #2
- 2Kotsev, KalinBUL0.06.0 pts · #6
- 3FIDE 23336190.03.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Bejan, EricROU-31.65.5 pts · #9
- 2Chirila, Tudor-IoanROU-1.26.0 pts · #5
- 3Kotsev, KalinBUL0.06.0 pts · #6