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European School Chess Championship 2025 - Open 9

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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 07 Jun 2025 in Mamaia, Romania. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1623, and top seed was Adam-Alexandru Mihai (🇷🇴 ROU, 1781).

Lukian Huzela (🇺🇦 UKR, 1612) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adam-Alexandru Mihai (6.5) and Matija Arsenijevic (6.5). Huzela clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Viktor Szabo (1492) beat Alexandre Berishvili (1656), a +164-point gap.

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
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,623
Participants
33
Federations · 8 represented
🇷🇴Romania×16
🇹🇷Turkiye×4
🇮🇱Israel×2
🇲🇩Moldova×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Lukian Huzela led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
5
2
1
1
2
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Arsenijevic takes leadHuzela takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jun

Matija Arsenijevic takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Lukian Huzela 3 wins (R7–R9)Alexandre Berishvili 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huzela, Lukian1612UKR+30B=5N=8B+12N=11B=10N+9B+7N+3N7.044.547.036.001729+48.0
2Mihai, Adam-Alexandru1781ROU+13B=8N+14B+5N=7N+6B=3N4B+11N6.546.051.035.751744-11.2
3Arsenijevic, Matija1589SRB+20B=12N=5B+23N+8B+7N=2B+6N1B6.546.050.034.251712+51.2
4Berishvili, Alexandre1656GEO=16B=13N=12B+29N10B+17N+8B+2N+7B6.542.044.531.751684+12.8
5Calotescu, David-Andrei1528ROU+32N=1B=3N2B+19N=9B=16N+15B+13N6.044.045.026.751620+39.6
6Erol, Alp Emre1700TUR+17N+11B+18N7B+15N2N+10B3B+12N6.043.047.529.001699+1.2
7Dede, Omer Taha1635TUR+24N+9B+15N+6N=2B3B+11N1B4N5.547.551.027.751678+21.6
8Irtes, Deniz1537TUR+31N=2B=1N+9B3N=16B4N+17B+15N5.545.547.025.001621+36.4
9Rotescu, Vladimir-Szilard1496ROU+21B7N+19B8N+23B=5N1N+18B+16B5.542.046.025.001504+2.0
10Szabo, Viktor1492ROU+25N15B+28N=18B+4N=1B6N+20B=14N5.541.043.524.751563+20.0
11Aksoy, Kerem Alp1534TUR+19B6N+20B+14N=1N+18B7B=12N2B5.044.048.524.501577+14.0
12Talaba, David-Christian1496ROU+23N=3B=4N1B+28N+24B=15N=11B6B5.043.045.521.251536+12.8
13Podoleanu, Daniel1478ROU2N=4B+30N+17B=14N15B+19N+28B5B5.040.042.519.751467-5.6
14Grigorescu, Stefan1559ROU+27N+28B2N11B=13B=21N+25B=16N=10B5.037.039.518.251401-44.8
15Ivascu, Vladimir1551ROU+33B+10N7B+25N6B+13N=12B5N8B4.541.542.517.001449-52.4
16Chelu, Tudor-Iulian1462ROU=4N17B+31N+26B=18N=8N=5B=14B9N4.540.542.018.251497+12.8
17Petrov, Alexandru1469ROU6B+16N=29B13N+25B4B+22N8N+23B4.539.041.517.251327-31.6
18Alexandrov, Matvei1607MDA+22N+26B6B=10N=16B11N=21B9N+29N4.538.541.017.251406-64.4
19Laze, Andrei0ROU11N+24B9N+22B5B+31N13B+21N=20N4.538.540.016.251253-80.0
20Elmalem, Noam0ISR3N+32B11N28B+27B+23N+29B10N=19B4.533.534.512.757360.0
21Nae, Darius-Ioan0ROU9N22B+27N+30B=24N=14B=18N19B+28N4.533.035.514.501440-25.2
22Blaga, Vladimir0ROU18B+21N25B19N+29B=28N17B+26N+24N4.530.032.514.7515000.0
23Nelke, Daniel0ISR12B+33N+26N3B9N20B+27B+25N17N4.035.036.010.0012650.0
24Kotsev, Momchil1442BUL7B19N+33B+32N=21B12N28B+30N22B3.530.031.06.75766-26.8
25Sticea, Stefan-Petru0ROU10BF+22N15B17N+26B14N23B+31N3.032.532.59.0012780.0
26Janousek, Matej1495CZE+29B18N23B16N+32B25N+33N22BF3.025.025.04.50736-35.6
27FIDE 2324571014B29N21BF20N+32B23N+31N+33B3.024.024.03.507640.0
28Vieriu, Ianis-Andrei0ROUF14N10B+20N12B=22B+24N13N21B2.537.537.510.251255-97.6
29Sirbu, Vlad-Gabriel0ROU26N+27B=17N4B22N+30B20NF18B2.533.033.07.751231-50.0
30FIDE 1391938501N=31B13B21N+33B29NF24B+32B2.526.026.02.757090.0
31FIDE 1391951208B=30N16B33NF19B+32N27B25B1.525.025.02.257010.0
32FIDE 232671005B20NF24B26N27N31B+33B30N1.025.025.01.006830.0
33FIDE 2324601015N23B24N+31B30NF26B32N27N1.023.023.01.507060.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets