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
Federations · 8 represented
🇷🇴Romania×16
🇹🇷Turkiye×4
🇮🇱Israel×2
🇲🇩Moldova×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsLukian Huzela led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lukian Huzela | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Adam-Alexandru Mihai | — | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Alexandre Berishvili | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4Matija Arsenijevic | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huzela, Lukian | 1612 | UKR | +30B | =5N | =8B | +12N | =11B | =10N | +9B | +7N | +3N | 7.0 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 36.00 | 1729 | +48.0 |
| 2 | Mihai, Adam-Alexandru | 1781 | ROU | +13B | =8N | +14B | +5N | =7N | +6B | =3N | −4B | +11N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 51.0 | 35.75 | 1744 | -11.2 |
| 3 | Arsenijevic, Matija | 1589 | SRB | +20B | =12N | =5B | +23N | +8B | +7N | =2B | +6N | −1B | 6.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 34.25 | 1712 | +51.2 |
| 4 | Berishvili, Alexandre | 1656 | GEO | =16B | =13N | =12B | +29N | −10B | +17N | +8B | +2N | +7B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 31.75 | 1684 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Calotescu, David-Andrei | 1528 | ROU | +32N | =1B | =3N | −2B | +19N | =9B | =16N | +15B | +13N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 26.75 | 1620 | +39.6 |
| 6 | Erol, Alp Emre | 1700 | TUR | +17N | +11B | +18N | −7B | +15N | −2N | +10B | −3B | +12N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 47.5 | 29.00 | 1699 | +1.2 |
| 7 | Dede, Omer Taha | 1635 | TUR | +24N | +9B | +15N | +6N | =2B | −3B | +11N | −1B | −4N | 5.5 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 27.75 | 1678 | +21.6 |
| 8 | Irtes, Deniz | 1537 | TUR | +31N | =2B | =1N | +9B | −3N | =16B | −4N | +17B | +15N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 25.00 | 1621 | +36.4 |
| 9 | Rotescu, Vladimir-Szilard | 1496 | ROU | +21B | −7N | +19B | −8N | +23B | =5N | −1N | +18B | +16B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 25.00 | 1504 | +2.0 |
| 10 | Szabo, Viktor | 1492 | ROU | +25N | −15B | +28N | =18B | +4N | =1B | −6N | +20B | =14N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 24.75 | 1563 | +20.0 |
| 11 | Aksoy, Kerem Alp | 1534 | TUR | +19B | −6N | +20B | +14N | =1N | +18B | −7B | =12N | −2B | 5.0 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 24.50 | 1577 | +14.0 |
| 12 | Talaba, David-Christian | 1496 | ROU | +23N | =3B | =4N | −1B | +28N | +24B | =15N | =11B | −6B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 21.25 | 1536 | +12.8 |
| 13 | Podoleanu, Daniel | 1478 | ROU | −2N | =4B | +30N | +17B | =14N | −15B | +19N | +28B | −5B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 19.75 | 1467 | -5.6 |
| 14 | Grigorescu, Stefan | 1559 | ROU | +27N | +28B | −2N | −11B | =13B | =21N | +25B | =16N | =10B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 18.25 | 1401 | -44.8 |
| 15 | Ivascu, Vladimir | 1551 | ROU | +33B | +10N | −7B | +25N | −6B | +13N | =12B | −5N | −8B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 17.00 | 1449 | -52.4 |
| 16 | Chelu, Tudor-Iulian | 1462 | ROU | =4N | −17B | +31N | +26B | =18N | =8N | =5B | =14B | −9N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 18.25 | 1497 | +12.8 |
| 17 | Petrov, Alexandru | 1469 | ROU | −6B | +16N | =29B | −13N | +25B | −4B | +22N | −8N | +23B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 17.25 | 1327 | -31.6 |
| 18 | Alexandrov, Matvei | 1607 | MDA | +22N | +26B | −6B | =10N | =16B | −11N | =21B | −9N | +29N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 17.25 | 1406 | -64.4 |
| 19 | Laze, Andrei | 0 | ROU | −11N | +24B | −9N | +22B | −5B | +31N | −13B | +21N | =20N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 16.25 | 1253 | -80.0 |
| 20 | Elmalem, Noam | 0 | ISR | −3N | +32B | −11N | −28B | +27B | +23N | +29B | −10N | =19B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 12.75 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Nae, Darius-Ioan | 0 | ROU | −9N | −22B | +27N | +30B | =24N | =14B | =18N | −19B | +28N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 14.50 | 1440 | -25.2 |
| 22 | Blaga, Vladimir | 0 | ROU | −18B | +21N | −25B | −19N | +29B | =28N | −17B | +26N | +24N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 14.75 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Nelke, Daniel | 0 | ISR | −12B | +33N | +26N | −3B | −9N | −20B | +27B | +25N | −17N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 10.00 | 1265 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Kotsev, Momchil | 1442 | BUL | −7B | −19N | +33B | +32N | =21B | −12N | −28B | +30N | −22B | 3.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 6.75 | 766 | -26.8 |
| 25 | Sticea, Stefan-Petru | 0 | ROU | −10B | F | +22N | −15B | −17N | +26B | −14N | −23B | +31N | 3.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.00 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Janousek, Matej | 1495 | CZE | +29B | −18N | −23B | −16N | +32B | −25N | +33N | −22B | F | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4.50 | 736 | -35.6 |
| 27 | FIDE 2324571 | 0 | — | −14B | −29N | −21B | F | −20N | +32B | −23N | +31N | +33B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Vieriu, Ianis-Andrei | 0 | ROU | F | −14N | −10B | +20N | −12B | =22B | +24N | −13N | −21B | 2.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 10.25 | 1255 | -97.6 |
| 29 | Sirbu, Vlad-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −26N | +27B | =17N | −4B | −22N | +30B | −20N | F | −18B | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.75 | 1231 | -50.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 13919385 | 0 | — | −1N | =31B | −13B | −21N | +33B | −29N | F | −24B | +32B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.75 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 13919512 | 0 | — | −8B | =30N | −16B | −33N | F | −19B | +32N | −27B | −25B | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.25 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 2326710 | 0 | — | −5B | −20N | F | −24B | −26N | −27N | −31B | +33B | −30N | 1.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 2324601 | 0 | — | −15N | −23B | −24N | +31B | −30N | F | −26B | −32N | −27N | 1.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 1.50 | 706 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Arsenijevic, MatijaSRB+51.26.5 pts · #7
- 2Huzela, LukianUKR+48.07.0 pts · #3
- 3Calotescu, David-AndreiROU+39.66.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Vieriu, Ianis-AndreiROU-97.62.5 pts · #20
- 2Laze, AndreiROU-80.04.5 pts · #24
- 3Alexandrov, MatveiMDA-64.44.5 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R5+164 Elo gap
- R8+125 Elo gap
- R8+111 Elo gap