European School Chess Championship 2025 - Open 11
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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 07 Jun 2025 in Mamaia, Romania. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1846, and top seed was Ali Poyraz Uzdemir (🇹🇷 TUR, FM, 2108).
Ali Poyraz Uzdemir (🇹🇷 TUR, FM, 2108) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Iustin Larion (7.0) and Denys Farkash (6.5). Uzdemir took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Stoyan Iliev (1713) beat Poyraz Efe Asici (CM, 1977), a +264-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
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇷🇴Romania×15
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇲🇩Moldova×2
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jun
FM Ali Poyraz Uzdemir takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Uzdemir takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Ali Poyraz Uzdemir lost to CM Iustin Larion (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAli Poyraz Uzdemir | * | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 2CMIustin Larion | 1 | * | 0 | 0 |
| 3Stoyan Iliev | 0 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Denys Farkash | ½ | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzdemir, Ali PoyrazFM | 2108 | TUR | +25B | +4N | =3B | +8N | −2N | +12B | +6B | +7N | =5N | 7.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 36.75 | 2046 | -16.4 |
| 2 | Larion, IustinCM | 1958 | ROU | +16B | +13N | +6B | +5N | +1B | +7N | −3B | −4B | +10N | 7.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 37.50 | 1989 | +23.6 |
| 3 | Farkash, Denys | 1954 | UKR | +26N | +14B | =1N | −7B | +4N | +10B | +2N | =5B | =6N | 6.5 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 34.75 | 1936 | +4.4 |
| 4 | Iliev, Stoyan | 1713 | BUL | +20N | −1B | =12N | +18B | −3B | +17N | +8B | +2N | +13N | 6.5 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 30.75 | 1922 | +94.8 |
| 5 | Pana, Darius-Cristian | 1859 | ROU | +19B | +17N | +8B | −2B | −7N | +13N | +12B | =3N | =1B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 29.25 | 1910 | +28.8 |
| 6 | Chkhartishvili, Lazare | 1783 | GEO | +11N | +10B | −2N | +14B | =12N | +9B | −1N | =8B | =3B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 28.25 | 1835 | +30.4 |
| 7 | Rosca, Dragos-Ioan | 1765 | ROU | +21B | −8N | +16B | +3N | +5B | −2B | =10N | −1B | +14N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 27.00 | 1858 | +44.4 |
| 8 | Asici, Poyraz EfeCM | 1977 | TUR | +9N | +7B | −5N | −1B | +26N | +15B | −4N | =6N | +19B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 24.75 | 1789 | -62.8 |
| 9 | Cherepynskyi, Kyrylo | 1501 | UKR | −8B | +21N | +13B | −10N | +24B | −6N | +19B | =14B | +15N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 21.75 | 1649 | +61.2 |
| 10 | Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp | 1556 | GRE | +15N | −6N | =24B | +9B | +14N | −3N | =7B | +11B | −2B | 5.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 23.75 | 1683 | +43.2 |
| 11 | Ion, Matei-Stefan | 1454 | ROU | −6B | −15N | +25B | −16N | +21B | +23N | +18B | −10N | +20B | 5.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 17.50 | 1597 | +62.8 |
| 12 | Patrasc, Patric-Cezar | 1697 | ROU | =24B | +22N | =4B | +17N | =6B | −1N | −5N | −15B | +21N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 18.50 | 1695 | -1.6 |
| 13 | Toma, Christian | 1648 | ROU | +28N | −2B | −9N | =15B | +22N | −5B | +26N | +18N | −4B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 14.25 | 1555 | -23.2 |
| 14 | Bostina, Vladimir-Ioan | 1623 | ROU | +23B | −3N | +19B | −6N | −10B | +24N | +20B | =9N | −7B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 16.75 | 1571 | -28.8 |
| 15 | Pruszter, Alexandru | 0 | ROU | −10B | +11B | =18N | =13N | +16B | −8N | =17B | +12N | −9B | 4.5 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 19.75 | 1591 | +20.4 |
| 16 | Nagornii, Daniil | 1497 | MDA | −2N | +28B | −7N | +11B | −15N | =26B | =22B | =20N | =17B | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 13.75 | 1532 | -3.2 |
| 17 | Mirica, Eric-Cristian | 1589 | ROU | +27N | −5B | +26N | −12B | =20N | −4B | =15N | =21B | =16N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 12.75 | 1488 | -17.2 |
| 18 | Stanculet, Ilio-Phoem | 1586 | ROU | =22B | =24N | =15B | −4N | +23N | =20B | −11N | −13B | +28N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 12.75 | 1286 | -70.8 |
| 19 | Bohm, Ondrej | 1480 | CZE | −5N | +27B | −14N | −23B | +28N | +25B | −9N | +22B | −8N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 11.00 | 1443 | -14.0 |
| 20 | Cherepynskyi, Danylo | 1427 | UKR | −4B | =25N | +22B | =24N | =17B | =18N | −14N | =16B | −11N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 12.50 | 1406 | -7.2 |
| 21 | Simu, Alexandru | 1430 | ROU | −7N | −9B | +27N | −26B | −11N | +28B | +23B | =17N | −12B | 3.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 10.00 | 1163 | -63.2 |
| 22 | Plosnita, Cezar | 0 | ROU | =18N | −12B | −20N | +25N | −13B | +27B | =16N | −19N | =23B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 33.5 | 11.25 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Khotomlianskyi, Andrii | 0 | UKR | −14N | −26B | +28N | +19N | −18B | −11B | −21N | +27B | =22N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 10.25 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Srebrov, Nikola-Evgeniy | 1422 | ROU | =12N | =18B | =10N | =20B | −9N | −14B | −27N | =28B | =25N | 3.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 11.00 | 1456 | -1.6 |
| 25 | Matala, Anthony-Radu | 1554 | ROU | −1N | =20B | −11N | −22B | =27B | −19N | =28N | +26B | =24B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 8.00 | 1410 | -49.6 |
| 26 | Sit, Lev | 1487 | MDA | −3B | +23N | −17B | +21N | −8B | =16N | −13B | −25N | −27N | 2.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 9.00 | 1399 | -34.0 |
| 27 | Nelke, Ori | 0 | ISR | −17B | −19N | −21B | −28B | =25N | −22N | +24B | −23N | +26B | 2.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 7.00 | 1430 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bari, Yunus | 0 | ROU | −13B | −16N | −23B | +27N | −19B | −21N | =25B | =24N | −18B | 2.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 5.50 | 1208 | -59.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Iliev, StoyanBUL+94.86.5 pts · #3
- 2Ion, Matei-StefanROU+62.85.0 pts · #12
- 3Cherepynskyi, KyryloUKR+61.25.5 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Stanculet, Ilio-PhoemROU-70.84.0 pts · #27
- 2Simu, AlexandruROU-63.23.5 pts · #28
- 3Asici, Poyraz EfeCMTUR-62.85.5 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R7+264 Elo gap
- R8+245 Elo gap
- R4+189 Elo gap