28th Pannonia Cup U2000

Open SwissStandard

40 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Balatonalmadi, Hungary. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1768, and top seed was Nimrod Pais (🇭🇺 HUN, 1885).

Balazs Kovacs (🇷🇴 ROU, 1712) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Balint Horvath (6.0) and Nagy Sandor Juhasz (5.0). Kovacs shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Anna Vadkerti (1619) beat Szabolcs Palfi (1859), a +240-point gap.

Location

🇭🇺Balatonalmadi, Hungary

Dates

23 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺Nimrod Pais1885

Avg top 10

1,768

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇭🇺Hungary×35

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
Balazs Kovacs
🇷🇴ROU·1712
6.0pts·2000perf+94.4
🥈
Balint Horvath
🇭🇺HUN·1727
6.0pts·1928perf+56.8
🥉
Nagy Sandor Juhasz
🇭🇺HUN·1803
5.0pts·1878perf+15.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Kovacs6Horvath6Juhasz5Pais5Szunyogh5Vadkerti5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Kovacs takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Balazs Kovacs drew with Balint Horvath (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Balint Horvath 3 wins (R1–R3)Nagy Sandor Juhasz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Balazs Kovacs	*	½	—	1
2Balint Horvath	½	*	½	—
3Nagy Sandor Juhasz	—	½	*	0
4Nimrod Pais	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kovacs, Balazs	1712	ROU	+31N	+19B	=6N	+9B	=2N	+4B	+5N	6.0	28.5	31.0	25.50	2000	+94.4
2	Horvath, Balint	1727	HUN	+30B	+13N	+5B	=3N	=1B	+8N	+15B	6.0	28.5	31.0	25.50	1928	+56.8
3	Juhasz, Nagy Sandor	1803	HUN	+17N	+22B	+14N	=2B	−4N	=6B	+11N	5.0	28.0	31.5	21.00	1878	+15.0
4	Pais, Nimrod	1885	HUN	+27N	+11B	=9N	=6B	+3B	−1N	+10B	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.50	1881	+1.2
5	Vadkerti, Anna	1619	HUN	+29B	+18N	−2N	+10B	+9N	+7B	−1B	5.0	28.0	31.0	19.00	1872	+80.8
6	Szunyogh, Istvan	1802	HUN	+35B	+16N	=1B	=4N	=12B	=3N	+18B	5.0	27.5	29.5	19.50	1875	+14.4
7	Palfi, Szabolcs	1859	HUN	=23B	+20N	=12B	+13N	+16B	−5N	=8B	4.5	25.0	28.5	17.50	1753	-28.8
8	Vujity-Zsolnay, Benjamin	0	HUN	−19N	+31B	+36N	+22B	+11N	−2B	=7N	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	1710	0.0
9	Bordos, Janos	1714	HUN	+25B	+15N	=4B	−1N	−5B	+26N	=13B	4.0	27.0	30.0	14.50	1663	-8.4
10	Gulyas, Ferenc	1755	HUN	+32N	−14B	+19N	−5N	+18B	+17B	−4N	4.0	25.0	27.5	13.50	1703	-8.4
11	Paal, Gyorgy	1706	HUN	+34B	−4N	+35B	+15N	−8B	+12N	−3B	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.50	1794	+14.2
12	Kiss, Bence	1685	HUN	=26B	+23N	=7N	+20B	=6N	−11B	=14N	4.0	24.5	27.5	15.25	1754	+23.6
13	Feher, Peter	1621	HUN	+24N	−2B	+32N	−7B	=26N	+30B	=9N	4.0	23.5	26.0	12.00	1677	+8.0
14	Halmosi, Szabolcs	1668	HUN	+40B	+10N	−3B	=18N	=25B	=20N	=12B	4.0	23.0	23.0	11.00	1676	+2.8
15	OHara, Austin	1615	IRL	+39N	−9B	+28N	−11B	+32N	+25B	−2N	4.0	22.5	23.5	9.50	1568	-13.2
16	Buder, Peter	1674	AUT	+33N	−6B	+17N	+26B	−7N	F	+20B	4.0	22.5	22.5	13.00	1701	+5.2
17	Kiss, Dorina	1556	HUN	−3B	+37N	−16B	+31N	+21B	−10N	+25N	4.0	22.0	23.5	10.50	1626	+21.6
18	Gazsovics, Bela	1718	HUN	+21N	−5B	+27N	=14B	−10N	+19B	−6N	3.5	25.0	28.0	12.00	1645	-13.4
19	Miklos, Hanna	1582	HUN	+8B	−1N	−10B	=30N	+23B	−18N	+33B	3.5	24.0	26.5	11.75	1508	-21.6
20	Kantor, Katalin	1585	HUN	+28N	−7B	+21N	−12N	+35B	=14B	−16N	3.5	23.0	25.0	10.50	1601	+1.0
21	Miklos, Luca	1511	HUN	−18B	+29N	−20B	+27B	−17N	+38N	=24B	3.5	20.5	22.0	9.25	1416	-19.6
22	Fodor, Arpad	1699	HUN	+37N	−3N	=25B	−8N	−30B	+34B	+28N	3.5	20.5	22.0	8.50	1495	-22.2
23	Papp, Diana	1560	HUN	=7N	−12B	−31N	+28B	−19N	+37B	+30N	3.5	20.0	21.5	9.25	1486	-10.8
24	Keresztes, Gabor	0	HUN	−13B	−30N	=37B	=34N	+36N	+32B	=21N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.25	1554	0.0
25	Radacsi, Peter Adam	1510	HUN	−9N	+39B	=22N	+36B	=14N	−15N	−17B	3.0	21.5	22.5	6.75	1519	+2.4
26	Bodnar, Arnold	0	HUN	=12N	=36B	+38N	−16N	=13B	−9B	=27N	3.0	21.0	22.5	8.00	1526	0.0
27	Nemeth, Zoltan	1573	HUN	−4B	+38N	−18B	−21N	+29B	=33N	=26B	3.0	20.5	22.0	7.25	905	-20.8
28	Varga, Levente B	0	HUN	−20B	+34N	−15B	−23N	+31B	+35N	−22B	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.00	1520	0.0
29	Nagy, Izabella	0	HUN	−5N	−21B	+33N	−32B	−27N	+36B	+35B	3.0	18.5	20.5	6.50	1443	0.0
30	Janosi, Boglarka	1543	HUN	−2N	+24B	F	=19B	+22N	−13N	−23B	2.5	24.0	24.0	8.75	1494	-13.2
31	Kurucz, Gyula	1504	HUN	−1B	−8N	+23B	−17B	−28N	+39B	=32N	2.5	23.5	24.5	5.75	1505	-0.8
32	Halmosi, Thomas	1543	HUN	−10B	+40N	−13B	+29N	−15B	−24N	=31B	2.5	21.0	21.0	4.25	1308	-41.6
33	Karvas, Marcell	0	HUN	−16B	−35N	−29B	+40N	+38B	=27B	−19N	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.00	1274	0.0
34	Janosi, Botond	1472	HUN	−11N	−28B	F	=24B	+40N	−22N	+38B	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	903	-16.8
35	Kovats, Zoltan	1551	HUN	−6N	+33B	−11N	+39B	−20N	−28B	−29N	2.0	21.0	22.0	3.50	898	-18.6
36	Langi, Istvan	1611	HUN	=38B	=26N	−8B	−25N	−24B	−29N	+39B	2.0	18.5	19.5	3.25	710	-12.8
37	Bakonyi, Oliver Arpad	0	HUN	−22B	−17B	=24N	−38B	+39N	−23N	F	1.5	17.0	17.0	2.75	805	0.0
38	Ujvari, Istvan	0	HUN	=36N	−27B	−26B	+37N	−33N	−21B	−34N	1.5	16.5	18.0	2.50	1221	0.0
39	FIDE 17038219	0	—	−15B	−25N	+40B	−35N	−37B	−31N	−36N	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	758	0.0
40	FIDE 17038197	0	—	−14N	−32B	−39N	−33B	−34B	F	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	761	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kovacs, BalazsROU
+94.4
6.0 pts · #1
2Vadkerti, AnnaHUN
+80.8
5.0 pts · #9
3Horvath, BalintHUN
+56.8
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Halmosi, ThomasHUN
-41.6
2.5 pts · #31
2Palfi, SzabolcsHUN
-28.8
4.5 pts · #8
3Fodor, ArpadHUN
-22.2
3.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R6+240 Elo gap
Vadkerti, Anna1619 beat Palfi, Szabolcs1859
R6+173 Elo gap
Kovacs, Balazs1712 beat Pais, Nimrod1885
R5+156 Elo gap
Janosi, Boglarka1543 beat Fodor, Arpad1699