Youth Chess Tournament Kumanovo open A U20
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. Top 10 Elo average was 1692, and top seed was Stefan Melnik (🇲🇰 MKD, 1861).
Nikola Radonjanin (🇲🇰 MKD, 1766) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Daniel Stefanoski (6.0) and Stefan Melnik (5.5). Radonjanin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Jovan Ivanovski (1462) beat Dragi Jakimov (1598), a +136-point gap.
Location
🇲🇰Kumanovo, North Macedonia
Dates
30 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇰North Macedonia×24
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Radonjanin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Daniel Stefanoski lost to Nikola Radonjanin (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Daniel Stefanoski 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Nikola Radonjanin 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Stefanoski | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2Nikola Radonjanin | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Stefan Melnik | — | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Ahmet Selim Abdurahman | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radonjanin, Nikola | 1766 | MKD | +28B | +5N | +9B | +2N | +11B | =3N | =4B | 6.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 25.75 | 1983 | +60.0 |
| 2 | Stefanoski, Daniel | 1748 | MKD | +26N | +14B | +7N | −1B | +13N | +6B | +11B | 6.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 23.00 | 1941 | +54.4 |
| 3 | Melnik, Stefan | 1861 | MKD | +17B | =8N | +23B | =4N | +12B | =1B | +7N | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 22.25 | 1795 | -12.0 |
| 4 | Abdurahman, Ahmet Selim | 1681 | MKD | +20N | =16B | +13N | =3B | =6N | +22B | =1N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 19.25 | 1749 | +22.8 |
| 5 | Lazevski, Damjan | 1520 | MKD | +27N | −1B | −16N | +15B | +24B | +18N | +12B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 14.50 | 1449 | -12.4 |
| 6 | Kavazov, Kristijan | 1578 | MKD | =23B | +10N | +8B | =9N | =4B | −2N | +19B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 18.00 | 1727 | +46.4 |
| 7 | Stojcheski, Aleksandar | 1687 | MKD | +35B | +12N | −2B | +17N | =22B | +9N | −3B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 13.25 | 1641 | -9.6 |
| 8 | Markovski, Gabriel | 1552 | MKD | +15N | =3B | −6N | +25B | −9B | +27N | +18B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 13.25 | 1407 | -21.6 |
| 9 | Velkov, Ilija | 1597 | MKD | +31N | +33B | −1N | =6B | +8N | −7B | +22N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.25 | 1603 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Avramoski, Aleksandar | 1491 | MKD | =25N | −6B | +30N | +19B | +14B | −11N | +16B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 12.75 | 1668 | +44.8 |
| 11 | Xheladini, Valton | 1852 | MKD | +18N | +19B | F | +16B | −1N | +10B | −2N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 14.00 | 1681 | -18.4 |
| 12 | Ivanovski, Jovan | 1462 | MKD | +29N | −7B | +20N | +18B | −3N | +13B | −5N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 11.00 | 1477 | -0.8 |
| 13 | Jakimov, Dragi | 1598 | MKD | +34B | +22N | −4B | +24N | −2B | −12N | +27B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.00 | 1388 | -46.0 |
| 14 | Josevski, Konstantin | 1509 | MKD | +24B | −2N | F | +32B | −10N | +29B | +20N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 7.00 | 822 | -29.2 |
| 15 | Milanovski, Mihail | 0 | MKD | −8B | +28N | −22B | −5N | +?B | +?N | +23N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Petkovski, Filip | 1470 | MKD | +32B | =4N | +5B | −11N | F | +20B | −10N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 11.00 | 1549 | +7.2 |
| 17 | Angjelovski, Luka | 0 | MKD | −3N | +25B | +29N | −7B | −27N | =24B | +28N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.75 | 944 | -9.6 |
| 18 | Belovska, Sofija | 0 | MKD | −11B | +21N | +?B | −12N | +29B | −5B | −8N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.00 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Trajkovski, Mario | 1542 | MKD | +21B | −11N | F | −10N | +23B | +25B | −6N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 842 | -46.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 15014479 | 0 | — | −4B | +32N | −12B | +23N | +?B | −16N | −14B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.00 | 737 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 15019438 | 0 | — | −19N | −18B | =26N | +31B | −25N | =30B | +?N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 742 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko | 1428 | MKD | F | −13B | +15N | +27B | =7N | −4N | −9B | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 7.25 | 1322 | -16.4 |
| 23 | Jovanovski, Nikola | 0 | MKD | =6N | +30B | −3N | −20B | −19N | +26N | −15B | 2.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 5.25 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Petrushevski, Sergej | 0 | MKD | −14N | +26B | F | −13B | −5N | =17N | +25B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.25 | 1189 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Runtevski, Marko | 0 | MKD | =10B | −17N | +?B | −8N | +21B | −19N | −24N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.25 | 1175 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 15020789 | 0 | — | −2B | −24N | =21B | =?N | =32N | −23B | =30N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.25 | 951 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Pavlovski, Dimitrij | 0 | MKD | −5B | F | F | −22N | +17B | −8B | −13N | 1.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.50 | 1263 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 15009181 | 0 | — | −1N | −15B | +31N | F | F | F | −17B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 15020410 | 0 | — | −12B | +34N | −17B | F | −18N | −14N | −?B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 15020770 | 0 | — | F | −23N | −10B | −?N | −31B | =21N | =26B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 15020800 | 0 | — | −9B | −?N | −28B | −21N | +30N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 15020797 | 0 | — | −16N | −20B | F | −14N | =26B | F | F | 0.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 15020827 | 0 | — | F | −9N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 15020819 | 0 | — | −13N | −29B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 15020835 | 0 | — | −7N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 886 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Radonjanin, NikolaMKD+60.06.0 pts · #2
- 2Stefanoski, DanielMKD+54.46.0 pts · #1
- 3Kavazov, KristijanMKD+46.44.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Trajkovski, MarioMKD-46.03.0 pts · #29
- 2Jakimov, DragiMKD-46.04.0 pts · #13
- 3Josevski, KonstantinMKD-29.24.0 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R6+136 Elo gap
- R7+104 Elo gap