Tatrafest 2025 - Open Tatry

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36 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 31 May 2025 in Tatranske Matliare, Slovakia. 8 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2136, and top seed was Tomas Vojta (🇨🇿 CZE, FM, 2337).

Tomas Vojta (🇨🇿 CZE, FM, 2337) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Ekaterina Pirvulescu (6.0) and Marian Kantorik (5.5). Vojta shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexander Kucin (1831) beat Alexander Nicolini (2132), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇸🇰Tatranske Matliare, Slovakia

Dates

24 May 2025 → 31 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇿FMTomas Vojta2337

Avg top 10

2,136

Participants

Titled players · 8

IM×1

FM×2

CM×3

WFM×2

Federations · 7 represented

🇸🇰Slovakia×23

🇨🇿Czech Republic×6

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇧🇲Bermuda×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
FMTomas Vojta
🇨🇿CZE·2337
6.5pts·2314perf0.0
🥈
WFMEkaterina Pirvulescu
🇷🇴ROU·2100
6.0pts·2185perf+19.2
🥉
IMMarian Kantorik
🇸🇰SVK·2161
5.5pts·2174perf+4.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

FM Tomas Vojta led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Vojta6.5Pirvulescu6Steiner5.5Kantorik5.5Skreno5Pirvulescu5— ex-leaders:Motuzled R3, #12

R5 · LEADER CHANGE28 May

FM Tomas Vojta takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Tomas Vojta drew with WFM Ekaterina Pirvulescu (White).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

WFM Ekaterina Pirvulescu won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMTomas Vojta	*	½	½	—
2WFMEkaterina Pirvulescu	½	*	—	½
3CMBruno Steiner	½	—	*	½
4IMMarian Kantorik	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vojta, TomasFM	2337	CZE	+19N	+6B	=5N	+10B	+9N	=2B	=4N	+7B	6.5	35.5	39.0	30.75	2314	0.0
2	Pirvulescu, EkaterinaWFM	2100	ROU	−25B	+31N	+23B	+6N	+8B	=1N	=3B	+9N	6.0	32.5	34.5	25.50	2185	+19.2
3	Kantorik, MarianIM	2161	SVK	+26N	+15B	=11N	=5B	=14N	+10B	=2N	=4B	5.5	33.5	36.5	24.00	2174	+4.6
4	Steiner, BrunoCM	2081	AUT	+21N	+35B	=8N	+11B	F	+5N	=1B	=3N	5.5	31.0	31.0	22.75	2250	+29.0
5	Skreno, VladimirCM	2070	SVK	+31B	+7N	=1B	=3N	+10N	−4B	=9N	=6B	5.0	36.5	38.5	22.25	2171	+21.2
6	Pirvulescu, Adrian	1910	ROU	+28B	−1N	+30B	−2B	+19N	+16N	=8B	=5N	5.0	32.0	34.0	16.75	2053	+29.6
7	Starychfojtu, Josef	1888	CZE	+36N	−5B	−27N	+35B	+17B	+15N	+13B	−1N	5.0	28.0	29.0	15.00	2054	+32.4
8	Kolesar, Peter	1916	SVK	+24N	+9B	=4B	=13N	−2N	=11B	=6N	=12B	4.5	34.5	37.5	19.50	2062	+31.4
9	Kalisky, VladimirCM	2153	SVK	+23B	−8N	+15B	+12N	−1B	+25N	=5B	−2B	4.5	34.0	37.0	17.50	2041	-19.8
10	Motuz, KarolFM	2290	SVK	+33B	+16N	+12B	−1N	−5B	−3N	+18B	=14N	4.5	33.5	35.5	16.50	2089	-17.4
11	Lukac, Roman	2013	SVK	+20B	+30N	=3B	−4N	=12B	=8N	+16B	F	4.5	32.0	34.0	16.75	2048	+9.4
12	Bednar, Jan	2024	SVK	+32N	+22B	−10N	−9B	=11N	+27B	=14N	=8N	4.5	28.0	30.0	14.50	1995	-4.4
13	Nicolini, Alexander	2132	SVK	−35N	+32B	+21N	=8B	+27N	+14B	−7N	F	4.5	26.0	27.5	14.25	1955	-25.6
14	Nikel, Rastislav	1996	SVK	=29B	+25N	+17N	F	=3B	−13N	=12B	=10B	4.0	28.5	28.5	15.50	2077	+15.4
15	Hurtak, Otto	1874	CZE	+34B	−3N	−9N	=21B	+31N	−7B	=30N	+24B	4.0	25.5	27.5	9.75	1871	-2.2
16	Merva, Frantisek	1998	SVK	+27N	−10B	=35N	+24B	=25N	−6B	−11N	+31B	4.0	24.5	26.0	9.75	1895	-21.6
17	Kovacova, ZuzanaWFM	2000	BER	F	+29N	−14B	=27B	−7N	=30B	+28N	+20N	4.0	22.0	22.0	10.75	1845	-25.4
18	Holicky, Miroslav	1865	SVK	−22N	−27B	=32N	+36B	+24N	=20B	−10N	+30B	4.0	21.0	22.0	8.75	1804	-15.4
19	Mosny, Jaroslav	1850	SVK	−1B	=20N	=28B	+29N	−6B	=22N	=21B	=26N	3.5	27.5	30.0	10.50	1803	-13.4
20	Sobich, Stanislaw	1753	POL	−11N	=19B	=24N	=26B	+35N	=18N	=25B	−17B	3.5	25.0	26.5	9.75	1829	+14.6
21	Skapikova, Lubica	1812	SVK	−4B	+34N	−13B	=15N	=30N	=26B	=19N	=36B	3.5	24.5	25.5	8.75	1822	-0.6
22	Piovar, Jaroslav	1720	SVK	+18B	−12N	F	−25B	=26N	=19B	+27N	=23N	3.5	24.0	24.0	11.50	1856	+24.8
23	Stanko, Ivan	1834	SVK	−9N	+36B	−2N	=30B	=32N	=28B	=24N	=22B	3.5	23.5	24.5	7.50	1788	-12.8
24	Kasianczuk, Krzysztof	1744	POL	−8B	+33N	=20B	−16N	−18B	+29N	=23B	−15N	3.0	26.0	28.0	8.00	1767	+3.2
25	Misecka, Kamil	1830	SVK	+2N	−14B	F	+22N	=16B	−9B	=20N	F	3.0	25.5	25.5	13.25	1954	+17.8
26	Recky, Norbert	1840	SVK	−3B	=28N	=29B	=20N	=22B	=21N	F	=19B	3.0	24.5	24.5	9.50	1776	-14.0
27	Anikeev, Vyacheslav	1752	UKR	−16B	+18N	+7B	=17N	−13B	−12N	−22B	F	2.5	29.5	29.5	11.00	1845	+13.0
28	Sevcik, Peter	1737	SVK	−6N	=26B	=19N	−32B	+33B	=23N	−17B	F	2.5	23.0	23.0	7.00	1762	+3.2
29	Kralik, Matej	1750	SVK	=14N	−17B	=26N	−19B	+34N	−24B	−31N	=33B	2.5	21.5	23.5	6.50	1708	-9.4
30	Kucik, Patrik	1689	SVK	F	−11B	−6N	=23N	=21B	=17N	=15B	−18N	2.0	28.5	28.5	7.50	1742	+6.6
31	Hasek, Tomas	1798	CZE	−5N	−2B	=34N	F	−15B	=33N	+29B	−16N	2.0	25.5	25.5	4.50	1750	-11.4
32	Satnik, Jozef	1778	SVK	−12B	−13N	=18B	+28N	=23B	F	F	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	6.25	1846	+6.8
33	Houdek, Daniel	1843	CZE	−10N	−24B	=36N	=34B	−28N	=31B	F	=29N	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.75	1659	-37.4
34	Andras, Anton	1724	SVK	−15N	−21B	=31B	=33N	−29B	+36N	F	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1676	-7.6
35	Kucin, Alexander	1831	SVK	+13B	−4N	=16B	−7N	−20B	F	F	F	1.5	22.5	22.5	6.50	1822	-3.0
36	Roubik, Vit	1726	CZE	−7B	−23N	=33B	−18N	F	−34B	F	=21N	1.0	20.0	20.0	2.75	1555	-23.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Starychfojtu, JosefCZE
+32.4
5.0 pts · #7
2Kolesar, PeterSVK
+31.4
4.5 pts · #10
3Pirvulescu, AdrianROU
+29.6
5.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Houdek, DanielCZE
-37.4
2.0 pts · #32
2Nicolini, AlexanderSVK
-25.6
4.5 pts · #8
3Kovacova, ZuzanaWFMBER
-25.4
4.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R1+301 Elo gap
Kucin, Alexander1831 beat Nicolini, Alexander2132
R1+270 Elo gap
Misecka, Kamil1830 beat WFMPirvulescu, Ekaterina2100
R7+244 Elo gap
Starychfojtu, Josef1888 beat Nicolini, Alexander2132