LJ Slovakia Chess Open 2025

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85 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Liptovsky Jan, Slovakia. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2151, and top seed was Martin Solcan (🇸🇰 SVK, CM, 2239).

Martin Solcan (🇸🇰 SVK, CM, 2239) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Pavel Aliev (6.5) and Marek Karas (6.0). Solcan shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Filip Kyrc (1529) beat Miroslav Bojo (1978), a +449-point gap.

Location

🇸🇰Liptovsky Jan, Slovakia

Dates

12 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇰CMMartin Solcan2239

Avg top 10

2,151

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇸🇰Slovakia×72

🇵🇱Poland×8

🇨🇿Czech Republic×2

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

Top 3

🥇
CMMartin Solcan
🇸🇰SVK·2239
6.5pts·2306perf+15.0
🥈
Pavel Aliev
🇸🇰SVK·2148
6.5pts·2319perf+35.0
🥉
FMMarek Karas
🇨🇿CZE·2215
6.0pts·2257perf+10.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Aliev6.5Solcan6.5Durana6Karas6Haborak6Holly6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jun

Pavel Aliev takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Solcan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Pavel Aliev drew with CM Martin Solcan (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Pavel Aliev	*	½	—	½
2CMMartin Solcan	½	*	—	½
3Jonas Durana	—	—	*	½
4FMMarek Karas	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Solcan, MartinCM	2239	SVK	+36B	=8N	+35B	+11N	=3B	+9N	+4N	=2B	6.5	39.0	43.0	34.00	2306	+15.0
2	Aliev, Pavel	2148	SVK	+40N	+28B	+14N	=22B	+10N	+5B	=3N	=1N	6.5	38.0	42.0	33.50	2319	+35.0
3	Karas, MarekFM	2215	CZE	+59N	+27B	+13N	+9B	=1N	=4B	=2B	=7N	6.0	40.0	43.0	30.50	2257	+10.6
4	Holly, Andrej	2188	SVK	+60N	+24B	=34N	+7B	+22N	=3N	−1B	+13B	6.0	36.5	39.5	28.00	2234	+11.4
5	Skreko, Igor	2207	SVK	+29B	+19N	=42B	=15N	+16B	−2N	+25B	+14N	6.0	35.5	39.5	28.50	2172	-7.6
6	Haborak, Kristian	2095	SVK	+43N	+12B	−22N	+34B	+17N	=14B	=8N	+20B	6.0	34.5	38.5	28.75	2156	+13.0
7	Durana, Jonas	2053	SVK	+65B	+25N	=15B	−4N	+74B	+31N	+26B	=3B	6.0	33.5	36.0	24.50	2148	+42.4
8	Hurtuk, Radovan	1985	SVK	+32B	=1B	=18N	=23B	+29N	+16N	=6B	=9N	5.5	37.0	41.5	27.75	2088	+23.8
9	Paluska, Karol	2054	SVK	+39N	+54B	+20N	−3N	+19B	−1B	+15N	=8B	5.5	37.0	40.5	25.25	2128	+16.8
10	Verbovsky, MichalCM	2172	SVK	=38B	+47N	+74B	+42N	−2B	=13B	=12N	+22N	5.5	33.5	36.0	22.25	2109	-9.8
11	Doci, Stefan	2098	SVK	+41B	=35N	+38B	−1B	−14N	+59B	+30N	+24B	5.5	32.5	35.5	22.00	2057	-5.2
12	Hitka, Dominik	1909	SVK	+55B	−6N	+39B	−16N	+58B	+37N	=10B	+33N	5.5	32.5	35.5	21.75	2023	+52.0
13	Panko, Radoslav	2049	SVK	+70N	+44B	−3B	+18N	+15B	=10N	=14B	−4N	5.0	36.5	39.0	21.75	2091	+10.4
14	Sichnenko, Grigorij	2009	SVK	+72N	+61B	−2B	+54N	+11B	=6N	=13N	−5B	5.0	35.5	38.0	20.00	2086	+37.6
15	Turis, Ondrej	1905	SVK	+66N	+46B	=7N	=5B	−13N	+39N	−9B	+23B	5.0	35.0	38.0	21.50	2029	+27.4
16	Ihnat, Marek	2068	SVK	+53N	=18B	=17N	+12B	−5N	−8B	+60N	+35B	5.0	34.5	37.5	21.00	2026	-6.6
17	Kapinaj, Matus	2031	SVK	+58B	=74N	=16B	+25N	−6B	=30N	+31B	=18N	5.0	32.5	35.0	20.50	1989	-14.0
18	Ondreicka, Roman	1901	SVK	+81B	=16N	=8B	−13B	+61N	+45N	=35B	=17B	5.0	31.5	32.5	17.75	1975	+37.2
19	Gollner, Martin	1966	SVK	+51N	−5B	+53N	+61B	−9N	−23B	+39N	+36B	5.0	31.0	34.0	18.00	1937	-6.8
20	Vasylchuk, Diana	1990	SVK	+71N	+80B	−9B	=30N	+41B	=42N	+36B	−6N	5.0	30.5	31.5	15.75	1938	-12.8
21	Mikula, Michal	1971	POL	F	F	+55B	+48N	+40B	−36N	+43B	+49N	5.0	23.5	23.5	19.50	1998	+5.2
22	Durovka, Marek	1998	SVK	+48B	+37N	+6B	=2N	−4B	=26B	=23N	−10B	4.5	37.0	41.0	21.75	2028	+19.6
23	Kovacik, Oliver	1842	SVK	+82B	−42N	+45B	=8N	=33B	+19N	=22B	−15N	4.5	32.5	33.5	17.25	1941	+37.6
24	Ostruzlik, Marek	1956	SVK	+64B	−4N	+37B	=31N	=30B	=38N	+50B	−11N	4.5	32.0	35.0	17.00	1881	-12.6
25	Karapetsas, Athanasios	1898	SVK	+84N	−7B	+52N	−17B	+60N	+34B	−5N	=26N	4.5	32.0	32.0	12.75	1963	+32.0
26	Janik, Marek Tobias	2084	SVK	−37B	+48N	=40B	+50N	+35B	=22N	−7N	=25B	4.5	31.0	34.5	18.00	1893	-67.2
27	Babjak, Samuel	1968	SVK	+79B	−3N	+43B	=41N	−31B	=29N	=37B	+50N	4.5	30.5	32.0	15.25	1833	-24.8
28	Bilik, Matej	1929	SVK	+57B	−2N	=50B	=58N	−39B	+48N	+45B	=32N	4.5	30.0	33.0	17.00	1747	-62.8
29	Miciak, Emanuel	1791	SVK	−5N	+62B	=63N	+56N	−8B	=27B	+52N	=44B	4.5	30.0	33.0	15.75	1838	+9.4
30	Livnansky, Tomas	1858	SVK	+78N	−34B	+72N	=20B	=24N	=17B	−11B	+56N	4.5	30.0	32.0	15.25	1897	+16.4
31	Filo, David	1758	SVK	F	+57N	+73B	=24B	+27N	−7B	−17N	+53B	4.5	29.5	29.5	16.25	1990	+85.2
32	Stricova, Julia Nela	1576	SVK	−8N	=59B	+77N	−44B	=53N	+61B	+70N	=28B	4.5	26.0	28.0	13.00	1855	+109.2
33	Mikula, Maciej	2041	POL	F	F	+68N	+52B	=23N	+51B	+38N	−12B	4.5	24.0	24.0	16.25	1941	-10.0
34	Smetana, Peter	2026	SVK	+45B	+30N	=4B	−6N	=38B	−25N	−41B	+65N	4.0	33.0	36.0	16.50	1869	-59.2
35	Livnansky, Michal	1915	SVK	+62N	=11B	−1N	+51B	−26N	+70B	=18N	−16N	4.0	33.0	35.5	14.25	1897	-2.8
36	Simko, Jakub	1814	SVK	−1N	−51B	+66N	+71B	+46N	+21B	−20N	−19N	4.0	32.0	34.5	14.50	1856	+16.4
37	Jaroszewski, Piotr	1748	POL	+26N	−22B	−24N	+67B	+47N	−12B	=27N	=38B	4.0	31.5	34.5	15.75	1882	+27.4
38	Mlynek, Maksymilian	1780	POL	=10N	+56B	−11N	+63B	=34N	=24B	−33B	=37N	4.0	31.5	34.5	15.50	1896	+21.2
39	Kolibik, Jan	1704	SVK	−9B	+75N	−12N	+80B	+28N	−15B	−19B	+64N	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.00	1772	+9.8
40	Gyoni, Gergely	1778	SVK	−2B	+64N	=26N	=47B	−21N	+69B	−46N	+62B	4.0	30.0	33.0	13.25	1864	+15.2
41	Mirek, Sebastian	1764	POL	−11N	+68B	+46N	=27B	−20N	=54B	+34N	F	4.0	29.5	29.5	15.00	1987	+39.0
42	Pekar, Karol	2031	SVK	+52N	+23B	=5N	−10B	+44N	=20B	F	F	4.0	28.5	28.5	17.50	2087	+10.4
43	Ostruzlik, Kristian	1752	SVK	−6B	+55N	−27N	=62B	=69N	+68B	−21N	+66B	4.0	28.0	31.0	12.50	1720	-7.4
44	Hudak, Michal	1882	SVK	+83B	−13N	=58B	+32N	−42B	−50N	+51B	=29N	4.0	28.0	28.5	12.25	1724	-55.6
45	Zentko, Ladislav	1663	SVK	−34N	+78B	−23N	+73N	+49B	−18B	−28N	+59B	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.50	1851	+30.6
46	Rut, Vojtech	2055	CZE	+50B	−15N	−41B	+65N	−36B	+58N	+40B	F	4.0	26.5	26.5	13.50	1818	-36.8
47	Prochazka, Michal	1938	SVK	=63N	−10B	+80N	=40N	−37B	−52B	+72N	+58N	4.0	25.5	26.5	10.00	1696	-83.6
48	Muller, Tomas	1603	SVK	−22N	−26B	+84N	−21B	+80N	−28B	+61N	+60B	4.0	25.5	25.5	7.00	1802	+57.2
49	Mikula, Martin	1835	SVK	−80N	+71B	−51N	+72B	−45N	+77B	+62N	−21B	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.00	1705	-21.2
50	Olbrycht, Hubert	1719	POL	−46N	+66B	=28N	−26B	+63N	+44B	−24N	−27B	3.5	29.0	32.0	12.25	1823	+34.8
51	Kluska, Lukas	1564	SVK	−19B	+36N	+49B	−35N	=54B	−33N	−44N	+76B	3.5	29.0	31.5	12.25	1792	+64.8
52	Jaroszewski, Mateusz	1679	POL	−42B	+83N	−25B	−33N	+64B	+47N	−29B	=54N	3.5	28.0	28.5	9.25	1777	+13.0
53	Bebko, Alex	1721	SVK	−16B	+81N	−19B	=79N	=32B	=57N	+67B	−31N	3.5	27.0	28.0	8.75	1625	-43.6
54	Moravcik, Alex	1893	SVK	+75B	−9N	+65B	−14B	=51N	=41N	F	=52B	3.5	27.0	27.0	11.00	1752	-44.8
55	Hornacek, Tomas	1528	SVK	−12N	−43B	−21N	+84B	+71N	−60B	=69N	+70B	3.5	25.5	25.5	6.50	1676	+48.0
56	Papay, Aurel	1574	SVK	=73B	−38N	+59N	−29B	−70N	+63B	+76N	−30B	3.5	24.0	26.5	9.75	1676	+29.2
57	Kluska, David	1533	SVK	−28N	−31B	+78N	−60B	+72N	=53B	=59N	=69B	3.5	24.0	26.0	9.25	1641	+38.8
58	Kaminsky, Ladislav	1687	SVK	−17N	+67B	=44N	=28B	−12N	−46B	+68N	−47B	3.0	30.0	33.0	10.25	1750	+7.8
59	Bracok, Stefan	1802	SVK	−3B	=32N	−56B	+75N	+79B	−11N	=57B	−45N	3.0	29.5	31.0	8.00	1616	-41.0
60	Mikus, Peter	1781	SVK	−4B	−79N	+81B	+57N	−25B	+55N	−16B	−48N	3.0	28.0	29.0	8.00	1642	-31.4
61	Greslik, Michal	1832	SVK	+85B	−14N	+79B	−19N	−18B	−32N	−48B	+81N	3.0	26.0	26.0	2.50	1569	-46.4
62	Zitnanska, Ema	1530	SVK	−35B	−29N	+85B	=43N	=77B	+65N	−49B	−40N	3.0	25.5	25.5	6.00	1618	+23.2
63	Olkuski, Tadeusz	1551	POL	=47B	=73N	=29B	−38N	−50B	−56N	+84B	=67N	3.0	25.0	25.0	7.00	1617	+7.4
64	Rexova, Kristina	1563	SVK	−24N	−40B	−67N	+66B	−52N	+80B	+77N	−39B	3.0	24.0	25.0	6.00	1513	-23.2
65	Srnak, Martin	1703	SVK	−7N	+84B	−54N	−46B	+83N	−62B	+71N	−34B	3.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	1643	-31.6
66	Roces, Cesar	1499	ARG	−15B	−50N	−36B	−64N	+81B	+83N	+79B	−43N	3.0	22.0	22.5	3.00	1525	0.0
67	Holly, Michal	1426	SVK	−74B	−58N	+64B	−37N	=75B	+79N	−53N	=63B	3.0	21.5	23.0	7.25	1550	+40.4
68	Kyrc, Filip	1529	SVK	F	−41N	−33B	+81N	+73B	−43N	−58B	+79N	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1678	+44.0
69	Ihnat, Marek	1629	SVK	F	F	=75B	+82N	=43B	−40N	=55B	=57N	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.75	1530	-13.4
70	Gonda, Jan	1695	SVK	−13B	=76N	+82B	−74N	+56B	−35N	−32B	−55N	2.5	25.5	26.5	5.75	1484	-32.4
71	Sovik, Jan	1595	SVK	−20B	−49N	+83B	−36N	−55B	+75N	−65B	=73N	2.5	24.5	25.0	4.25	1525	-29.6
72	Karol, Timur	1604	SVK	−14B	+85N	−30B	−49N	−57B	+84N	−47B	=75N	2.5	23.5	23.5	1.25	1489	-46.4
73	Bojo, Miroslav	1978	SVK	=56N	=63B	−31N	−45B	−68N	−76B	+78N	=71B	2.5	23.0	25.0	6.50	1432	-152.4
74	Petrik, Matus	1890	BEL	+67N	=17B	−10N	+70B	−7N	F	F	F	2.5	22.0	22.0	8.00	1888	+1.6
75	Prochazka, Martin	1432	SVK	−54N	−39B	=69N	−59B	=67N	−71B	+80N	=72B	2.5	21.5	22.5	5.25	1426	-6.4
76	Stricova, Viktoria Lea	0	SVK	F	=70B	F	−77N	+82B	+73N	−56B	−51N	2.5	15.0	15.0	4.75	1544	0.0
77	Slivka, Vasil	1653	SVK	F	=82N	−32B	+76B	=62N	−49N	−64B	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.50	1303	-33.6
78	Cendula, Adam	0	SVK	−30B	−45N	−57B	F	F	+82N	−73B	+84N	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1453	0.0
79	Dubnicka, Ferdinand	1566	SVK	−27N	+60B	−61N	=53B	−59N	−67B	−66N	−68B	1.5	23.0	26.0	4.75	1443	-26.2
80	Vozarikova, Kristina	0	SVK	+49B	−20N	−47B	−39N	−48B	−64N	−75B	F	1.0	26.5	26.5	4.00	1414	0.0
81	Obtulovic, Simon	1470	SVK	−18N	−53B	−60N	−68B	−66N	F	+83B	−61B	1.0	21.0	21.0	0.50	905	-55.6
82	Gracakova, Alzbeta	0	SVK	−23N	=77B	−70N	−69B	−76N	−78B	F	=83N	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.25	1384	0.0
83	Vojtkova, Liliana	0	SVK	−44N	−52B	−71N	F	−65B	−66B	−81N	=82B	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.50	838	0.0
84	Viglasky, Viliam	1454	SVK	−25B	−65N	−48B	−55N	F	−72B	−63N	−78B	0.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	842	-65.2
85	FIDE 14997126	0	—	−61N	−72B	−62N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	856	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Stricova, Julia NelaSVK
+109.2
4.5 pts · #26
2Filo, DavidSVK
+85.2
4.5 pts · #30
3Kluska, LukasSVK
+64.8
3.5 pts · #63

Top rating losers

1Bojo, MiroslavSVK
-152.4
2.5 pts · #72
2Prochazka, MichalSVK
-83.6
4.0 pts · #59
3Janik, Marek TobiasSVK
-67.2
4.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R5+449 Elo gap
Kyrc, Filip1529 beat Bojo, Miroslav1978
R1+336 Elo gap
Jaroszewski, Piotr1748 beat Janik, Marek Tobias2084
R4+315 Elo gap
Zentko, Ladislav1663 beat Bojo, Miroslav1978