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Chess festival Ceske Budejovice 2025 - IM

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2312, and top seed was Vitezslav Rasik (🇨🇿 CZE, GM, 2426).

Audi Ameya (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2407) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Nico Marakovits (6.0) and Apoorv Kamble (5.5). Ameya shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Apoorv Kamble (IM, 2251) beat Vitezslav Rasik (GM, 2426), a +175-point gap.

Location
🇨🇿Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Dates
28 Jun 2025 → 06 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇿GMVitezslav Rasik2426
Avg top 10
2,312
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
GM×2
IM×2
FM×4
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇿Czech Republic×6
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM Audi Ameya led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ameya takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jul

IM Audi Ameya takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R9 · DECISIVE LEAD06 Jul

IM Audi Ameya opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Nico Marakovits); the title is out of reach before R9.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Audi Ameya drew with FM Nico Marakovits (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇳IMAudi Ameya2407*½1½11½1117.530.2537.5+17.32575
2🇦🇹FMMarakovits, Nico2291½*1½½½1½½16.025.0039.0+35.62440
3🇮🇳IMApoorv Kamble225100*½1½11½15.520.0039.5+36.62399
4🇨🇿GMHaba, Petr2416½½½*11½½½05.023.5040.0-8.92344
5🇨🇿FMHak, David22960½00*½11115.017.0040.0+14.22357
6🇺🇸FMLee, Jayden22620½½0½*0½114.015.0041.0+3.42275
7🇨🇿CMOcelak, Jakub2257½00½01*½½½3.514.5041.5-5.22238
8🇨🇿GMRasik, Vitezslav24260½0½0½½*½13.512.7541.5-25.12220
9🇨🇿FMTopencik, Bruno22760½½½00½½*½3.012.7542.0-40.42191
10🇨🇿Lang, Simon2241000100½0½*2.08.2543.0-62.02100

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets