Kvalitet 2025_U20

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74 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Skopje, North Macedonia. 1 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1953, and top seed was Anton Zlatkov (🇲🇰 MKD, FM, 2322).

Anton Zlatkov (🇲🇰 MKD, FM, 2322) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Dragos-Alexandru Padure (5.5) and Boyan Mihaylov (5.5). Zlatkov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Boyan Mihaylov (1671) beat Nikola Pavleski (1955), a +284-point gap.

Location

🇲🇰Skopje, North Macedonia

Dates

23 May 2025 → 26 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇰FMAnton Zlatkov2322

Avg top 10

1,953

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇲🇰North Macedonia×53

🇷🇸Serbia×4

🇲🇩Moldova×3

🇧🇬Bulgaria×2

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAnton Zlatkov
🇲🇰MKD·2322
6.0pts·2255perf-6.8
🥈
Dragos-Alexandru Padure
🇲🇩MDA·1873
5.5pts·1822perf-8.0
🥉
Boyan Mihaylov
🇧🇬BUL·1671
5.5pts·2088perf+118.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Anton Zlatkov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Zlatkov6Burns5.5Mihaylov5.5Padure5.5Nikolovski5Lukic5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Anton Zlatkov held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Anton Zlatkov drew with Michael Burns (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Anton Zlatkov 5 wins (R1–R5)Michael Burns 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAnton Zlatkov	*	½	½	—
2Michael Burns	½	*	—	—
3Boyan Mihaylov	½	—	*	—
4Dragos-Alexandru Padure	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zlatkov, AntonFM	2322	MKD	+14B	+57N	+9B	+20N	+12B	=4N	=3B	6.0	29.0	31.0	25.50	2255	-6.8
2	Padure, Dragos-Alexandru	1873	MDA	+37N	+17B	=21N	=5B	+31B	=9N	+7B	5.5	27.0	30.5	23.50	1822	-8.0
3	Mihaylov, Boyan	1671	BUL	+50N	=61B	+8N	+16B	=6N	+24B	=1N	5.5	27.0	28.5	22.25	2088	+118.8
4	Burns, Michael	1993	MKD	+30N	=23B	+34N	+21B	+35N	=1B	=6N	5.5	26.5	30.0	22.50	2024	+20.5
5	Kavazov, Kristijan	1578	MKD	+56B	+7N	=12B	=2N	=20B	+13N	=9B	5.0	28.5	30.5	21.00	1942	+107.2
6	Nikolovski, Kiril	1995	MKD	+26B	+27N	F	+13N	=3B	+19N	=4B	5.0	28.0	28.0	22.50	1990	+5.0
7	Melnik, Stefan	1861	MKD	+40N	−5B	+61N	+44B	+22N	+10B	−2N	5.0	25.5	27.0	16.50	1778	-18.4
8	Pavleski, Nikola	1955	MKD	+29B	=28N	−3B	+38B	+36N	=31N	+27B	5.0	24.5	27.5	18.25	1785	-33.6
9	Demir, Mustafa Erkan	1674	TUR	+73B	+54N	−1N	+68B	+14N	=2B	=5N	5.0	24.0	24.0	12.75	1783	+32.0
10	Lukic, David	1823	SRB	+42B	−22N	+26B	+33N	+53B	−7N	+32B	5.0	23.0	25.0	16.00	1725	-23.2
11	Suklevski, Blazhe	1651	MKD	+55B	−12N	+46B	−22N	+40B	+53N	+20B	5.0	20.5	22.5	14.00	1765	+33.2
12	Velkoski, Stojan	2019	MKD	+53N	+11B	=5N	+24B	−1N	F	+23B	4.5	26.0	26.0	17.50	1952	-3.0
13	Stefanoski, Daniel	1748	MKD	+38N	=34B	+23N	−6B	+21N	−5B	+36N	4.5	25.0	28.0	16.25	1714	-9.2
14	Shopov, Vladimir	1529	BUL	−1N	+50B	+70B	+18N	−9B	=15N	+53B	4.5	24.5	25.0	11.75	1736	+61.6
15	Akbiyik, Fatih	1818	MKD	+39N	−21B	+29N	−25B	+43N	=14B	+22N	4.5	23.5	26.5	16.25	1639	-54.0
16	Petrovic, Marko S	1753	SRB	+46B	=44N	+28B	−3N	+54B	=20N	=31B	4.5	23.0	25.0	14.25	1704	-11.2
17	Velkov, Ilija	1597	MKD	+62B	−2N	+41B	−53N	+38B	+39N	=19B	4.5	21.0	22.5	12.75	1629	+10.3
18	Minovski, Blagoja	1723	MKD	+41B	+33N	−31N	−14B	=39N	+50B	+49N	4.5	20.5	23.0	13.50	1683	-9.2
19	Abdurahman, Ahmet Selim	1681	MKD	+71N	−68B	+43N	+40B	+25N	−6B	=17N	4.5	20.5	21.0	12.75	1689	+3.2
20	Radonjanin, Nikola	1766	MKD	+51N	+25B	+68N	−1B	=5N	=16B	−11N	4.0	27.0	28.0	12.25	1713	-16.5
21	Madan, Bogdan	1567	MDA	+58B	+15N	=2B	−4N	−13B	=37N	+42B	4.0	26.5	28.5	14.00	1732	+45.2
22	Andonovski, Vojdan	1568	MKD	+66N	+10B	−35N	+11B	−7B	+41N	−15B	4.0	26.0	27.0	14.00	1742	+45.6
23	Veleva, Ilijana	1602	MKD	+67B	=4N	−13B	=32N	+42B	+26N	−12N	4.0	25.0	26.0	12.50	1692	+26.0
24	Lazovski, Kristijan	1722	MKD	+59N	F	+32B	−12N	+28B	−3N	+33B	4.0	23.0	23.0	13.00	1743	+8.0
25	Stojanovikj, Marko	1561	MKD	+45B	−20N	+55B	+15N	−19B	−32N	+39B	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.50	1566	-2.0
26	Lazevski, Damjan	1520	MKD	−6N	+52B	−10N	+48B	+56N	−23B	+38N	4.0	22.5	24.5	10.50	1496	-10.4
27	Jakimov, Dragi	1598	MKD	+64N	−6B	=39N	+51B	=49N	+29B	−8N	4.0	22.5	24.0	11.00	1655	+6.8
28	Naskov, Malachi	1596	MKD	+72N	=8B	−16N	+61B	−24N	=49B	+43N	4.0	21.0	21.0	8.50	1620	+2.0
29	Burns, Elisaveta	1516	MKD	−8N	+64B	−15B	+63N	+55B	−27N	+45B	4.0	20.0	21.5	8.00	980	-23.2
30	Ibrakhim, Olzhas	1518	KAZ	−4B	−55N	+62B	+64N	−32B	+58N	+54B	4.0	16.5	18.0	7.00	1470	-14.0
31	Jakopetrevski, Stefan	0	MKD	+36N	F	+18B	=35B	−2N	=8B	=16N	3.5	26.5	26.5	14.50	1811	0.0
32	Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko	1428	MKD	F	+60B	−24N	=23B	+30N	+25B	−10N	3.5	23.0	23.0	12.00	1644	+51.2
33	Simonoski, Luka	1549	MKD	+70N	−18B	+59N	−10B	=50N	+51B	−24N	3.5	20.5	21.0	6.25	1537	-10.4
34	Divanisov, Matej	1546	MKD	+65B	=13N	−4B	−54N	+59N	−36B	+60N	3.5	19.5	21.0	7.75	1480	-23.6
35	Tabakovski, Dino	1871	MKD	+43B	+47N	+22B	=31N	−4B	F	F	3.5	19.0	19.0	11.75	1862	+1.6
36	Raftopoulou, Konstantina	1583	GRE	−31B	+74N	=54B	+71N	−8B	+34N	−13B	3.5	19.0	19.0	5.00	1631	+4.4
37	Nikolovski, Damjan	1514	MKD	−2B	+67N	F	−49B	+61N	=21B	+41N	3.5	18.0	18.0	7.50	1510	-2.8
38	Madan, David	1431	MDA	−13B	+45N	+47B	−8N	−17N	+69B	−26B	3.0	24.0	25.0	7.00	1512	+19.6
39	Petkovski, Filip	1470	MKD	−15B	+56N	=27B	+58N	=18B	−17B	−25N	3.0	23.5	25.5	8.25	1423	-17.6
40	Avramoski, Aleksandar	1491	MKD	−7B	+62N	+57B	−19N	−11N	+48B	−47N	3.0	22.5	24.0	6.50	1437	-14.0
41	Burns, Kayla	1429	MKD	−18N	+63B	−17N	+66B	+44N	−22B	−37B	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.50	1353	-17.6
42	Fejzullahu, Jon	1489	MKD	−10N	−48B	+72N	+52B	−23N	+56B	−21N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.50	856	-35.2
43	Davidovikj, Ognen	1498	MKD	−35N	+72B	−19B	+70N	−15B	+55N	−28B	3.0	19.0	19.0	2.50	942	-36.0
44	Blazhevski, Slaven	1561	MKD	+63N	=16B	F	−7N	−41B	=54N	+51B	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.25	1514	-16.0
45	Runtevski, Marko	0	MKD	−25N	−38B	−50N	+62N	+67B	+46B	−29N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	1231	0.0
46	Spasenoski, Filip	1435	MKD	−16N	+66B	−11N	−56B	+63B	−45N	+58B	3.0	18.0	19.0	4.50	902	-15.2
47	Jordanovski, Kristijan	1580	MKD	+48N	−35B	−38N	−50B	+66N	F	+40B	3.0	17.5	18.5	7.00	1356	-49.6
48	Kamberi, Belora	0	MKD	−47B	+42N	−53B	−26N	+57B	−40N	+69N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.00	1487	0.0
49	Zafirov, Marko	1526	MKD	F	F	+69B	+37N	=27B	=28N	−18B	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.50	1666	+38.0
50	Angjelovski, Luka	0	MKD	−3B	−14N	+45B	+47N	=33B	−18N	−57N	2.5	24.0	26.0	7.75	1419	+3.2
51	Velichkov, Ilon	1460	MKD	−20B	=58N	+74B	−27N	+71B	−33N	−44N	2.5	17.0	17.0	1.50	1357	-25.2
52	FIDE 15019535	0	—	−57B	−26N	+65B	−42N	+70B	F	=63N	2.5	15.0	15.5	2.75	738	0.0
53	Smilevski, Nikola	1527	MKD	−12B	F	+48N	+17B	−10N	−11B	−14N	2.0	26.5	26.5	7.50	1465	-18.4
54	Milinovikj, Andreja	1416	MKD	F	−9B	=36N	+34B	−16N	=44B	−30N	2.0	23.5	23.5	6.75	1483	+14.4
55	Boric, Danijel	0	SRB	−11N	+30B	−25N	+60B	−29N	−43B	−56N	2.0	22.0	24.0	6.00	1313	0.0
56	Karatashov, Jovan	0	MKD	−5N	−39B	F	+46N	−26B	−42N	+55B	2.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	1266	0.0
57	Marjanovic, Jaksa	1606	SRB	+52N	−1B	−40N	−59B	−48N	F	+50B	2.0	19.0	20.5	5.00	1391	-49.2
58	Prenkovski, Itan	0	MKD	−21N	=51B	+60N	−39B	=69N	−30B	−46N	2.0	18.5	19.5	3.75	1233	0.0
59	Krumov, Jovan	1420	MKD	−24B	+65N	−33B	+57N	−34B	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1416	-4.0
60	Filipche, Sofija	1438	MKD	F	−32N	−58B	−55N	+62B	+65N	−34B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	689	0.0
61	Stefanovski, Z. Hristijan	0	MKD	+69B	=3N	−7B	−28N	−37B	F	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	3.75	1485	0.0
62	FIDE 15020185	0	—	−17N	−40B	−30N	−45B	−60N	=70B	+67B	1.5	17.5	18.0	1.25	738	0.0
63	FIDE 15020266	0	—	−44B	−41N	F	−29B	−46N	+67N	=52B	1.5	16.5	16.5	2.25	687	0.0
64	Dimitrovski, Makedon	0	MKD	−27B	−29N	F	−30B	=65N	F	+66B	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	749	0.0
65	FIDE 15018342	0	—	−34N	−59B	−52N	F	=64B	−60B	+70N	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.25	691	0.0
66	FIDE 15020231	0	—	−22B	−46N	+67B	−41N	−47B	F	−64N	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	712	0.0
67	FIDE 15020177	0	—	−23N	−37B	−66N	+72B	−45N	−63B	−62N	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	740	0.0
68	Ivanovski, Jovan	1462	MKD	F	+19N	−20B	−9N	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	4.50	1581	+16.0
69	Janchovska, Marija	1541	MKD	−61N	=71B	−49N	F	=58B	−38N	−48B	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.25	1207	-50.0
70	FIDE 15019551	0	—	−33B	F	−14N	−43B	−52N	=62N	−65B	0.5	16.5	16.5	0.75	734	0.0
71	Despotovski, Viktor	1407	MKD	−19B	=69N	F	−36B	−51N	F	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.50	1245	-42.4
72	FIDE 15020746	0	—	−28B	−43N	−42B	−67N	F	F	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	732	0.0
73	Adjija, Eran	0	MKD	−9N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	871	0.0
74	FIDE 15018725	0	—	F	−36B	−51N	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	722	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mihaylov, BoyanBUL
+118.8
5.5 pts · #3
2Kavazov, KristijanMKD
+107.2
5.0 pts · #17
3Shopov, VladimirBUL
+61.6
4.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Akbiyik, FatihMKD
-54.0
4.5 pts · #7
2Janchovska, MarijaMKD
-50.0
1.0 pts · #58
3Jordanovski, KristijanMKD
-49.6
3.0 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R3+284 Elo gap
Mihaylov, Boyan1671 beat Pavleski, Nikola1955
R2+283 Elo gap
Kavazov, Kristijan1578 beat Melnik, Stefan1861
R4+257 Elo gap
Stojanovikj, Marko1561 beat Akbiyik, Fatih1818