OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2025 - C

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2150, and top seed was Kulkarni Bhakti (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2347).

Kulkarni Bhakti (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2347) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Daniel Ser (6.5) and Erwan Lever (6.5). Bhakti shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aibar Burkitbayev (1616) beat Vit Vaclav Valenta (FM, 2016), a +400-point gap.

Location

🇨🇿Olomouc, Czech Republic

Dates

17 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳IMKulkarni Bhakti2347

Avg top 10

2,150

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×2

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇿Czech Republic×45

🇵🇱Poland×6

🇩🇪Germany×6

🇫🇷France×4

🇮🇱Israel×3

🇸🇰Slovakia×3

🇧🇪Belgium×2

🇬🇧England×2

Top 3

🥇
IMKulkarni Bhakti
🇮🇳IND·2347
7.0pts·2249perf-7.2
🥈
CMDaniel Ser
🇱🇹LTU·2078
6.5pts·2195perf+57.6
🥉
Erwan Lever
🇫🇷FRA·2226
6.5pts·2158perf-8.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Kulkarni Bhakti led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Bhakti7Mohapl6.5Minana Menor6.5Lever6.5Chlpek6.5Valenta6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Kulkarni Bhakti held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Kulkarni Bhakti beat Tomas Mohapl (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

IM Kulkarni Bhakti posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMKulkarni Bhakti	*	1	—	½
2Tomas Mohapl	0	*	—	½
3Antonio Minana Menor	—	—	*	—
4Erwan Lever	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kulkarni BhaktiIM	2347	IND	+34N	+27B	+4N	−2B	+36N	+14B	+21B	=6N	=3B	7.0	46.5	51.0	38.00	2249	-7.2
2	Ser, DanielCM	2078	LTU	+44B	+28N	+5B	+1N	=21B	+17N	=6B	−3N	=8B	6.5	49.0	53.0	37.25	2195	+57.6
3	Lever, Erwan	2226	FRA	+55N	−5B	+34N	+56B	=4N	+18B	=9N	+2B	=1N	6.5	46.5	50.0	33.75	2158	-8.6
4	Mohapl, Tomas	2011	CZE	+67B	+37N	−1B	+41N	=3B	=16N	+13B	+18N	=6B	6.5	46.0	49.0	32.75	2153	+73.6
5	Ilandzis, Spyridon	1928	GRE	+58B	+3N	−2N	+19B	−15N	+31B	=10N	+36B	+14N	6.5	45.0	48.5	33.50	2153	+46.8
6	Chlpek, Daniel	2029	SVK	+57N	+38B	=56N	=14B	+25N	+15B	=2N	=1B	=4N	6.5	44.0	47.5	33.00	2172	+34.6
7	Minana Menor, Antonio	2025	ESP	+48B	=51N	+64B	+16N	=10N	−9B	+27N	=11B	+17B	6.5	42.0	45.0	31.00	2135	+28.6
8	Valenta, Vit VaclavFM	2016	CZE	−37B	−26N	+68N	+73B	+62N	+19B	+43N	+9B	=2N	6.5	37.5	40.0	27.25	1931	-9.4
9	Sochor, Vaclav	2053	CZE	+46B	−45N	+50B	=20N	+28B	+7N	=3B	−8N	+25B	6.0	43.0	47.0	30.50	2046	+2.0
10	Fogel, Pierre	2103	BEL	+50B	=39N	+51B	+45N	=7B	−21N	=5B	=20N	+28B	6.0	41.5	45.5	28.50	2032	-14.2
11	Houska, Jiri	2151	CZE	=35B	=61N	+47B	=28N	=45B	+25N	+22B	=7N	=12B	6.0	40.5	44.0	29.25	2021	-24.2
12	Zrubek, Dan	2016	CZE	+73N	−56B	+49N	=39B	+29N	+20B	=15N	=14B	=11N	6.0	39.5	42.0	27.75	2053	+22.4
13	Kalousek, Zdenek	2106	CZE	+49N	−25B	=35N	=62B	+44N	+38B	−4N	+32B	+27N	6.0	38.5	41.5	26.25	1966	-25.6
14	Muller-Moingt, BastienFM	2039	FRA	+69B	+20N	=45B	=6N	+30B	−1N	+26B	=12N	−5B	5.5	45.5	48.5	26.75	2007	-7.2
15	Colin, VincentIM	2270	FRA	+47B	+30N	+36B	−21N	+5B	−6N	=12B	−17N	+37B	5.5	44.0	48.0	27.50	2045	-21.6
16	Vetrovsky, Michal	2078	CZE	+59N	+29B	=25N	−7B	+40N	=4B	=36N	=23B	=20B	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.50	1984	-19.2
17	Ibrahim, Emad Eldin	2050	EGY	=43N	+62B	+71N	=25B	+27N	−2B	=23N	+15B	−7N	5.5	41.0	44.0	23.75	2016	-4.8
18	Matejka, Radek	1999	CZE	+52N	−19B	+44N	=29B	+56N	−3N	+40B	−4B	+36N	5.5	40.5	44.0	23.00	1971	-3.6
19	Borecky, Andrej	1835	CZE	+75B	+18N	−21B	−5N	+48B	−8N	=37B	+57N	+34B	5.5	40.5	43.0	22.25	1886	+24.0
20	Vrana, Rostislav	1877	CZE	+76N	−14B	+63N	=9B	+39N	−12N	+56B	=10B	=16N	5.5	40.0	42.0	21.75	1985	+25.6
21	Zdrazil, Jan	2022	CZE	+60N	+32B	+19N	+15B	=2N	+10B	−1N	F	F	5.5	39.0	39.0	28.75	2251	+40.2
22	Cerny, Michael	1987	CZE	+26B	F	=46N	+35B	=43N	+34B	−11N	+38B	=23N	5.5	38.0	38.0	25.25	1952	-4.0
23	Novotny, Petr	1844	CZE	=77B	=35N	−58B	+67N	+69B	+24N	=17B	=16N	=22B	5.5	36.0	38.0	23.00	1951	+44.4
24	Ockay, Tomas	2091	CZE	=62N	+43B	=39N	=40B	=71N	−23B	=34N	+44B	+26B	5.5	35.0	38.0	22.75	1888	-39.2
25	Vancakova, Veronika	1908	CZE	+82B	+13N	=16B	=17N	−6B	−11B	+65N	+35B	−9N	5.0	43.0	43.5	19.50	1969	+31.9
26	Burkitbayev, Aibar	1616	KAZ	−22N	+8B	+32N	−27B	+49N	+71B	−14N	+29B	−24N	5.0	42.0	45.0	23.50	1972	+150.0
27	Ziaran, Milan	1946	CZE	+53B	−1N	+69B	+26N	−17B	+47N	−7B	+45N	−13B	5.0	42.0	45.0	20.00	1945	+1.6
28	Sedlacek, Jiri	1911	CZE	+66N	−2B	+73N	=11B	−9N	=35B	+62N	+43B	−10N	5.0	39.0	41.5	17.75	1900	0.0
29	Cleran, Anthony	1887	FRA	+74B	−16N	+37B	=18N	−12B	=41N	+64B	−26N	+47B	5.0	38.0	40.5	19.00	1855	-4.8
30	Kubik, Jozef	1937	SVK	+42N	−15B	+48N	+58B	−14N	−43B	−35N	+52B	+46N	5.0	36.0	39.5	20.00	1809	-26.0
31	Slezar, Martin	0	CZE	=64B	=40N	−41B	+82N	+50B	−5N	−51B	+48N	+57B	5.0	34.0	34.5	15.75	1787	0.0
32	Prinzen, Siri Marleen	1863	GER	+78B	−21N	−26B	=57B	+46N	=64N	+69B	−13N	+66B	5.0	33.0	35.0	15.25	1775	-34.4
33	Kotisa, Jan	1848	CZE	+79N	F	F	F	F	+76B	+60N	+65B	+43N	5.0	14.0	14.0	14.00	2399	+32.8
34	Moshenberg, David	1833	ISR	−1B	+53N	−3B	+52N	+37B	−22N	=24B	+39B	−19N	4.5	43.0	47.0	19.75	1903	+13.0
35	Zichenkov, Oleksandr	1759	UKR	=11N	=23B	=13B	−22N	+74B	=28N	+30B	−25N	=38N	4.5	42.5	45.0	21.00	1911	+63.5
36	Smith, Tobias	1965	GER	+65N	+63B	−15N	+38B	−1B	+45N	=16B	−5N	−18B	4.5	41.5	44.5	17.25	1956	-8.0
37	Moroz, Volodymyr	1630	POL	+8N	−4B	−29N	+63B	−34N	+49B	=19N	+56B	−15N	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.75	1857	+80.4
38	Ni, Polina	1884	LAT	+72B	−6N	+67B	−36N	+51B	−13N	+47B	−22N	=35B	4.5	38.0	41.0	16.25	1848	-6.2
39	Hurtak, Otto	1921	CZE	+81N	=10B	=24B	=12N	−20B	−56N	+61B	−34N	+73B	4.5	37.0	38.0	15.75	1826	-17.6
40	Bednar, Jiri	1902	CZE	=68N	=31B	+52N	=24N	−16B	+57B	−18N	+59B	F	4.5	35.5	35.5	17.75	1860	-3.8
41	Dorazilova, Kristyna	1841	CZE	−63N	+65B	+31N	−4B	=57N	=29B	=44N	=46B	=58N	4.5	34.5	37.5	18.00	1739	-36.0
42	Berg, Joakim Pedersen	1582	BEL	−30B	−47N	+54B	−50N	=79B	−75N	+74B	+60B	+56N	4.5	29.0	30.5	14.25	1743	+22.8
43	Prihoda, Josef	1702	CZE	=17B	−24N	+74B	+64N	=22B	+30N	−8B	−28N	−33B	4.0	41.0	43.5	16.00	1862	+64.8
44	Hampl, Pavel	1729	CZE	−2N	+66B	−18B	+61N	−13B	+58N	=41B	−24N	=50B	4.0	39.0	42.0	14.25	1782	+8.2
45	Mok, Erwin Jun-Han	1886	CAN	+70N	+9B	=14N	−10B	=11N	−36B	+63N	−27B	F	4.0	39.0	39.0	17.75	1913	+11.6
46	Zeman, Jonas	1705	CZE	−9N	+70B	=22B	−51N	−32B	+74N	+54B	=41N	−30B	4.0	37.0	39.5	14.50	1722	+0.8
47	Karlik, Petr	1820	CZE	−15N	+42B	−11N	+81B	+60N	−27B	−38N	+63B	−29N	4.0	37.0	38.0	12.00	1768	-14.6
48	Oehler, Jonas	1646	GER	−7N	+54B	−30B	+77N	−19N	−63B	+53N	−31B	+68N	4.0	36.0	38.0	13.00	1699	+8.0
49	Krisman, Ondrej	1739	CZE	−13B	+82N	−12B	+53N	−26B	−37N	−58B	+70N	+59N	4.0	35.5	36.0	11.00	1644	-24.0
50	Kaczmarek, Piotr	1736	POL	−10N	+81B	−9N	+42B	−31N	=60B	−57N	+79B	=44N	4.0	34.0	35.0	10.75	1708	-16.8
51	Friedland, Manfred	1859	GER	+54N	=7B	−10N	+46B	−38N	=65B	+31N	F	F	4.0	33.0	33.0	17.75	1791	-9.6
52	Konig, Jon	1616	ENG	−18B	+75N	−40B	−34B	=66N	=79N	+77B	−30N	+63B	4.0	30.0	31.5	9.75	1468	-15.2
53	Kosata, Jiri	1589	CZE	−27N	−34B	+76N	−49B	−63N	+80N	−48B	+72B	+67N	4.0	28.5	29.5	9.00	1614	+1.8
54	Cejchan, Teodor	0	CZE	−51B	−48N	−42N	+80B	+81N	=59B	−46N	+75B	=55N	4.0	27.5	28.5	8.25	1533	0.0
55	Horak, Miroslav	1812	CZE	−3B	−58N	=82B	−74N	+77B	=66N	+70B	=73N	=54B	4.0	27.0	27.5	10.00	1516	-52.6
56	Mikesova, Lenka	1849	CZE	+80B	+12N	=6B	−3N	−18B	+39B	−20N	−37N	−42B	3.5	43.5	44.5	14.75	1769	-35.6
57	Kment, Jan	1669	CZE	−6B	=72N	+78B	=32N	=41B	−40N	+50B	−19B	−31N	3.5	38.0	40.0	12.25	1714	+14.8
58	Oles, Jan	1582	POL	−5N	+55B	+23N	−30N	−64B	−44B	+49N	F	=41B	3.5	36.5	39.5	15.75	1790	+39.6
59	Milicevic, David	1713	SLO	−16B	=74N	+72B	−71B	=68N	=54N	+75B	−40N	−49B	3.5	29.5	32.0	10.25	1557	-29.8
60	Svoboda, Zdenek	1646	CZE	−21B	=78N	=77B	+79N	−47B	=50N	−33B	−42N	+74N	3.5	29.5	31.0	8.00	1541	-21.8
61	Abrahamek, David	1502	CZE	=71N	=11B	−62N	−44B	=75N	+72B	−39N	F	+79N	3.5	27.5	27.5	10.25	1641	+30.0
62	Vokurka, Vilem	1732	CZE	=24B	−17N	+61B	=13N	−8B	+73N	−28B	F	F	3.0	38.0	38.0	11.75	1850	+32.0
63	Krupa, Petr	0	CZE	+41B	−36N	−20B	−37N	+53B	+48N	−45B	−47N	−52N	3.0	35.0	39.0	12.50	1638	0.0
64	Maj, Adam	1833	POL	=31N	+68B	−7N	−43B	+58N	=32B	−29N	F	F	3.0	35.0	35.0	11.50	1698	-20.4
65	Goldschmidt, Luis	1593	GER	−36B	−41N	=70B	+72N	+67B	=51N	−25B	−33N	F	3.0	32.0	32.0	9.50	1655	+12.8
66	Peska, Radek	1500	CZE	−28B	−44N	+75B	−69N	=52B	=55B	+67N	F	−32N	3.0	31.0	33.5	9.50	1589	+10.8
67	Ronaj, Filip	1623	SVK	−4N	+79B	−38N	−23B	−65N	+78B	−66B	+76N	−53B	3.0	30.5	32.0	5.50	1466	-70.0
68	Libal, Manfred	1471	CZE	=40B	−64N	−8B	+70N	=59B	−69N	−73B	+78N	−48B	3.0	30.0	32.0	9.00	1556	+26.8
69	Janik, Grzegorz	1687	POL	−14N	+76B	−27N	+66B	−23N	+68B	−32N	F	F	3.0	29.0	29.0	8.00	1677	-3.8
70	Czubaj, Mariusz	1461	POL	−45B	−46N	=65N	−68B	=76N	+82B	−55N	−49B	+78N	3.0	26.0	26.5	5.00	1488	+1.2
71	Balaz, Frantisek	1916	CZE	=61B	+77N	−17B	+59N	=24B	−26N	F	F	F	3.0	25.0	25.0	10.00	1723	-22.6
72	Drahosova, Anna	1434	CZE	−38N	=57B	−59N	−65B	+82B	−61N	=79B	−53N	+80N	3.0	24.5	25.0	4.00	1398	-13.6
73	Peskova, Sara	1623	CZE	−12B	+80N	−28B	−8N	F	−62B	+68N	=55B	−39N	2.5	34.0	35.0	6.00	1610	-10.8
74	Klimes, Martin	1468	CZE	−29N	=59B	−43N	+55B	−35N	−46B	−42N	+77N	−60B	2.5	33.0	35.0	7.75	1473	-1.9
75	Moshenberg, Ido	0	ISR	−19N	−52B	−66N	F	=61B	+42B	−59N	−54N	+76B	2.5	30.0	30.0	8.25	1494	0.0
76	Boleslav, Petr	1426	CZE	−20B	−69N	−53B	=78N	=70B	−33N	+80N	−67B	−75N	2.0	28.0	29.0	3.50	1324	-33.2
77	Jaehn, Yannick	0	GER	=23N	−71B	=60N	−48B	−55N	+81B	−52N	−74B	F	2.0	27.5	27.5	5.50	1491	0.0
78	Moshenberg, Roi	1416	ISR	−32N	=60B	−57N	=76B	F	−67N	+82N	−68B	−70B	2.0	25.5	26.0	3.25	1383	-19.2
79	Crickmore, E Alan	0	ENG	−33B	−67N	F	−60B	=42N	=52B	=72N	−50N	−61B	1.5	30.5	30.5	5.75	1372	0.0
80	Drahosova, Zofie	0	CZE	−56N	−73B	−81N	−54N	F	−53B	−76B	+82N	−72B	1.0	20.5	20.5	0.50	1252	0.0
81	Alisaari, Vellu	1520	FIN	−39B	−50N	+80B	−47N	−54B	−77N	F	F	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	1025	-9.2
82	Lausman, Petr	1490	CZE	−25N	−49B	=55N	−31B	−72N	−70N	−78B	−80B	F	0.5	27.0	27.0	2.00	1225	-64.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Burkitbayev, AibarKAZ
+150.0
5.0 pts · #30
2Moroz, VolodymyrPOL
+80.4
4.5 pts · #42
3Mohapl, TomasCZE
+73.6
6.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Ronaj, FilipSVK
-70.0
3.0 pts · #67
2Lausman, PetrCZE
-64.8
0.5 pts · #81
3Horak, MiroslavCZE
-52.6
4.0 pts · #61

Biggest upsets

R2+400 Elo gap
Burkitbayev, Aibar1616 beat FMValenta, Vit Vaclav2016
R1+386 Elo gap
Moroz, Volodymyr1630 beat FMValenta, Vit Vaclav2016
R4+344 Elo gap
Klimes, Martin1468 beat Horak, Miroslav1812