PRESOV OPEN 2025

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87 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Presov, Slovakia. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2086, and top seed was Pavel Aliev (🇸🇰 SVK, 2188).

Lukas Varga (🇸🇰 SVK, 2165) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Pavel Aliev (6.0) and Benjamin Kardis (6.0). Varga shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Richard Lazur (1460) beat Milan Marvanyi (1787), a +327-point gap.

Location

🇸🇰Presov, Slovakia

Dates

31 Jul 2025 → 03 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇰Pavel Aliev2188

Avg top 10

2,086

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇸🇰Slovakia×76

🇵🇱Poland×6

🇩🇪Germany×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

Top 3

🥇
Lukas Varga
🇸🇰SVK·2165
6.0pts·2197perf+5.4
🥈
Pavel Aliev
🇸🇰SVK·2188
6.0pts·2243perf+9.4
🥉
Benjamin Kardis
🇸🇰SVK·2050
6.0pts·2212perf+26.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Varga6Aliev6Kardis6Trela5.5Skiba5Tokarcik5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. Varga takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Lukas Varga 4 wins (R4–R7)Benjamin Kardis 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Varga, Lukas	2165	SVK	=48B	+29N	=10B	+15N	+19B	+23N	+7B	6.0	27.0	30.0	26.00	2197	+5.4
2	Aliev, Pavel	2188	SVK	+27N	+12B	=38N	+46B	+9N	=6B	+5N	6.0	27.0	30.0	25.75	2243	+9.4
3	Kardis, Benjamin	2050	SVK	=70N	+82B	+17N	+38B	=5N	+9B	+6N	6.0	25.5	26.5	22.75	2212	+26.2
4	Trela, Konrad	1808	POL	+53B	−7N	+43B	+11N	=16B	+24N	+12N	5.5	26.5	29.5	22.25	2087	+49.4
5	Demeter, Peter	2108	SVK	+40B	+15N	+24B	=23N	=3B	+8N	−2B	5.0	29.5	33.0	22.00	2132	+7.2
6	Lovcican, Tomas	2112	SVK	+64N	+32B	+14N	=13B	+18N	=2N	−3B	5.0	29.5	32.0	20.75	2113	+3.4
7	Haborak, Kristian	2108	SVK	+42N	+4B	+30N	−9B	+33N	+13B	−1N	5.0	29.0	32.5	21.50	2078	-1.8
8	Miasik, Adrian	2049	POL	+66B	+25N	−23B	+10N	+31B	−5B	+18N	5.0	26.5	29.0	20.00	2059	+4.6
9	Skiba, Krzysztof	1899	POL	+61B	+67N	+81B	+7N	−2B	−3N	+23B	5.0	26.5	28.0	16.00	2085	+36.4
10	Tokarcik, Jan	1846	SVK	+62N	=20B	=1N	−8B	+51N	+38B	+26N	5.0	26.0	29.0	18.75	2072	+84.8
11	Kuna, Patrik	2004	SVK	−46N	+70B	+40N	−4B	+27N	+32B	+31N	5.0	24.0	26.5	18.00	1936	-9.4
12	Verba, Vladimir	1876	SVK	+60B	−2N	+45B	+47N	+24B	=16N	−4B	4.5	26.5	29.5	15.75	1936	+12.6
13	Hurtuk, Radovan	2009	SVK	+47B	+56N	+21B	=6N	=23B	−7N	=19B	4.5	26.0	29.0	17.25	2029	+6.2
14	Savchuk, Alexander	1935	GER	+43B	+35N	−6B	−25N	+42B	+34N	=21B	4.5	25.0	28.5	17.25	1927	+11.6
15	Ternoczky, Sebastian	1862	SVK	+68N	−5B	+51N	−1B	+59N	=20B	+40N	4.5	25.0	27.5	14.25	1958	+37.6
16	Gombar, Peter	1934	SVK	+71N	=46B	=34N	+44B	=4N	=12B	=17N	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.25	1885	-7.2
17	Palka, Miroslav	1858	SVK	=29B	+78N	−3B	+50N	+41B	=28N	=16B	4.5	25.0	26.5	14.25	1903	+10.8
18	Valko, Michal	1982	SVK	+57B	+58N	=28B	+39N	−6B	+25N	−8B	4.5	24.5	27.5	15.50	1985	+2.8
19	Panczuk, Grzegorz	1904	POL	−65N	+61B	+42N	+49B	−1N	+44B	=13N	4.5	23.5	26.0	15.25	1916	+4.4
20	Paluska, Karol	2054	SVK	+86B	=10N	−39B	+48N	=28B	=15N	+41B	4.5	23.5	24.0	13.75	1908	-24.4
21	Zahradnik, Vladimir	1897	SVK	+55N	+51B	−13N	=27B	+46N	=26B	=14N	4.5	23.0	26.0	15.25	1900	+4.4
22	Mazak, Ryan	1890	SVK	−67B	+60N	−47B	=52N	+50B	+64N	+39B	4.5	18.0	20.5	13.50	1772	-36.4
23	Smetana, Peter	1956	SVK	+54N	+49B	+8N	=5B	=13N	−1B	−9N	4.0	28.5	31.5	15.75	2004	+20.8
24	Vasylchuk, Diana	1977	SVK	+75N	+44B	−5N	+34B	−12N	−4B	+48N	4.0	25.5	27.5	12.50	1881	-32.0
25	Repasky, Karol	1837	SVK	+74N	−8B	+54N	+14B	=26N	−18B	=30N	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.50	1902	+14.2
26	Pechacek, Dominik	1974	SVK	+45B	=39N	+48B	=28N	=25B	=21N	−10B	4.0	24.5	27.5	14.50	1860	-19.2
27	Geletka, Tomas	1758	SVK	−2B	+85N	+76B	=21N	−11B	+53N	=36B	4.0	24.5	25.5	10.25	1871	+42.0
28	Dzupin, Dominik	1886	SVK	+69N	+65B	=18N	=26B	=20N	=17B	F	4.0	24.0	26.5	13.75	1972	+15.4
29	Folta, Kacper	1778	POL	=17N	−1B	+68N	+65B	=30N	−33B	+54N	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.25	1863	+29.6
30	Heinrich, Jan	1901	SVK	+72B	+52N	−7B	=41N	=29B	=39N	=25B	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.50	1842	-9.2
31	Savchuk, Yuriy	1900	GER	−82N	+55B	+59N	+35B	−8N	+49B	−11B	4.0	23.0	24.0	13.00	1835	-9.4
32	Furman, Slavomir	1818	SVK	+85B	−6N	=50B	=64N	+45B	−11N	+47B	4.0	22.0	23.0	10.25	1818	+0.8
33	Karapetsas, Athanasios	1930	SVK	−52B	+72N	+66B	+58N	−7B	+29N	F	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.50	1893	-6.8
34	Bracok, Stefan	1796	SVK	+83B	=81N	=16B	−24N	+43B	−14B	+59N	4.0	21.0	22.0	10.50	1851	+12.6
35	Sleboda, Tomas	1761	SVK	+84B	−14B	+80N	−31N	=53B	=47N	+55B	4.0	19.0	20.0	8.50	1658	-27.2
36	Dlugos, Matej	1967	SVK	−51N	+71B	−46N	+82B	=40N	+54B	=27N	4.0	18.5	19.5	9.75	1730	-74.8
37	Lazur, Richard	1460	SVK	−56B	+57N	−41B	+86N	=64B	=63B	+49N	4.0	18.0	18.5	9.25	1819	+119.2
38	Jurcisin, Imrich	1966	SVK	+50B	+41N	=2B	−3N	=39B	−10N	=42B	3.5	27.5	30.5	13.00	1865	-17.4
39	Gajdos, Michal	1796	SVK	+79N	=26B	+20N	−18B	=38N	=30B	−22N	3.5	25.0	26.5	11.75	1907	+15.8
40	Mrazik, Lukas	1735	SVK	−5N	+69B	−11B	+61N	=36B	+56N	−15B	3.5	24.5	27.0	10.50	1843	+35.2
41	Lisik, Miroslav	1787	CZE	+73N	−38B	+37N	=30B	−17N	+46B	−20N	3.5	23.5	25.5	11.00	1769	-3.2
42	Ptacek, Peter	1725	SVK	−7B	+83N	−19B	+67N	−14N	+65B	=38N	3.5	22.5	23.5	7.75	1788	+10.0
43	Schichman, Stefan	1654	SVK	−14N	+73B	−4N	+80B	−34N	=58N	+64B	3.5	21.5	23.0	7.50	1686	+8.8
44	Holecko, Samuel	1794	SVK	+87B	−24N	+52B	−16N	+71B	−19N	=45B	3.5	21.5	21.5	6.75	1738	-19.6
45	Dragula, Miroslav	1665	SVK	−26N	+77B	−12N	+69B	−32N	+73B	=44N	3.5	20.5	22.5	8.25	1688	+1.6
46	Viglas, Matej	1700	SVK	+11B	=16N	+36B	−2N	−21B	−41N	=60B	3.0	27.5	30.5	12.75	1841	+42.8
47	Truskova, Stela	1710	SVK	−13N	+74B	+22N	−12B	=63N	=35B	−32N	3.0	24.5	26.5	10.00	1763	+17.6
48	Karpov, Vladyslav	1752	UKR	=1N	+63B	−26N	−20B	=65N	+71N	−24B	3.0	24.0	26.0	9.25	1850	+27.6
49	Marvanyi, Milan	1787	SVK	+76B	−23N	+67B	−19N	+55B	−31N	−37B	3.0	22.0	24.0	7.50	1691	-16.8
50	Leskovjansky, Jakub	1661	SVK	−38N	+79B	=32N	−17B	−22N	+68B	=58B	3.0	22.0	23.5	7.50	1688	+5.6
51	Sekerak, Filip	1663	SVK	+36B	−21N	−15B	+73N	−10B	F	+74N	3.0	22.0	22.0	8.00	1740	+17.2
52	Viglas, Richard	1640	SVK	+33N	−30B	−44N	=22B	=66N	−59B	+77N	3.0	21.5	23.5	9.50	1714	+23.2
53	Lenartova, Klara	1445	SVK	−4N	=64B	=63N	+75B	=35N	−27B	=65N	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.00	1697	+78.0
54	Muller, Tomas	1659	SVK	−23B	+84N	−25B	+76N	+58B	−36N	−29B	3.0	21.0	22.0	6.00	1732	+19.2
55	Savchuk, Andrej	1588	GER	−21B	−31N	+87B	+57N	−49N	+75B	−35N	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1661	+20.4
56	Elias, Oliver	1813	SVK	+37N	−13B	=65N	−70B	+68N	−40B	=57N	3.0	20.0	22.5	9.25	1636	-63.6
57	Kaminsky, Ladislav	1695	SVK	−18N	−37B	+62N	−55B	+74N	=69B	=56B	3.0	20.0	22.0	7.75	1580	-22.4
58	Furman, Maximilian Jan	1805	SVK	+77N	−18B	+82N	−33B	−54N	=43B	=50N	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.25	1654	-27.0
59	Dzimko, Adam	1710	SVK	−81B	+87N	−31B	+60N	−15B	+52N	−34B	3.0	20.0	20.0	6.00	1670	-7.6
60	Karol, Timur	1562	SVK	−12N	−22B	+79N	−59B	=80N	+66B	=46N	3.0	19.0	20.5	6.25	1585	+4.0
61	Vojtko, Imrich	1589	SVK	−9N	−19N	+83B	−40B	=77N	=62B	+84N	3.0	19.0	20.0	4.50	1527	-11.6
62	Mikula, Nikodem	1513	POL	−10B	−66N	−57B	+83N	=72B	=61N	+75N	3.0	17.5	18.5	5.50	1594	+26.4
63	Sandor, Maros	1844	SVK	=78B	−48N	=53B	+72N	=47B	=37N	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	7.75	1579	-36.4
64	Kochan, Dominik	1741	SVK	−6B	=53N	+78B	=32B	=37N	−22B	−43N	2.5	24.0	25.5	7.00	1596	-27.8
65	Kristof, Simon	1635	SVK	+19B	−28N	=56B	−29N	=48B	−42N	=53B	2.5	22.0	25.0	9.00	1655	+3.6
66	Bebko, Alex	1721	SVK	−8N	+62B	−33N	−71B	=52B	−60N	+78B	2.5	20.0	21.5	6.00	1591	-39.2
67	Marcin, Richard	1587	SVK	+22N	−9B	−49N	−42B	−73B	+83N	=80N	2.5	19.5	20.5	6.25	1631	+4.2
68	Baur, Martin	1542	SVK	−15B	=86N	−29B	+78N	−56B	−50N	+79B	2.5	17.5	18.0	3.25	1530	-6.0
69	Horvath, Simon	1565	SVK	−28B	−40N	+84B	−45N	+76B	=57N	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	4.50	1607	+8.0
70	Mizanin, Matej	1724	SVK	=3B	−11N	+86B	+56N	F	F	F	2.5	14.5	14.5	6.50	1991	+52.8
71	Siman, Pavol	1650	SVK	−16B	−36N	+85B	+66N	−44N	−48B	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	3.50	1643	-2.8
72	Juhar, Vladimir	1600	SVK	−30N	−33B	+77N	−63B	=62N	=80B	−73N	2.0	18.0	19.5	4.25	1548	-11.0
73	Mulik, Daniel	0	SVK	−41B	−43N	F	−51B	+67N	−45N	+72B	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.50	1534	0.0
74	Krejnus, Samuel	1495	SVK	−25B	−47N	−75N	+79B	−57B	+76N	−51B	2.0	17.0	18.5	3.50	1459	-10.4
75	Cabak, Matej	1686	SVK	−24B	−76N	+74B	−53N	+85B	−55N	−62B	2.0	17.0	18.0	3.00	1456	-87.2
76	Stach, David	1798	SVK	−49N	+75B	−27N	−54B	−69N	−74B	+85B	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.00	1476	-117.2
77	Kusiak, Jan	1444	SVK	−58B	−45N	−72B	+84N	=61B	=78N	−52B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.25	1361	-23.2
78	Kristian, Stefan	1510	SVK	=63N	−17B	−64N	−68B	=79N	=77B	−66N	1.5	17.0	18.5	3.25	1411	-15.4
79	Banas, Daniel	0	SVK	−39B	−50N	−60B	−74N	=78B	+87N	−68N	1.5	15.5	15.5	0.75	1193	0.0
80	Plancarova, Monika	1406	SVK	F	F	−35B	−43N	=60B	=72N	=67B	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.75	1483	+15.6
81	Nandrazi, Dominik	2012	SVK	+59N	=34B	−9N	F	F	F	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	5.00	1801	-15.6
82	Slivka, Vasil	1597	SVK	+31B	−3N	−58B	−36N	F	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	4.00	1725	+8.8
83	Hricisak, Tomas	1418	SVK	−34N	−42B	−61N	−62B	+87N	−67B	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	841	-46.4
84	Velas, Tobias	0	SVK	−35N	−54B	−69N	−77B	F	+85N	−61B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1311	0.0
85	Januvka, Martin	1486	SVK	−32N	−27B	−71N	+87B	−75N	−84B	−76N	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	942	-38.0
86	Andras, Anton	1724	SVK	−20N	=68B	−70N	−37B	F	F	F	0.5	13.5	13.5	1.25	1378	-32.8
87	Dendisova, Zuzana	0	SVK	−44N	−59B	−55N	−85N	−83B	−79B	F	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	798	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lazur, RichardSVK
+119.2
4.0 pts · #35
2Tokarcik, JanSVK
+84.8
5.0 pts · #6
3Lenartova, KlaraSVK
+78.0
3.0 pts · #44

Top rating losers

1Stach, DavidSVK
-117.2
2.0 pts · #70
2Cabak, MatejSVK
-87.2
2.0 pts · #71
3Dlugos, MatejSVK
-74.8
4.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R7+327 Elo gap
Lazur, Richard1460 beat Marvanyi, Milan1787
R1+304 Elo gap
Sekerak, Filip1663 beat Dlugos, Matej1967
R1+304 Elo gap
Viglas, Matej1700 beat Kuna, Patrik2004