8. Internationales Raiffeisen Jugendschachturnier Fuerstenfeld Gruppe A

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69 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Fuerstenfeld, Austria. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1923, and top seed was Mihaly Puskas (🇭🇺 HUN, 2084).

Marko Bardics (🇭🇺 HUN, 1970) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Oliver Fuertler (5.5) and Daniel Hepp (5.5). Bardics shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Elisabeth Wiessner (1763) beat Benjamin Veladzic (2061), a +298-point gap.

Location

🇦🇹Fuerstenfeld, Austria

Dates

17 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺Mihaly Puskas2084

Avg top 10

1,923

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇹Austria×38

🇭🇺Hungary×13

🇸🇮Slovenia×8

🇩🇪Germany×3

🇩🇰Denmark×2

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
Marko Bardics
🇭🇺HUN·1970
6.0pts·2106perf+43.6
🥈
Oliver Fuertler
🇦🇹AUT·1927
5.5pts·2007perf+32.0
🥉
Daniel Hepp
🇩🇪GER·1860
5.5pts·1998perf+46.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Marko Bardics led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Bardics6Fuertler5.5Hepp5.5Seikmann5.5Wiessner5.5Puskas5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Marko Bardics held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Marko Bardics drew with Oliver Fuertler (White).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Marko Bardics won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Marko Bardics	*	½	—	—
2Oliver Fuertler	½	*	—	—
3Daniel Hepp	—	—	*	—
4Jim Seikmann	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bardics, Marko	1970	HUN	+65B	+23N	=16B	+13N	+28B	+8N	=2B	6.0	26.5	27.5	22.75	2106	+43.6
2	Fuertler, Oliver	1927	AUT	+36B	=6N	+41B	+11N	=10B	+16N	=1N	5.5	27.5	30.5	22.75	2007	+32.0
3	Hepp, Daniel	1860	GER	+29B	+44N	=11B	=7N	+19B	=10N	+16B	5.5	25.5	28.5	21.50	1998	+46.8
4	Seikmann, Jim	1836	AUT	+50B	=41N	=6B	=29N	+7B	+28N	+11B	5.5	24.5	27.5	21.75	1890	+16.8
5	Wiessner, Elisabeth	1763	AUT	−41B	+52N	=18B	+44N	+57B	+27N	+10B	5.5	21.0	23.5	18.50	1956	+54.0
6	Contala, Noel	1664	SLO	+61N	=2B	=4N	=9B	=20N	+30B	+43B	5.0	26.5	28.5	18.50	1959	+93.2
7	Wagner, Samuel	1780	AUT	+53N	+37B	=43N	=3B	−4N	+24B	+17N	5.0	25.5	28.5	18.75	1881	+39.2
8	Puskas, Mihaly	2084	HUN	+48B	+33N	+27B	=10N	=16B	−1B	+21N	5.0	25.5	28.5	18.25	1992	-20.4
9	Harmtodt, Maximilian	1827	AUT	+63N	+14B	−10B	=6N	+29B	=17N	+19B	5.0	25.5	27.5	18.50	1867	+16.0
10	Veladzic, Benjamin	2061	AUT	+31N	+35B	+9N	=8B	=2N	=3B	−5N	4.5	30.0	33.5	20.00	1941	-33.2
11	Penker, Dominic	1766	AUT	+49N	+42B	=3N	−2B	+18N	+12B	−4N	4.5	28.0	31.0	17.25	1832	+24.0
12	Bjerg, Ludvig	1950	DEN	=28N	+22B	+34B	−16N	+33B	−11N	+39B	4.5	23.0	26.5	16.25	1801	-44.4
13	Feseniuk, Pavlo	1824	AUT	+51B	=32N	+57B	−1B	=37N	=34B	+31N	4.5	23.0	25.5	14.25	1753	-18.4
14	Zebedin, Andreas	1673	AUT	+38B	−9N	=44B	=41N	=42B	+57N	+27B	4.5	21.0	23.5	14.00	1692	+8.0
15	Kaloh, Edvard	1689	SLO	=57B	=17N	+50B	+42N	=27B	−43N	+28B	4.5	20.0	22.5	14.50	1753	+25.2
16	Scheiber, Daniel Berndt	1814	AUT	+45N	+55B	=1N	+12B	=8N	−2B	−3N	4.0	29.5	32.5	16.00	1914	+38.0
17	Schuetz, Florian	1590	GER	=20N	=15B	+24N	=30B	+60N	=9B	−7B	4.0	26.0	28.5	15.00	1808	+81.6
18	Usaj, Benjamin	0	SLO	+25N	=30B	=5N	=33N	−11B	=48B	+55N	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.75	1728	0.0
19	Lovasi, Boldizsar	1738	HUN	−42N	+45B	+40N	+47B	−3N	+20B	−9N	4.0	24.0	27.0	13.50	1726	-1.8
20	Brenner, Nico	1782	AUT	=17B	−57N	+51B	+32N	=6B	−19N	+29B	4.0	23.0	25.5	14.50	1646	-45.6
21	Veladzic, Isak	1774	AUT	=22N	+58B	−28N	=31B	+40N	+37B	−8B	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.25	1699	-26.0
22	Schernthaner, Tim	1585	AUT	=21B	−12N	+62B	+35B	=30N	−33N	+54B	4.0	22.0	24.0	12.25	1808	+81.6
23	Slavskyi, Maksym	1669	AUT	+56N	−1B	+59N	−27N	=41B	=42N	+49B	4.0	21.5	24.0	11.50	1660	-5.6
24	Berghold, Fabian-Elija	1677	AUT	−32B	+64N	−17B	+52N	+49B	−7N	+41B	4.0	21.5	22.5	10.00	1626	-18.0
25	Kryvosheiev, Nikita	1666	AUT	−18B	=46N	+38B	−57N	+44B	=32N	+42B	4.0	20.0	22.5	12.75	1588	-20.0
26	Pichler, Laurenz	1702	AUT	+46B	−27N	−29B	+58B	=31N	=36N	+45B	4.0	20.0	22.5	12.00	1642	-19.2
27	Zlatolas, Anej	1850	SLO	+40N	+26B	−8N	+23B	=15N	−5B	−14N	3.5	27.5	31.0	13.75	1743	-39.6
28	Bolla, Zsofia	1629	HUN	=12B	+54N	+21B	+43N	−1N	−4B	−15N	3.5	27.5	30.5	12.25	1823	+66.0
29	Lovasi, Vendel	1628	HUN	−3N	+56B	+26N	=4B	−9N	+60B	−20N	3.5	27.0	29.5	12.25	1741	+29.1
30	Prokscha, Charlotte	1767	GER	+52B	=18N	=32B	=17N	=22B	−6N	=36B	3.5	24.0	27.0	12.50	1586	-55.2
31	Knittel-Templ, Paula	1631	AUT	−10B	=38N	+46B	=21N	=26B	+35N	−13B	3.5	24.0	27.0	12.25	1767	+38.4
32	Tschandl, Julius Henry	1465	AUT	+24N	=13B	=30N	−20B	=55N	=25B	=37N	3.5	23.5	26.5	13.25	1718	+86.0
33	Bjerg, Sigurd	1689	DEN	+67N	−8B	+63N	=18B	−12N	+22B	F	3.5	23.0	23.5	8.50	1812	+28.8
34	Lauko, Zalan	1759	HUN	+59N	+47B	−12N	=37B	=43B	=13N	F	3.5	22.0	24.5	11.00	1778	+9.2
35	Aichinger, Johannes	1750	AUT	+64B	−10N	=36B	−22N	+47N	−31B	+59N	3.5	21.0	22.0	8.25	1640	-41.2
36	Wiessner, Johanna	1629	AUT	−2N	+67B	=35N	−60B	+61N	=26B	=30N	3.5	21.0	21.5	8.00	1676	+11.2
37	Pichler, Clemens	1645	AUT	+68B	−7N	+69B	=34N	=13B	−21N	=32B	3.5	20.5	20.5	5.75	1572	-19.6
38	Worahnik, Laurenz	0	AUT	−14N	=31B	−25N	+67B	−45N	+58B	+63N	3.5	19.5	20.0	6.75	1551	0.0
39	Stankovic, Sonja	1653	CRO	+69N	−43B	−47N	=45B	+58N	+59B	−12N	3.5	18.5	18.5	6.50	1542	-32.4
40	Lobnig, Tristan	1620	AUT	−27B	+66N	−19B	+68N	−21B	=46N	+57B	3.5	17.5	17.5	4.50	1524	-26.4
41	Markota Jakopin, Luka	1537	SLO	+5N	=4B	−2N	=14B	=23N	=55B	−24N	3.0	29.0	32.0	14.00	1695	+50.8
42	Gombosi, Svit	1528	SLO	+19B	−11N	+55N	−15B	=14N	=23B	−25N	3.0	25.5	28.5	11.25	1645	+42.0
43	Pergel, Bence	1863	HUN	F	+39N	=7B	−28B	=34N	+15B	−6N	3.0	25.0	25.0	12.25	1696	-52.0
44	Simon, Oliver	1587	HUN	+60N	−3B	=14N	−5B	−25N	=61B	+64N	3.0	24.0	25.0	6.75	1656	+18.8
45	Bardics, Mirko Janos	1597	HUN	−16B	−19N	+66B	=39N	+38B	=54N	−26N	3.0	22.0	22.5	7.25	1477	-28.0
46	Zilian, Tristan Juri	1517	AUT	−26N	=25B	−31N	=51N	+65B	=40B	=48N	3.0	21.0	22.0	7.75	1591	+26.8
47	Zens, Laura	1516	AUT	+62B	−34N	+39B	−19N	−35B	=50N	=53B	3.0	20.5	22.5	8.50	1636	+40.8
48	Horvath, Kornel	1638	HUN	−8N	=49B	−58N	=53N	+64B	=18N	=46B	3.0	20.5	21.5	7.50	1644	-3.2
49	Kiss, Lotti	1547	HUN	−11B	=48N	=54B	+65N	−24N	+62B	−23N	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.00	1630	+30.4
50	Koeppen-Mayer, Adrian	1612	AUT	−4N	+61B	−15N	−59B	+66N	=47B	=51N	3.0	20.5	21.0	5.50	1394	-54.8
51	Knittel-Templ, Richard	1598	AUT	−13N	=60B	−20N	=46B	+68B	=53N	=50B	3.0	20.0	20.0	5.75	1559	-13.2
52	Barbieri, Lorenzo	1580	ITA	−30N	−5B	+56N	−24B	−62B	+68N	+61N	3.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	928	-49.2
53	Qi, Louis Yuxiang	1588	AUT	−7B	=62N	−60N	=48B	+63N	=51B	=47N	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.50	1610	+6.4
54	Lukacs, Levente	1676	HUN	=58N	−28B	=49N	+63B	=59N	=45B	−22N	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.50	1526	-51.6
55	Beghal, Leon	1663	AUT	+66B	−16N	−42B	+69N	=32B	=41N	−18B	3.0	18.0	18.0	3.75	1393	-56.4
56	Zaff, Maximilian	0	AUT	−23B	−29N	−52B	−64N	+69B	+65N	+67B	3.0	13.0	13.0	1.50	1461	0.0
57	Gombosi, Zarja	1485	SLO	=15N	+20B	−13N	+25B	−5N	−14B	−40N	2.5	27.0	30.5	10.25	1616	+39.6
58	Aurich, Marvin	0	AUT	=54B	−21N	+48B	−26N	−39B	−38N	+66N	2.5	21.0	21.5	5.00	1540	0.0
59	Putz, Lukas	1530	AUT	−34B	+65N	−23B	+50N	=54B	−39N	−35B	2.5	20.5	21.5	5.50	1577	+15.2
60	Swoboda, Fabian	1779	AUT	−44B	=51N	+53B	+36N	−17B	−29N	F	2.5	20.0	20.0	8.00	1546	-75.6
61	Putz, Jakob	0	AUT	−6B	−50N	+64B	=62N	−36B	=44N	−52B	2.0	19.5	20.5	3.50	1457	0.0
62	Swoboda, Paul	1701	AUT	−47N	=53B	−22N	=61B	+52N	−49N	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1414	-76.8
63	Kiss, Lena	1606	HUN	−9B	+68N	−33B	−54N	−53B	+69N	−38B	2.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	895	-61.6
64	Tardi, Noah	1530	AUT	−35N	−24B	−61N	+56B	−48N	F	−44B	1.0	18.5	18.5	3.00	863	-51.6
65	Kaloh, Frida	1631	SLO	−1N	−59B	+67N	−49B	−46N	−56B	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.50	1368	-70.0
66	Pavelka, Timo	0	AUT	−55N	−40B	−45N	F	−50B	=67N	−58B	0.5	15.5	15.5	0.25	1227	0.0
67	Boehler, Antoni	1474	POL	−33B	−36N	−65B	−38N	F	=66B	−56N	0.5	15.0	15.0	0.25	850	-32.4
68	FIDE 530002699	0	—	−37N	−63B	F	−40B	−51N	−52B	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	810	0.0
69	FIDE 1689223	0	—	−39B	F	−37N	−55B	−56N	−63B	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	842	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Contala, NoelSLO
+93.2
5.0 pts · #18
2Tschandl, Julius HenryAUT
+86.0
3.5 pts · #23
3Schernthaner, TimAUT
+81.6
4.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Swoboda, PaulAUT
-76.8
2.0 pts · #57
2Swoboda, FabianAUT
-75.6
2.5 pts · #43
3Kaloh, FridaSLO
-70.0
1.0 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R7+298 Elo gap
Wiessner, Elisabeth1763 beat Veladzic, Benjamin2061
R2+297 Elo gap
Gombosi, Zarja1485 beat Brenner, Nico1782
R4+234 Elo gap
Bolla, Zsofia1629 beat Pergel, Bence1863