Valasska Bystrice Open 2025

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75 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 13 Sept 2025 in Valasska Bystrice, Czech Republic. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2034, and top seed was Huseyin Sertbay (🇹🇷 TUR, 2166).

Huseyin Sertbay (🇹🇷 TUR, 2166) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Milan Babula (7.0) and Bertug Ilgililer (6.5). Sertbay took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Manfred Libal (1481) beat Georgis Vlachopulos (1927), a +446-point gap.

Location

🇨🇿Valasska Bystrice, Czech Republic

Dates

06 Sept 2025 → 13 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷Huseyin Sertbay2166

Avg top 10

2,034

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

FM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇨🇿Czech Republic×62

🇹🇷Turkiye×7

🇸🇰Slovakia×4

🇵🇱Poland×2

Top 3

🥇
Huseyin Sertbay
🇹🇷TUR·2166
7.5pts·2232perf+14.4
🥈
IMMilan Babula
🇨🇿CZE·2100
7.0pts·2163perf+15.2
🥉
Bertug Ilgililer
🇹🇷TUR·1903
6.5pts·2094perf+92.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Huseyin Sertbay led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Sertbay7.5Babula7Ilgililer6.5Zelenka6Lys6Mikyska6

R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Sept

Huseyin Sertbay takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Huseyin Sertbay beat IM Milan Babula (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Huseyin Sertbay 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
1Huseyin Sertbay	*	1	—	½
2IMMilan Babula	0	*	1	1
3Bertug Ilgililer	—	0	*	—
4Milan Zelenka	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sertbay, Huseyin	2166	TUR	+62B	+20N	+9B	=4N	+7B	+12N	+2B	=8B	=5N	7.5	48.0	51.0	42.00	2232	+14.4
2	Babula, MilanIM	2100	CZE	+41N	=30B	+32N	=6B	+4B	+3N	−1N	+11B	+8N	7.0	47.0	51.0	38.25	2163	+15.2
3	Ilgililer, Bertug	1903	TUR	+39N	+34B	=10N	=11B	+17N	−2B	+12B	=4N	+7B	6.5	46.5	51.0	35.00	2094	+92.8
4	Taus, Martin	2026	CZE	+49B	+24N	+37B	=1B	−2N	=9N	+5B	=3B	=14N	6.0	48.5	52.0	32.00	2052	+8.0
5	Zavodny, Jaroslav	1953	CZE	+35N	+16B	=25N	=10B	=6N	+28B	−4N	+15B	=1B	6.0	46.5	51.0	32.75	1982	+8.4
6	Moczala, Maja	1804	POL	+46B	+8N	=14B	=2N	=5B	=22N	=9B	=24N	+19N	6.0	46.0	50.0	32.50	2039	+111.6
7	Lys, JosefFM	2054	CZE	+44N	+23B	+21N	+17B	−1N	+11B	−8N	+19B	−3N	6.0	46.0	50.0	30.00	2043	-0.4
8	Zelenka, Milan	1994	CZE	+28N	−6B	=41N	+51B	+29N	+16B	+7B	=1N	−2B	6.0	45.5	49.0	30.25	1985	+1.4
9	Listiak, Juraj	1927	SVK	+51N	+29B	−1N	+15B	=18N	=4B	=6N	=27B	+23N	6.0	44.5	48.0	29.50	1988	+14.8
10	Bosak, Jan	2055	CZE	+33B	+31N	=3B	=5N	=20B	=19N	+21B	−13N	+27B	6.0	43.0	47.5	30.25	2013	-8.8
11	Zadrapa, Jakub	2002	CZE	+56B	=18N	+50B	=3N	+24B	−7N	+23B	−2N	+26B	6.0	43.0	46.5	27.75	1953	-6.6
12	Miklas, Marian	1956	SVK	+47N	+15B	−17N	+42B	+23N	−1B	−3N	+45B	+21N	6.0	42.5	46.5	27.50	1979	+6.0
13	Mikyska, Kamil	1956	CZE	+61B	−17N	+62B	=18N	+37B	=20N	+24B	+10B	F	6.0	36.5	36.5	26.50	1995	+8.4
14	Mohapl, Petr	2024	CZE	+58N	+42B	=6N	+25B	F	+18B	F	+22N	=4B	6.0	34.5	34.5	28.50	2142	+16.8
15	Gajda, Rostislav	1776	CZE	+60B	−12N	+36B	−9N	+50B	=27B	+55N	−5N	+29B	5.5	39.0	42.0	21.50	1838	+16.8
16	Prihoda, Josef	1768	CZE	+63B	−5N	=26B	+49N	+41B	−8N	−22B	+54N	+31B	5.5	37.5	40.5	21.00	1846	+38.0
17	Bouchalova, Kveta	1754	CZE	+71N	+13B	+12B	−7N	−3B	−21N	+28N	−23B	+42N	5.0	43.5	45.0	22.50	1897	+66.8
18	Irfanoglu, Tamay	1775	TUR	+43N	=11B	+30N	=13B	=9B	−14N	=26B	=33N	=22B	5.0	43.0	47.0	24.75	1889	+47.2
19	Musil, Vitezslav	1939	CZE	+57B	−25N	+33B	=31N	+26B	=10B	+20N	−7N	−6B	5.0	42.0	45.5	23.25	1865	-16.0
20	Briza, Jiri	1857	CZE	+59N	−1B	+52N	+34B	=10N	=13B	−19B	−26N	+35B	5.0	42.0	45.0	21.50	1874	+3.4
21	Brousek, Jiri	1908	CZE	+26B	+75N	−7B	−24N	+56B	+17B	−10N	+25N	−12B	5.0	41.5	41.5	18.50	1840	-13.8
22	Peterka, Josef	1918	CZE	−52N	+39B	+35N	=29B	=25N	=6B	+16N	−14B	=18N	5.0	41.0	44.5	24.75	1805	-26.0
23	Fiser, Jiri	1870	CZE	+65B	−7N	+56B	+50N	−12B	+25B	−11N	+17N	−9B	5.0	41.0	44.0	20.00	1853	-2.0
24	Kominek, Martin	1788	CZE	+66N	−4B	+71N	+21B	−11N	+34B	−13N	=6B	=28N	5.0	41.0	42.5	19.00	1843	+13.0
25	Urban, Vojtech Gabriel	1744	CZE	+68N	+19B	=5B	−14N	=22B	−23N	+49N	−21B	+45N	5.0	39.5	41.5	20.00	1884	+33.0
26	Gunes, Eylul	1662	TUR	−21N	+74B	=16N	+48B	−19N	+42B	=18N	+20B	−11N	5.0	39.5	40.0	18.75	1858	+39.0
27	Vlachopulos, Georgis	1927	CZE	+36B	−50N	=49B	=37N	+33B	=15N	+29B	=9N	−10N	5.0	39.0	42.5	23.25	1811	-25.0
28	Lizuch, Lukas	1692	CZE	−8B	=60N	+53B	+45N	+31B	−5N	−17B	+43N	=24B	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.00	1786	+37.2
29	Sazlik, Mucahit	1745	TUR	+69B	−9N	+46B	=22N	−8B	+32B	−27N	+55B	−15N	4.5	39.5	41.5	16.50	1796	+12.0
30	Pys, Zbynek	1892	CZE	+53B	=2N	−18B	−41N	+36B	+38N	−37B	−35N	+44B	4.5	38.0	41.5	20.00	1754	-32.0
31	Foukal, Jiri	1811	CZE	+55N	−10B	+43N	=19B	−28N	+41B	F	+34B	−16N	4.5	37.5	37.5	18.50	1789	-4.6
32	Kopecky, Matej	1963	CZE	+38B	−37N	−2B	=36N	+53B	−29N	=43N	=51B	+52N	4.5	36.0	39.5	17.50	1745	-83.2
33	Sysr, Pavel	1734	CZE	−10N	+59B	−19N	+43B	−27N	+52B	+51N	=18B	F	4.5	35.0	35.0	16.50	1807	+12.0
34	Smutek, Vladimir	1743	CZE	+72B	−3N	+75B	−20N	+40B	−24N	=35B	−31N	+54B	4.5	35.0	35.0	11.75	1698	-9.2
35	Vlachopulos, Elefteris	1677	CZE	−5B	+69N	−22B	=68N	=60B	+50N	=34N	+30B	−20N	4.5	33.5	35.5	14.75	1709	+6.6
36	Hutyra, Tomas	1666	CZE	−27N	+68B	−15N	=32B	−30N	=47B	+69B	=49N	+57B	4.5	32.5	34.5	13.50	1732	+14.6
37	Hlavacek, Pavel	1763	CZE	+67N	+32B	−4N	=27B	−13N	+44B	+30N	F	F	4.5	32.5	32.5	18.00	1957	+57.4
38	Parak, Frantisek	1691	CZE	−32N	−43B	=66N	+75B	+54N	−30B	=62N	=40N	+53B	4.5	30.0	30.0	12.00	1757	+11.2
39	Stodola, Zdenek	1658	CZE	−3B	−22N	=69B	=63N	−59B	=53N	+74B	+67N	+49B	4.5	29.0	29.5	10.75	1620	-10.0
40	Susen, Jaroslav	1877	CZE	+73N	F	F	+52B	−34N	−55B	+65N	=38B	+51N	4.5	24.0	24.0	13.75	1769	-17.0
41	Sochorova, Valentyna	1734	CZE	−2B	+65N	=8B	+30B	−16N	−31N	+66B	−44N	=43B	4.0	38.5	41.0	15.00	1772	+10.0
42	Pagac, Jaroslav	1856	CZE	+54B	−14N	+61B	−12N	=46B	−26N	=44B	+59N	−17B	4.0	36.5	39.5	13.50	1691	-37.8
43	Macku, Lukas	0	CZE	−18B	+38N	−31B	−33N	+70B	+57N	=32B	−28B	=41N	4.0	35.5	37.5	14.25	1707	0.0
44	Bartosek, Ivan	1726	CZE	−7B	−54N	+59B	+65N	=45B	−37N	=42N	+41B	−30N	4.0	33.5	36.5	14.00	1728	-0.6
45	Hurta, Karel	1771	CZE	F	+52B	=72N	−28B	=44N	+65N	+56B	−12N	−25B	4.0	31.5	31.5	12.75	1695	-15.2
46	Pistek, Zdenek	1585	CZE	−6N	+58B	−29N	+47B	=42N	F	F	+64B	=48N	4.0	29.0	29.0	14.50	1769	+68.0
47	Kolibik, Jan	1686	SVK	−12B	=63N	=64B	−46N	=68B	=36N	−59B	+69N	+61B	4.0	28.5	30.5	11.25	1563	-29.2
48	Smutek, Jiri	1755	CZE	−50B	=53N	+60B	−26N	F	−54B	+71N	+66N	=46B	4.0	26.5	26.5	10.75	1579	-36.4
49	Horyna, Josef	1716	CZE	−4N	+55B	=27N	−16B	=51N	+59N	−25B	=36B	−39N	3.5	37.5	40.5	13.00	1661	-15.2
50	Libal, Manfred	1481	CZE	+48N	+27B	−11N	−23B	−15N	−35B	=70N	−57N	+66B	3.5	36.0	38.0	12.50	1675	+67.6
51	Rychtecky, Pavel	1676	CZE	−9B	=64N	+63B	−8N	=49B	+68N	−33B	=32N	−40B	3.5	35.0	37.0	10.50	1662	-6.4
52	Machac, Petr	1664	CZE	+22B	−45N	−20B	−40N	+63B	−33N	+68B	=56N	−32B	3.5	34.0	36.0	11.75	1676	+0.6
53	Divis, Jan	1658	CZE	−30N	=48B	−28N	+67B	−32N	=39B	=64N	+72B	−38N	3.5	32.5	34.0	9.75	1592	-17.2
54	Gavenda, Jakub	1597	CZE	−42N	+44B	F	=62N	−38B	+48N	+61B	−16B	−34N	3.5	32.5	32.5	12.50	1703	+42.8
55	Fegan, Buse	1597	TUR	−31B	−49N	=58N	+69B	+61B	+40N	−15B	−29N	F	3.5	32.0	34.0	11.25	1682	+35.6
56	Nespor, Ivan	1703	CZE	−11N	+66B	−23N	+71B	−21N	+64B	−45N	=52B	F	3.5	30.5	30.5	8.75	1677	-7.2
57	Nisztuk, Michal	1675	POL	−19N	−71B	=67N	+66B	=64N	−43B	=60N	+50B	−36N	3.5	28.0	29.5	10.25	1546	-28.6
58	Oktavec, Ivan	1705	SVK	−14B	−46N	=55B	−60N	+71N	−66B	−72N	+75B	+59B	3.5	25.0	25.0	6.25	1467	-51.0
59	Bambusek, Vladislav	1616	CZE	−20B	−33N	−44N	+73B	+39N	−49B	+47N	−42B	−58N	3.0	33.0	34.5	10.00	1608	-2.4
60	Holis, Matyas	1562	CZE	−15N	=28B	−48N	+58B	=35N	−62B	=57B	=61N	−65B	3.0	32.0	35.0	11.50	1581	+9.2
61	Hromadka, Jaromir	1684	CZE	−13N	+67B	−42N	=64B	−55N	+72B	−54N	=60B	−47N	3.0	29.5	31.0	7.00	1502	-43.6
62	Mocek, Tadeas	1740	CZE	−1N	+73B	−13N	=54B	F	+60N	=38B	F	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	8.50	1767	+1.8
63	Fuksa, Josef	1512	CZE	−16N	=47B	−51N	=39B	−52N	−67N	=73B	+71B	=64N	3.0	28.0	29.5	8.00	1495	-4.4
64	Peska, Radek	1481	CZE	F	=51B	=47N	=61N	=57B	−56N	=53B	−46N	=63B	3.0	28.0	28.0	10.25	1560	+14.2
65	Rezny, Frantisek	1654	CZE	−23N	−41B	+74N	−44B	+75N	−45B	−40B	F	+60N	3.0	27.0	27.0	3.50	1484	-24.2
66	Nikitenko, Nikita	1575	CZE	−24B	−56N	=38B	−57N	+67B	+58N	−41N	−48B	−50N	2.5	31.5	34.0	8.25	1506	-32.0
67	Hakligil, Aziz	1500	TUR	−37B	−61N	=57B	−53N	−66N	+63B	+75N	−39B	F	2.5	26.0	26.0	4.75	1416	-26.8
68	Galia, Simon	1472	CZE	−25B	−36N	+73N	=35B	=47N	−51B	−52N	F	F	2.0	29.5	29.5	5.75	1523	+14.4
69	Klimes, Martin	1483	CZE	−29N	−35B	=39N	−55N	=73B	+75B	−36N	−47B	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	3.00	1359	-33.2
70	Peskova, Sara	1680	CZE	F	F	F	+74B	−43N	=73N	=50B	F	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1577	-10.8
71	Milfort, Vaclav	1495	CZE	−17B	+57N	−24B	−56N	−58B	=74N	−48B	−63N	F	1.5	28.0	28.0	3.75	1390	-14.2
72	Tarielashvili, Kira	1419	CZE	−34N	F	=45B	F	F	−61N	+58B	−53N	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	5.50	1563	+28.8
73	Hovad, Vaclav	1655	CZE	−40B	−62N	−68B	−59N	=69N	=70B	=63N	F	F	1.5	19.5	19.5	3.50	1396	-45.6
74	Pernicky, Roman	0	CZE	F	−26N	−65B	−70N	F	=71B	−39N	F	F	0.5	16.0	16.0	0.75	1264	0.0
75	Mattivi, Jaroslav	0	CZE	F	−21B	−34N	−38N	−65B	−69N	−67B	−58N	F	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	869	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Moczala, MajaPOL
+111.6
6.0 pts · #7
2Ilgililer, BertugTUR
+92.8
6.5 pts · #3
3Pistek, ZdenekCZE
+68.0
4.0 pts · #41

Top rating losers

1Kopecky, MatejCZE
-83.2
4.5 pts · #39
2Oktavec, IvanSVK
-51.0
3.5 pts · #64
3Hovad, VaclavCZE
-45.6
1.5 pts · #68

Biggest upsets

R2+446 Elo gap
Libal, Manfred1481 beat Vlachopulos, Georgis1927
R7+286 Elo gap
Tarielashvili, Kira1419 beat Oktavec, Ivan1705
R6+280 Elo gap
Fegan, Buse1597 beat Susen, Jaroslav1877