35th Zemplen Cup - Group B

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Szerencs, Hungary. Top 10 Elo average was 1643, and top seed was Bercel Istvan Bardos (🇭🇺 HUN, 1692).

Balazs Balint Vajdi (🇭🇺 HUN, 1636) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Kristof Szell (5.0) and Bercel Istvan Bardos (5.0). Vajdi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location

🇭🇺Szerencs, Hungary

Dates

14 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇺Bercel Istvan Bardos1692

Avg top 10

1,643

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇭🇺Hungary×22

Top 3

🥇
Balazs Balint Vajdi
🇭🇺HUN·1636
5.0pts·1756perf+32.4
🥈
Kristof Szell
🇭🇺HUN
5.0pts·1729perf0.0
🥉
Bercel Istvan Bardos
🇭🇺HUN·1692
5.0pts·1869perf+42.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Szell5Bardos5Vajdi5Oszi4.5Tar4.5Simon4

R6 · LEADER CHANGE16 Aug

Kristof Szell takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/7. Vajdi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kristof Szell beat Bercel Istvan Bardos (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kristof Szell	*	1	½	½
2Bercel Istvan Bardos	0	*	½	1
3Balazs Balint Vajdi	½	½	*	1
4Csongor Szilveszter Oszi	½	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vajdi, Balazs Balint	1636	HUN	+22N	=2B	=3N	+9B	=5N	=6B	+4B	5.0	27.0	27.5	18.25	1756	+32.4
2	Szell, Kristof	0	HUN	+8B	=1N	+6B	=4N	+7N	+3B	−9B	5.0	26.5	30.5	21.75	1729	0.0
3	Bardos, Bercel Istvan	1692	HUN	=17B	+12N	=1B	+13N	+4B	−2N	+11N	5.0	24.5	27.0	18.25	1869	+42.4
4	Oszi, Csongor Szilveszter	1649	HUN	+20N	+7B	+11N	=2B	−3N	+5B	−1N	4.5	27.0	29.0	16.50	1723	+24.4
5	Tar, Balazs	1529	HUN	=6B	+17N	+19B	=11N	=1B	−4N	+13B	4.5	22.5	24.5	13.75	1695	+56.0
6	Paul, Denes Zalan	1684	HUN	=5N	+10B	−2N	+15B	=11B	=1N	=8B	4.0	26.0	29.0	15.50	1741	+17.6
7	Medvegy, Maria	1622	HUN	+18B	−4N	+12B	+19N	−2B	−9N	+14B	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.00	1623	-0.4
8	Simon, Tibor	1608	HUN	−2N	+22B	=15N	=14B	+10N	=11B	=6N	4.0	22.5	23.0	11.25	1739	+20.8
9	Muhari, Kornel	0	HUN	−13B	+21N	+16B	−1N	F	+7B	+2N	4.0	22.0	23.5	13.50	1591	0.0
10	Zadori, Janos	1611	HUN	−19B	−6N	+18B	+12N	−8B	+17N	+16N	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.50	1500	-8.8
11	Ullik, Zsolt	1660	HUN	+21B	+13N	−4B	=5B	=6N	=8N	−3B	3.5	25.0	26.5	10.75	1609	-19.6
12	Toth, Benjamin	0	HUN	+14N	−3B	−7N	−10B	+21N	=15B	+17B	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.50	1606	0.0
13	Dome, Aladar	1615	HUN	+9N	−11B	+20N	−3B	=14N	=16B	−5N	3.0	23.0	25.0	9.00	1436	-24.0
14	Baranya, Sandor	1596	HUN	−12B	=16N	+17B	=8N	=13B	=18N	−7N	3.0	20.0	22.5	8.75	1608	+1.4
15	Szoboszlai, Laszlo	1649	HUN	+16B	−19N	=8B	−6N	−17B	=12N	+18B	3.0	19.5	21.5	9.25	1352	-22.0
16	Edes, Laszlo Sandor	0	HUN	−15N	=14B	−9N	+22B	+20N	=13N	−10B	3.0	19.0	19.5	5.50	1567	0.0
17	Edes, Gergely Istvan	1584	HUN	=3N	−5B	−14N	+20B	+15N	−10B	−12N	2.5	23.0	25.0	7.50	1530	-18.8
18	Gaspar, Vince	0	HUN	−7N	−20B	−10N	+21N	+22B	=14B	−15N	2.5	17.5	18.0	3.50	1455	0.0
19	Szabo, Martin	0	HUN	+10N	+15B	−5N	−7B	F	F	F	2.0	19.5	19.5	7.00	1604	0.0
20	Porcza, Antal Otto Dr.	1445	HUN	−4B	+18N	−13B	−17N	−16B	+22N	−21B	2.0	17.0	17.5	3.00	1323	-14.4
21	Edes, Daniel Gyorgy	1487	HUN	−11N	−9B	=22N	−18B	−12B	F	+20N	1.5	16.0	16.0	2.25	1529	+6.4
22	Farkas, Matyas	0	HUN	−1B	−8N	=21B	−16N	−18N	−20B	F	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	1222	-46.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tar, BalazsHUN
+56.0
4.5 pts · #8
2Bardos, Bercel IstvanHUN
+42.4
5.0 pts · #4
3Vajdi, Balazs BalintHUN
+32.4
5.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Farkas, MatyasHUN
-46.4
0.5 pts · #21
2Dome, AladarHUN
-24.0
3.0 pts · #17
3Szoboszlai, LaszloHUN
-22.0
3.0 pts · #22