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17th Chess Carnival - Group A

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 19 Aug 2025 in Debrecen, Hungary. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2139, and top seed was Gyula Mester (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2307).

Jozsef Istvan Gal (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2234) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Jozsef Matyas Herpai (5.5) and Tibor Leviczky (5.0). Gal took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jozsef Matyas Herpai (CM, 2117) beat Gyula Mester (FM, 2307), a +190-point gap.

Location
🇭🇺Debrecen, Hungary
Dates
15 Aug 2025 → 19 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺FMGyula Mester2307
Avg top 10
2,139
Participants
24
Titled players · 6
FM×3
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×20
🇬🇧England×1
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Gal takes lead
Gal5.5Herpai5.5Leviczky5Tran5Debreceni4.5Bodnar4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE18 Aug

FM Jozsef Istvan Gal takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Gal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Jozsef Istvan Gal beat CM Jozsef Matyas Herpai (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJozsef Istvan Gal*
1
½
½
2CMJozsef Matyas Herpai
0
*
½
1
3FMTibor Leviczky
½
½
*—
4David Tran
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gal, Jozsef IstvanFM2234HUN+10N+8B=3N+7B+2B=5N=4N5.528.532.024.752319+14.4
2Herpai, Jozsef MatyasCM2117HUN+21N+18B+4N+11B−1N=3B+5B5.526.028.020.002356+84.4
3Leviczky, TiborFM2264HUN+14B+15N=1B=5N+9B=2N=8B5.026.529.519.752203-3.8
4Tran, David2202HUN=6B+16N−2B+19N+14B+11N=1B5.025.027.517.002214+10.8
5Bodnar, Mate2022HUN+24N=11N+12B=3B+10N=1B−2N4.526.527.014.502224+37.2
6Lee, Hyuk1938KOR=4N+9B−7N−8B+12B+19N+10B4.524.527.016.002145+39.4
7Debreceni, Mate2094HUN−18B+21N+6B−1N+15B=10N+14N4.522.024.014.2520890.0
8Eedle, Eric F1980ENG+23B−1N=14B+6N−11N+16B=3N4.024.525.512.502111+22.2
9Vajda, Albert Sr.2019HUN=16B−6N+13B+18N−3N=14B+17N4.022.024.512.002012-1.6
10Bekesi, Aron1942HUN−1B+23N+15B+12N−5B=7B−6N3.525.526.59.752031+31.6
11Mester, GyulaFM2307HUN+19N=5B+22N−2N+8B−4BF3.523.023.010.252090-14.0
12Nandin-Erdene, DavaademberelWFM2093HUN+13N=22B−5N−10B−6N+21B+20N3.520.522.08.751955-51.2
13Karman, Gergely1912HUN−12B=20B−9N−15N+23B+24N+19B3.516.517.05.251980+25.6
14Biro, BeataWFM1956HUN−3N+17B=8N+20B−4N=9N−7B3.025.528.09.502017+18.0
15Kanyadi, Zoltan1983HUN+17N−3B−10N+13B−7N=20B=16N3.022.525.09.251949-7.8
16Borbely, Zsombor1871HUN=9N−4B−20N+24B+21B−8N=15B3.020.521.06.001957+14.2
17Aung Phone Maw1870MYA−15B−14N+21B+22N−19B+18N−9B3.017.018.56.001905+6.2
18Bodrogi, Laszlo1921HUN+7N−2N=19B−9B=20N−17B=23N2.522.023.07.501893-6.4
19Major, Robert1972HUN−11B+24N=18N−4B+17N−6B−13N2.522.022.54.751904-15.6
20Vadkerti, Vince2040HUN−22B=13N+16B−14N=18B=15N−12B2.518.520.07.501846-74.0
21Benyei, Antal1931HUN−2B−7B−17N+23B−16N−12N+24B2.020.521.01.501813-22.8
22Yagiz, Bora1903TUR+20N=12N−11B−17BFFF1.512.512.54.251989+6.0
23Barna, Peter1856HUN−8N−10B=24B−21N−13NF=18B1.016.016.01.501657-55.6
24Fekete, Janos1895HUN−5B−19B=23N−16NF−13B−21N0.516.516.50.501526-44.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets