17th Premium Chess Tournament Livia villa - Group B
20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1721, and top seed was Abel Varhegyi (🇭🇺 HUN, 1786).
Daniel Debreczeni (🇭🇺 HUN, 1724) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Istvan Hajdu (5.0) and Miklos Szendeff (5.0). Debreczeni shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Abdulla Musabbeh Alkaabi (1543) beat Bence Peter Szabo (1717), a +174-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 5.0/7. Debreczeni takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).
Miklos Szendeff lost to Daniel Debreczeni (White).
Daniel Debreczeni 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Istvan Hajdu 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miklos Szendeff | * | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2Daniel Debreczeni | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3CMIstvan Hajdu | 1 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Jozsef Tolnai | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debreczeni, Daniel | 1724 | HUN | +11N | +4B | +3N | =2B | =5B | =6N | =7B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 22.25 | 1861 | +52.0 |
| 2 | Hajdu, IstvanCM | 1725 | HUN | +19B | +8N | +9B | =1N | −6B | +3B | =5N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 18.25 | 1869 | +27.4 |
| 3 | Szendeff, Miklos | 1756 | HUN | +18B | +9N | −1B | +17N | +4B | −2N | +6B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 16.00 | 1859 | +19.8 |
| 4 | Varhegyi, Abel | 1786 | HUN | +7B | −1N | +10B | =6N | −3N | +8B | +11N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 17.25 | 1783 | +0.6 |
| 5 | Tolnai, Jozsef | 1719 | HUN | +16B | +7N | =6B | =8B | =1N | =10N | =2B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 17.25 | 1773 | +11.4 |
| 6 | Piskoti, Laszlo | 1740 | HUN | +17N | +20B | =5N | =4B | +2N | =1B | −3N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 14.00 | 1774 | +6.4 |
| 7 | Miko, Biborka | 1649 | HUN | −4N | −5B | +19N | +20B | +8N | +12B | =1N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1754 | +34.8 |
| 8 | Dal Bianco, Nicola | 1767 | ITA | +12N | −2B | +14B | =5N | −7B | −4N | +10B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 11.25 | 1667 | -18.8 |
| 9 | Szabo, Bence Peter | 1717 | HUN | +13N | −3B | −2N | =14B | −11N | +17B | +15N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1611 | -20.0 |
| 10 | Csanyi, Simon | 1584 | HUN | F | +13B | −4N | +11B | +15N | =5B | −8N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 1709 | +40.8 |
| 11 | Abdulla Musabbeh Alkaabi | 1543 | UAE | −1B | =18N | +16B | −10N | +9B | +14N | −4B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 8.75 | 1646 | +18.8 |
| 12 | Marosi, Lajos | 1629 | HUN | −8B | −14N | +18B | +16N | +17B | −7N | F | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1619 | -1.8 |
| 13 | Cser, Matyas | 1512 | HUN | −9B | −10N | =15N | =19B | F | +18N | +16B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1595 | +26.8 |
| 14 | Majzik, Marton Levente | 1576 | HUN | F | +12B | −8N | =9N | +16B | −11B | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 1633 | +7.2 |
| 15 | Agosthazy, Zsombor | 1585 | HUN | F | −16N | =13B | +18N | −10B | +19N | −9B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1526 | -19.6 |
| 16 | Matyas-Martinovics, Zolta | 1513 | HUN | −5N | +15B | −11N | −12B | −14N | +20B | −13N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.50 | 1320 | -52.0 |
| 17 | Papp, Bianka | 1588 | HUN | −6B | F | +20N | −3B | −12N | −9N | +18B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.50 | 1454 | -31.6 |
| 18 | Matyas-Martinovics, Lehel | 1594 | HUN | −3N | =11B | −12N | −15B | +20N | −13B | −17N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.75 | 1200 | -107.2 |
| 19 | Kulman, Alexander | 1551 | AUT | −2N | F | −7B | =13N | F | −15B | +20N | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.50 | 1295 | -23.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 17039134 | 0 | — | F | −6N | −17B | −7N | −18B | −16N | −19B | 0.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Debreczeni, DanielHUN+52.05.0 pts · #2
- 2Csanyi, SimonHUN+40.83.5 pts · #8
- 3Miko, BiborkaHUN+34.84.5 pts · #11
- 1Matyas-Martinovics, LehelHUN-107.21.5 pts · #18
- 2Matyas-Martinovics, ZoltaHUN-52.02.0 pts · #16
- 3Papp, BiankaHUN-31.62.0 pts · #17
- R5+174 Elo gap
- R5+118 Elo gap