Kralovsky Gambit 2025
28 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Obecny urad Topolcianky, Slovakia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Patrik Pinter (🇸🇰 SVK, 2140).
Kyrylo Nesterenko (🇺🇦 UKR, CM, 2051) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Leo Liska (4.5) and Patrik Pinter (4.5). Nesterenko won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Peter Glod (1541) beat Attila Vanya (1855), a +314-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCM Kyrylo Nesterenko led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
CM Kyrylo Nesterenko never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
CM Kyrylo Nesterenko beat Patrik Pinter (Black).
CM Kyrylo Nesterenko 6 wins (R1–R6)Patrik Pinter 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMKyrylo Nesterenko | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Patrik Pinter | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Robert Sabik | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Leo Liska | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nesterenko, KyryloCM | 2051 | UKR | +6B | +12N | +2B | +3N | +4B | +8N | 6.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 24.00 | 2649 | +64.8 |
| 2 | Liska, Leo | 1755 | SVK | +5N | +22B | −1N | +13B | +9N | =3N | 4.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 14.75 | 1972 | +52.4 |
| 3 | Pinter, Patrik | 2140 | SVK | +13N | +24B | +9N | −1B | +11N | =2B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 13.75 | 2005 | -13.0 |
| 4 | Sabik, Robert | 1961 | SVK | +26N | =14B | +21N | +8B | −1N | +11B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 11.50 | 1970 | +4.2 |
| 5 | Nezbeda, Martin | 0 | CZE | −2B | +15N | +6B | +21B | −8N | +12N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 12.00 | 1779 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Laurincova, Timea | 1620 | SVK | −1N | +27B | −5N | +23B | +21N | +19B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.50 | 1918 | +43.2 |
| 7 | Vanya, Attila | 1855 | SVK | −22N | −8B | +27N | +26B | +13N | +14B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 1721 | -14.8 |
| 8 | Kasparek, Ondrej | 1876 | CZE | =16B | +7N | +10B | −4N | +5B | −1B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 13.00 | 1788 | -8.8 |
| 9 | Hlavacek, Pavel | 1763 | CZE | +17B | +19N | −3B | +18N | −2B | =10N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 10.25 | 1745 | -4.3 |
| 10 | Foldesi, Marek | 1524 | SVK | +15B | =16N | −8N | =19B | +25N | =9B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1722 | +48.0 |
| 11 | Minar, Simon | 1817 | SVK | −18B | +20N | +16B | +14N | −3B | −4N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 8.50 | 1691 | -34.0 |
| 12 | Foldesi, Jan | 1705 | SVK | +27N | −1B | =14N | =22B | +18N | −5B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.50 | 1689 | -7.2 |
| 13 | Hloska, Alexander | 1622 | SVK | −3B | +28N | +17B | −2N | −7B | +23N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1595 | -10.0 |
| 14 | Finna, Andrej | 1623 | SVK | +23B | =4N | =12B | −11B | +22N | −7N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1705 | +17.2 |
| 15 | Barta, Dominik | 1765 | SVK | −10N | −5B | +23B | =16N | +20B | =17N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 1405 | -55.2 |
| 16 | Kroslakova, Michaela | 1549 | SVK | =8N | =10B | −11N | =15B | =26N | +22B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1684 | +37.6 |
| 17 | Horvath, Simon | 1516 | SVK | −9N | +25B | −13N | +24B | =19N | =15B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1619 | +24.8 |
| 18 | Havetta, Slavomir | 1529 | SVK | +11N | −21B | +24N | −9B | −12B | +25N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1658 | +28.4 |
| 19 | Gonda, Jan | 1646 | SVK | +25N | −9B | =22N | =10N | =17B | −6N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1443 | -27.8 |
| 20 | Siklienka, Adam | 0 | SVK | −21N | −11B | =25N | +27B | −15N | +28B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 964 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Zeman, Simon | 1709 | SVK | +20B | +18N | −4B | −5N | −6B | F | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1582 | -21.2 |
| 22 | Glod, Peter | 1541 | SVK | +7B | −2N | =19B | =12N | −14B | −16N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 6.75 | 1566 | +5.6 |
| 23 | Soukup, Jan | 0 | CZE | −14N | +26B | −15N | −6N | +24B | −13B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 3.50 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Droppa, Kristian | 1652 | SVK | +28B | −3N | −18B | −17N | −23N | +27B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 902 | -28.2 |
| 25 | Panik, Filip | 0 | SVK | −19B | −17N | =20B | +28N | −10B | −18B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.25 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ragas, Tomas | 1582 | SVK | −4B | −23N | +28B | −7N | =16B | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 1517 | -12.0 |
| 27 | Glod, Lukas | 0 | SVK | −12B | −6N | −7B | −20N | +28B | −24N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 909 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Grecner, Samuel | 0 | SVK | −24N | −13B | −26N | −25B | −27N | −20N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 819 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nesterenko, KyryloCMUKR+64.86.0 pts · #1
- 2Liska, LeoSVK+52.44.5 pts · #6
- 3Foldesi, MarekSVK+48.03.5 pts · #10
- 1Barta, DominikSVK-55.23.0 pts · #21
- 2Minar, SimonSVK-34.03.0 pts · #16
- 3Droppa, KristianSVK-28.22.0 pts · #24
- R1+314 Elo gap
- R1+288 Elo gap
- R1+241 Elo gap