Mezinarodni sachovy festival Plzen 2025 - open

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Plzen, Czech Republic. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2072, and top seed was Marek Janous (🇨🇿 CZE, FM, 2246).

Vit Vilimek (🇨🇿 CZE, FM, 2159) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Marek Janous (7.0) and Marek Pokrupa (6.5). Vilimek won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Artur Humeniuk (1503) beat Cenek Syrovatka (1853), a +350-point gap.

Location

🇨🇿Plzen, Czech Republic

Dates

24 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇿FMMarek Janous2246

Avg top 10

2,072

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇿Czech Republic×33

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
FMVit Vilimek
🇨🇿CZE·2159
7.5pts·2309perf+50.7
🥈
FMMarek Janous
🇨🇿CZE·2246
7.0pts·2208perf-5.2
🥉
Marek Pokrupa
🇨🇿CZE·2131
6.5pts·2167perf+14.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Vit Vilimek led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Vilimek7.5Janous7Pokrupa6.5Mametev6.5Haba5.5Skoda5.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Vit Vilimek held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vit Vilimek drew with FM Marek Janous (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Vit Vilimek 6 wins (R1–R6)Marek Pokrupa 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMVit Vilimek	*	½	1	1
2FMMarek Janous	½	*	1	½
3Marek Pokrupa	0	0	*	½
4Artem Mametev	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vilimek, VitFM	2159	CZE	+21B	+12N	+5B	+3N	+8B	+4N	=2B	=10N	=7B	7.5	46.5	50.5	41.75	2309	+50.7
2	Janous, MarekFM	2246	CZE	=20N	+13B	+7N	=4B	=5N	+3B	=1N	+6B	+11N	7.0	47.0	51.0	39.25	2208	-5.2
3	Pokrupa, Marek	2131	CZE	+19B	+11N	+6B	−1B	+17N	−2N	=4B	+8N	+5B	6.5	47.0	51.0	33.25	2167	+14.0
4	Mametev, Artem	2149	CZE	+22N	=29B	+16N	=2N	+6B	−1B	=3N	+5B	+10B	6.5	45.5	48.5	32.75	2154	+14.4
5	Tegda, Vojtech	2086	CZE	+30B	+9N	−1N	+28B	=2B	+10N	+19B	−4N	−3N	5.5	45.0	48.0	24.00	2028	-9.6
6	Skoda, Jiri	1882	CZE	+25N	+28B	−3N	+26B	−4N	+7B	=8B	−2N	+18B	5.5	42.5	45.5	22.75	2037	+35.8
7	Seterle, Matej	1951	CZE	+33B	+32N	−2B	=12N	+9B	−6N	=18B	+19N	=1N	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.50	1944	-0.4
8	Haba, ZdenekFM	2113	CZE	+23N	=16B	+29N	=10B	−1N	+20B	=6N	−3B	+17N	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.00	1984	-22.6
9	Hodl, Vojtech	1744	CZE	+34N	−5B	=24N	+29B	−7N	+26B	−11N	+20B	+16N	5.5	34.5	35.5	17.75	1849	+22.0
10	Palek, Miroslav	2037	GER	F	+30N	+19B	=8N	+12B	−5B	+22N	=1B	−4N	5.0	41.0	41.0	22.50	2026	+2.0
11	Macho, Michal	1763	CZE	+31N	−3B	F	=15N	+23B	+14N	+9B	=18N	−2B	5.0	40.5	43.5	22.25	1924	+52.8
12	Krivka, Jan	1853	CZE	+24N	−1B	+22N	=7B	−10N	=16B	+28N	=17B	=26B	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.50	1868	+8.0
13	Humeniuk, Artur	1503	UKR	=14B	−2N	+15B	−19N	=21B	+33N	−16N	+29B	+30B	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.00	1783	+123.2
14	Krivka, Lukas	1798	CZE	=13N	=17B	=23N	=24B	+28N	−11B	=20N	=16B	+19N	5.0	34.5	37.5	19.75	1732	-29.6
15	Jezek, Jiri	1619	CZE	=17N	=20B	−13N	=11B	=29N	=27B	=25N	+31B	+21B	5.0	32.5	35.5	18.75	1700	+32.8
16	Strazhnyk, Viktoriia	1748	CZE	+35B	=8N	−4B	+23N	−18B	=12N	+13B	=14N	−9B	4.5	41.0	42.0	17.75	1809	+19.6
17	Jezek, Jakub	1878	CZE	=15B	=14N	+32B	+18N	−3B	−19N	+21B	=12N	−8B	4.5	39.5	42.5	19.00	1817	-28.8
18	Krivka, Matej	1969	CZE	−28N	+25B	+20N	−17B	+16N	=22B	=7N	=11B	−6N	4.5	36.5	39.5	19.25	1772	-86.0
19	Ugrenovich, Jaroslav	1696	CZE	−3N	+31B	−10N	+13B	+26N	+17B	−5N	−7B	−14B	4.0	40.5	43.5	16.00	1803	+30.0
20	Vanik, Jakub	1743	CZE	=2B	=15N	−18B	+32N	+33B	−8N	=14B	−9N	=23B	4.0	39.5	42.0	16.00	1756	-6.8
21	Stepanek, Vit	1707	CZE	−1N	−24B	=25N	+27B	=13N	+35B	−17N	+22B	−15N	4.0	36.5	37.5	12.75	1601	-26.0
22	Tykalova, Barbora	1705	CZE	−4B	+27N	−12B	+34N	+24B	=18N	−10B	−21N	=28N	4.0	35.0	36.0	11.75	1709	-8.4
23	Soutner, Jaroslav	1695	CZE	−8B	+35N	=14B	−16B	−11N	−30N	+34B	+25B	=20N	4.0	31.5	32.5	10.00	1623	-16.2
24	Strazhnyk, Yevhen	1541	CZE	−12B	+21N	=9B	=14N	−22N	=29B	=27N	=28B	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	14.00	1684	+52.8
25	Mastny, Leonard	1641	CZE	−6B	−18N	=21B	=30N	−31B	+34N	=15B	−23N	+35N	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.00	1567	-25.2
26	Brotanek, Tomas	1770	CZE	−32B	+33N	+34B	−6N	−19B	−9N	F	+27B	=12N	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.50	1668	-17.0
27	Ugrenovich, George	1513	CZE	−29N	−22B	+30B	−21N	+34B	=15N	=24B	−26N	=33N	3.5	28.5	29.5	9.50	1552	+12.4
28	Kesner, Jakub	1647	CZE	+18B	−6N	F	−5N	−14B	+31N	−12B	=24N	=22B	3.0	38.0	41.0	11.25	1669	-0.4
29	Syrovatka, Cenek	1853	CZE	+27B	=4N	−8B	−9N	=15B	=24N	=30B	−13N	−31N	3.0	37.5	40.5	12.50	1647	-84.8
30	Zelenka, Tomas	1686	CZE	−5N	−10B	−27N	=25B	F	+23B	=29N	+32B	−13N	3.0	32.5	32.5	10.25	1603	-39.6
31	Skrypachov, Lev	0	CZE	−11B	−19N	−33B	F	+25N	−28B	+35N	−15N	+29B	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	1539	0.0
32	Tykalova, Eva	0	CZE	+26N	−7B	−17N	−20B	−35N	F	+33B	−30N	+34B	3.0	25.0	25.0	7.00	1657	0.0
33	Krivka, Jakub	1642	CZE	−7N	−26B	+31N	+35B	−20N	−13B	−32N	F	=27B	2.5	28.5	28.5	5.75	1330	-72.4
34	Trckova, Ema	0	CZE	−9B	F	−26N	−22B	−27N	−25B	−23N	+35B	−32N	1.0	28.0	28.0	1.00	878	0.0
35	Bezdek, Jindrich	0	CZE	−16N	−23B	F	−33N	+32B	−21N	−31B	−34N	−25B	1.0	25.5	25.5	3.00	889	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Humeniuk, ArturUKR
+123.2
5.0 pts · #11
2Macho, MichalCZE
+52.8
5.0 pts · #15
3Strazhnyk, YevhenCZE
+52.8
3.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Krivka, MatejCZE
-86.0
4.5 pts · #13
2Syrovatka, CenekCZE
-84.8
3.0 pts · #24
3Krivka, JakubCZE
-72.4
2.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R8+350 Elo gap
Humeniuk, Artur1503 beat Syrovatka, Cenek1853
R1+322 Elo gap
Kesner, Jakub1647 beat Krivka, Matej1969
R9+183 Elo gap
Humeniuk, Artur1503 beat Zelenka, Tomas1686