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Lake Queen Summer Youth Chess Festival - U12

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19 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 09 Sept 2025 in Struga, North Macedonia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1508, and top seed was Ilijana Veleva (🇲🇰 MKD, 1648).

Marko Mladenovikj Kmetovikj (🇲🇰 MKD, 1478) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Jon Fejzullahu (5.0) and Damjan Lazevski (4.5). Mladenovikj Kmetovikj shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Marko Mladenovikj Kmetovikj (1478) beat Ilijana Veleva (1648), a +170-point gap.

Location
🇲🇰Struga, North Macedonia
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 09 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇰Ilijana Veleva1648
Avg top 10
1,508
Participants
19
Federations · 2 represented
🇲🇰North Macedonia×11
🇦🇱Albania×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
2
3
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Mladenovikj Kmetovikj takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Marko Mladenovikj Kmetovikj 3 wins (R1–R3)Jon Fejzullahu 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko1478MKD+15B+8N+6N=5B=3N+4B5.019.020.516.501795+80.4
2Fejzullahu, Jon1467MKD+17N5B+12N+14B+7N+6B5.014.515.512.001568+10.8
3Lazevski, Damjan1460MKD+7B4N+15B+9N=1B+5B4.519.521.014.501659+42.4
4Veleva, Ilijana1648MKD=12N+3B+8N=6B+5N1N4.020.022.514.501669+5.6
5Stojanovikj, Marko1608MKD+16B+2N+9B=1N4B3N3.522.023.512.501514-26.0
6Divanisov, Matej1521MKD+13B+11N1B=4N+12B2N3.519.521.59.501423-23.2
7Runtevski, Marko0MKD3N+10B+19N+13B2B=8N3.518.018.06.7512130.0
8Guri, Juan1529ALB+19N1B4B+17N+10N=7B3.516.516.55.75764-36.4
9Dukni, Noel1508ALB+10N+14B5N3B+13N=11B3.516.017.58.001232-42.0
10Panov, Kristijan0MKD9B7N+16B+18N8B+13B3.014.015.04.507220.0
11Hoxha, Fiona1444ALB+18N6B=14N12B+17B=9N3.012.013.04.501326-11.6
12Burns, Kayla1420MKD=4B+16N2B+11N6NF2.517.018.56.5014340.0
13FIDE 1502127006N+17B+18B7N9B10N2.014.515.52.007190.0
14Shahu, Dejon0ALBF9N=11B2N+15BF1.515.515.53.0012030.0
15Peroski, Ivan0MKD1N+19B3N=16B14NF1.512.512.50.756690.0
16Agic, Onur0MKD5N12B10N=15NF+18B1.511.511.51.758120.0
17FIDE 1502129702B13NF8B11N+19N1.013.513.50.006810.0
18FIDE 15021262011BF13N10B+19B16N1.09.59.50.006440.0
19FIDE 2210636708B15N7BF18N17B0.010.510.50.007290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets