Lake Queen Summer Youth Chess Festival - U12
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight 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.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Mladenovikj Kmetovikj takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
Marko Mladenovikj Kmetovikj 3 wins (R1–R3)Jon Fejzullahu 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marko Mladenovikj Kmetovikj | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Jon Fejzullahu | — | * | — | — |
| 3Damjan Lazevski | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Ilijana Veleva | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko | 1478 | MKD | +15B | +8N | +6N | =5B | =3N | +4B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 16.50 | 1795 | +80.4 |
| 2 | Fejzullahu, Jon | 1467 | MKD | +17N | −5B | +12N | +14B | +7N | +6B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 12.00 | 1568 | +10.8 |
| 3 | Lazevski, Damjan | 1460 | MKD | +7B | −4N | +15B | +9N | =1B | +5B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 14.50 | 1659 | +42.4 |
| 4 | Veleva, Ilijana | 1648 | MKD | =12N | +3B | +8N | =6B | +5N | −1N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 14.50 | 1669 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Stojanovikj, Marko | 1608 | MKD | +16B | +2N | +9B | =1N | −4B | −3N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 12.50 | 1514 | -26.0 |
| 6 | Divanisov, Matej | 1521 | MKD | +13B | +11N | −1B | =4N | +12B | −2N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1423 | -23.2 |
| 7 | Runtevski, Marko | 0 | MKD | −3N | +10B | +19N | +13B | −2B | =8N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.75 | 1213 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Guri, Juan | 1529 | ALB | +19N | −1B | −4B | +17N | +10N | =7B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.75 | 764 | -36.4 |
| 9 | Dukni, Noel | 1508 | ALB | +10N | +14B | −5N | −3B | +13N | =11B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 8.00 | 1232 | -42.0 |
| 10 | Panov, Kristijan | 0 | MKD | −9B | −7N | +16B | +18N | −8B | +13B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hoxha, Fiona | 1444 | ALB | +18N | −6B | =14N | −12B | +17B | =9N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1326 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Burns, Kayla | 1420 | MKD | =4B | +16N | −2B | +11N | −6N | F | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 15021270 | 0 | — | −6N | +17B | +18B | −7N | −9B | −10N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Shahu, Dejon | 0 | ALB | F | −9N | =11B | −2N | +15B | F | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1203 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Peroski, Ivan | 0 | MKD | −1N | +19B | −3N | =16B | −14N | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Agic, Onur | 0 | MKD | −5N | −12B | −10N | =15N | F | +18B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 812 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 15021297 | 0 | — | −2B | −13N | F | −8B | −11N | +19N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 15021262 | 0 | — | −11B | F | −13N | −10B | +19B | −16N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 22106367 | 0 | — | −8B | −15N | −7B | F | −18N | −17B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, MarkoMKD+80.45.0 pts · #1
- 2Lazevski, DamjanMKD+42.44.5 pts · #3
- 3Fejzullahu, JonMKD+10.85.0 pts · #7
- 1Dukni, NoelALB-42.03.5 pts · #8
- 2Guri, JuanALB-36.43.5 pts · #17
- 3Stojanovikj, MarkoMKD-26.03.5 pts · #4
- R6+170 Elo gap
- R6+148 Elo gap