11th Berecz Memorial - Group A
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45 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Szeged, Hungary. 17 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2340, and top seed was Balazs Csonka (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2456).
Koppany Geher (🇭🇺 HUN, 2286) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Balazs Csonka (5.0) and Vince Gergo Turcsanyi (5.0). Geher shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Daniel-Cristian Padurean (CM, 2163) beat Daaevik Wadhawan (IM, 2409), a +246-point gap.
Location
🇭🇺Szeged, Hungary
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 17
IM×4
FM×8
CM×4
WFM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×31
🇷🇴Romania×8
🇮🇳India×3
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsKoppany Geher led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
14
5
9
3
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Koppany Geher held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Koppany Geher drew with IM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (Black).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
IM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Koppany Geher | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMVince Gergo Turcsanyi | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4CMIulian-Mihai Anghel | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geher, Koppany | 2286 | HUN | +14N | +10B | =3N | +8B | +16N | =2B | =4N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 32.0 | 24.50 | 2521 | +41.0 |
| 2 | Csonka, BalazsIM | 2456 | HUN | +12B | =9N | +5N | +15B | =4B | =1N | =3N | 5.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 23.00 | 2439 | -0.6 |
| 3 | Turcsanyi, Vince GergoFM | 2325 | HUN | +40B | +13N | =1B | =7N | +20B | =4N | =2B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 19.00 | 2466 | +26.8 |
| 4 | Ajay Santhosh ParvathareddyIM | 2446 | IND | =24N | +18B | +29N | +11B | =2N | =3B | =1B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 20.75 | 2412 | -1.4 |
| 5 | Esshan WadhawanFM | 2230 | IND | +31B | +20N | −2B | +9N | +7B | =6N | =12B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 19.50 | 2403 | +32.8 |
| 6 | Anghel, Iulian-MihaiCM | 2187 | ROU | +37B | −7N | +42B | =12N | +21B | =5B | +15N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 15.00 | 2345 | +30.6 |
| 7 | Ongut, Tamas GunesFM | 2308 | HUN | +22N | +6B | =8N | =3B | −5N | +16B | =11N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 19.50 | 2337 | +6.2 |
| 8 | Daaevik WadhawanIM | 2409 | IND | +43B | +25N | =7B | −1N | +9B | −12N | +20B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 2344 | -5.2 |
| 9 | Tancsa, TamasFM | 2244 | HUN | +44N | =2B | +24N | −5B | −8N | +18B | +25N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 13.50 | 2331 | +16.8 |
| 10 | Halak, MiklosFM | 2184 | HUN | +36B | −1N | +31B | −20N | +39B | +17N | =13B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 12.00 | 2225 | +9.4 |
| 11 | Foldes, Marton GaborFM | 2250 | HUN | +42B | =39N | +27B | −4N | =17B | +36N | =7B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 11.00 | 2249 | +2.2 |
| 12 | Padurean, Daniel-CristianCM | 2163 | ROU | −2N | +44B | +28N | =6B | F | +8B | =5N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 13.50 | 2343 | +27.6 |
| 13 | Kiss, Mate Jozsef | 2211 | HUN | +38N | −3B | =14N | =24B | =22N | +23B | =10N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 13.00 | 2177 | -5.4 |
| 14 | Berczi, Peter | 2091 | HUN | −1B | +37N | =13B | =21N | =26B | =19N | +27B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 12.25 | 2237 | +27.6 |
| 15 | Kopasz, RobertFM | 2276 | SRB | =17B | +41N | +39B | −2N | +19B | =20N | −6B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 10.75 | 2233 | -5.8 |
| 16 | Puskas, Mihaly | 2126 | HUN | −20B | +30N | +25B | +26N | −1B | −7N | +36B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 2239 | +42.4 |
| 17 | Balaban-Voia, Alexandru | 2089 | ROU | =15N | −29B | +32N | +40B | =11N | −10B | +24N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 11.25 | 2214 | +24.0 |
| 18 | Dima, Ioan-Radu | 2089 | ROU | =21B | −4N | +41B | =33N | +27B | −9N | +26B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 2285 | +35.4 |
| 19 | Korcsek, Alexandru-David | 2173 | ROU | =32N | =28B | +36N | =35B | −15N | =14B | +37N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 2129 | -7.0 |
| 20 | Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFM | 2327 | ROU | +16N | −5B | +40N | +10B | −3N | =15B | −8N | 3.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 12.00 | 2238 | -16.2 |
| 21 | Ronai, Akos BalazsCM | 2268 | HUN | =18N | −24B | +30N | =14B | −6N | +38B | =22N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 10.75 | 2085 | -32.6 |
| 22 | Kelemen, David | 2117 | HUN | −7B | −31N | +23B | +45N | =13B | =25N | =21B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 9.75 | 2156 | +7.0 |
| 23 | Gabula, Adam | 2050 | HUN | =29N | −26B | −22N | +32B | +34N | −13N | +39B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 8.00 | 2100 | +9.2 |
| 24 | Gyorfi, Adam | 2130 | HUN | =4B | +21N | −9B | =13N | =25B | =26N | −17B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 2192 | +20.8 |
| 25 | Herpai, Jozsef MatyasCM | 2237 | HUN | +34N | −8B | −16N | +28B | =24N | =22B | −9B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 8.75 | 2098 | -26.0 |
| 26 | Apro, Barnabas | 2202 | HUN | =30B | +23N | =35N | −16B | =14N | =24B | −18N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 9.75 | 2061 | -53.2 |
| 27 | Kovacs, Kristof | 2187 | HUN | =28N | +32B | −11N | =34B | −18N | +45B | −14N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 6.25 | 2004 | -67.6 |
| 28 | Szabo, Marton Nandor | 1974 | HUN | =27B | =19N | −12B | −25N | +41B | =31N | =33B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 7.50 | 2105 | +45.2 |
| 29 | Sagi, Bence | 2238 | HUN | =23B | +17N | −4B | =39N | +31B | F | F | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 9.00 | 2184 | -6.0 |
| 30 | Meszaros-Csonka, David | 1989 | HUN | =26N | −16B | −21B | =43N | =40N | =41B | +38N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 2085 | +33.2 |
| 31 | Horvath, Andras | 2032 | HUN | −5N | +22B | −10N | +44B | −29N | =28B | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.00 | 2076 | +12.0 |
| 32 | Hugyecz, Barnabas | 1954 | HUN | =19B | −27N | −17B | −23N | F | +40B | +34N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 2052 | +28.4 |
| 33 | Onodi, Miklos | 2189 | HUN | +45N | −35B | =34N | =18B | −36N | −37B | =28N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1946 | -90.8 |
| 34 | Varga, Boldizsar | 2034 | HUN | −25B | +43N | =33B | =27N | −23B | =39N | −32B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4.50 | 1997 | -16.4 |
| 35 | Tatar Kis, SzabolcsIM | 2302 | HUN | =41B | +33N | =26B | =19N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 2263 | -2.1 |
| 36 | Toth, Daniel | 1971 | HUN | −10N | F | −19B | +42N | +33B | −11B | −16N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.50 | 2043 | +10.2 |
| 37 | Samu, Sorin-Mihai | 1983 | ROU | −6N | −14B | −44N | F | +43B | +33N | −19B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.50 | 2012 | +4.4 |
| 38 | Uzun, Kuzey | 1993 | TUR | −13B | −40N | =43B | =41N | +42B | −21N | −30B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 2.25 | 1971 | -11.2 |
| 39 | Siskou, EvangeliaWFM | 1947 | GRE | F | =11B | −15N | =29B | −10N | =34B | −23N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.00 | 1979 | +6.0 |
| 40 | Minga-Nagy, Abel Inti | 2118 | HUN | −3N | +38B | −20B | −17N | =30B | −32N | F | 1.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 3.50 | 1920 | -62.4 |
| 41 | Fellegi, Zoltan | 2106 | HUN | =35N | −15B | −18N | =38B | −28N | =30N | F | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1911 | -30.8 |
| 42 | Tamas, Kornel | 2083 | HUN | −11N | +45B | −6N | −36B | −38N | F | F | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 1837 | -30.8 |
| 43 | Megyaszai, Balazs | 2130 | HUN | −8N | −34B | =38N | =30B | −37N | F | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1842 | -74.4 |
| 44 | Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan | 2051 | ROU | −9B | −12N | +37B | −31N | −45B | F | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1841 | -26.4 |
| 45 | Hegedus, Bernat | 1986 | HUN | −33B | −42N | F | −22B | +44N | −27N | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1886 | -23.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Szabo, Marton NandorHUN+45.23.0 pts · #27
- 2Puskas, MihalyHUN+42.44.0 pts · #16
- 3Geher, KoppanyHUN+41.05.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Onodi, MiklosHUN-90.82.5 pts · #34
- 2Megyaszai, BalazsHUN-74.41.0 pts · #45
- 3Kovacs, KristofHUN-67.63.0 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R6+246 Elo gap
- R5+218 Elo gap
- R6+206 Elo gap