CChessStats

Future champions liga 2025 2026 R7-8

Open SwissStandard

38 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 18 Jan 2026 in Bratislava, Slovakia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1706, and top seed was Viktor Varga (🇸🇰 SVK, 1787).

Alexander Buday (🇸🇰 SVK, 1684) won with 2.0/8, ahead of Samuel Bily (2.0) and Kristian Daniel (2.0). Buday won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Samuel Bily (1557) beat Viktor Varga (1787), a +230-point gap.

Location
🇸🇰Bratislava, Slovakia
Dates
18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇰Viktor Varga1787
Avg top 10
1,706
Participants
38
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇰Slovakia×35
🇦🇹Austria×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 11 players tied at 2.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 76 co-leaders at R4 to 17 at the finish.

Co-leaders
76
76
76
76
76
76
23
17
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

11 players finish on 2.0/8. Buday takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Buday, Alexander1684SVKFFFFFF+35B+35N2.00.00.00.002278+19.2
2Bily, Samuel1557SVKFFFFFF+28N+28B2.00.00.00.002587+63.2
3Daniel, Kristian1469SVKFFFFFF+33N+33B2.00.00.00.002422+56.0
4Zeman, Alex1473SVKFFFFFF+27N+27B2.00.00.00.002361+49.6
5Formanko, Hugo1427SVKFFFFFF+31N+31B2.00.00.00.002451+62.4
6Gallo, Bystrik1532SVKFFFFFF+32N+32B2.00.00.00.002297+18.0
7Halada, Lubos1650SVKFFFFFF+34N+34B2.00.00.00.002405+35.2
8Katreniak, Branislav1539SVKFFFFFF+36B+36N2.00.00.00.002220+27.2
9Martinkovic, Viliam0SVKFFFFFF+?N+?B2.00.00.00.0015390.0
10Belovic, Samuel1528SVKFFFFFF+30B+30N2.00.00.00.002282+35.2
11Raschetin, Nikita1561SVKFFFFFF+29B+29N2.00.00.00.002543+59.2
12Srnak, Martin1753SVKFFFFFF+22N=22B1.51.01.00.751842+8.8
13Grun, Julien1664SVKFFFFFF=23N+23B1.51.01.00.7516600.0
14Lukianov, Mykhailo1767SVKFFFFFF+24N=24B1.51.01.00.751867+9.6
15Stec, Ivo0SVKFFFFFF+?N=?B1.50.00.00.0014980.0
16Rexova, Kristina1605SVKFFFFFF=17B=17N1.02.02.01.001524-8.8
17Palun, Marko1564SVKFFFFFF=16N=16B1.02.02.01.001604+8.8
18Andrasinova, Natalia1505SVKFFFFFF=20N=20B1.02.02.01.001534+3.2
19Brezlan, Noel1644AUTFFFFFF21B+21N1.02.02.01.001687+4.8
20Vas, Jozef1534SVKFFFFFF=18B=18N1.02.02.01.001506-1.6
21Zeman, Michal1687SVKFFFFFF+19N19B1.02.02.01.001645-4.8
22Gonda, Jan1648SVKFFFFFF12B=12N0.53.03.00.751560-4.4
23Sipos, Aron1467SVKFFFFFF=13B13N0.53.03.00.7514710.0
24Bublyk, Pavlo1674SVKFFFFFF14B=14N0.53.03.00.751574-9.6
25Ondrovic, Jan0SVKFFFFFF=?B?N0.50.00.00.0012500.0
26Kralik, Jakub0AUTFFFFFF?N=?B0.50.00.00.0014410.0
27Barath, Marko1559SVKFFFFFF4B4N0.04.04.00.00673-49.6
28Varga, Viktor1787SVKFFFFFF2B2N0.04.04.00.00756-63.2
29Slavskyi, Maksym1744AUTFFFFFF11N11B0.04.04.00.00761-59.2
30Chmelikova, Julia1483SVKFFFFFF10N10B0.04.04.00.00728-35.2
31Zelina, Matej1651SVKFFFFFF5B5N0.04.04.00.00627-62.4
32Slamka, Tomas1497SVKFFFFFF6B6N0.04.04.00.00732-36.0
33Chmelik, Juraj1623SVKFFFFFF3B3N0.04.04.00.00669-56.0
34Krivanek, Ladislav1605SVKFFFFFF7B7N0.04.04.00.00849-35.2
35Dancak, Filip1479SVKFFFFFF1N1B0.04.04.00.00884-19.2
36Motyka, Richard1416SVKFFFFFF8N8B0.04.04.00.00739-27.2
37Slamka, Matias0SVKFFFFFF?B?N0.00.00.00.006390.0
38Prihel, Daniel0SVKFFFFFF?B?N0.00.00.00.007130.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets