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
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇰Slovakia×35
🇦🇹Austria×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight 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
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
11 players finish on 2.0/8. Buday takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buday, Alexander | 1684 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | +35N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2278 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Bily, Samuel | 1557 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | +28B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2587 | +63.2 |
| 3 | Daniel, Kristian | 1469 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | +33B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2422 | +56.0 |
| 4 | Zeman, Alex | 1473 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27N | +27B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2361 | +49.6 |
| 5 | Formanko, Hugo | 1427 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | +31B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2451 | +62.4 |
| 6 | Gallo, Bystrik | 1532 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | +32B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2297 | +18.0 |
| 7 | Halada, Lubos | 1650 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | +34B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2405 | +35.2 |
| 8 | Katreniak, Branislav | 1539 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36B | +36N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2220 | +27.2 |
| 9 | Martinkovic, Viliam | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Belovic, Samuel | 1528 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | +30N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2282 | +35.2 |
| 11 | Raschetin, Nikita | 1561 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | +29N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2543 | +59.2 |
| 12 | Srnak, Martin | 1753 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22N | =22B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1842 | +8.8 |
| 13 | Grun, Julien | 1664 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23N | +23B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lukianov, Mykhailo | 1767 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +24N | =24B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1867 | +9.6 |
| 15 | Stec, Ivo | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | =?B | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Rexova, Kristina | 1605 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17B | =17N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1524 | -8.8 |
| 17 | Palun, Marko | 1564 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =16N | =16B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1604 | +8.8 |
| 18 | Andrasinova, Natalia | 1505 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20N | =20B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1534 | +3.2 |
| 19 | Brezlan, Noel | 1644 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21B | +21N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1687 | +4.8 |
| 20 | Vas, Jozef | 1534 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18B | =18N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1506 | -1.6 |
| 21 | Zeman, Michal | 1687 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19N | −19B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1645 | -4.8 |
| 22 | Gonda, Jan | 1648 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | =12N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1560 | -4.4 |
| 23 | Sipos, Aron | 1467 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | −13N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Bublyk, Pavlo | 1674 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | =14N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1574 | -9.6 |
| 25 | Ondrovic, Jan | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?B | −?N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1250 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Kralik, Jakub | 0 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1441 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Barath, Marko | 1559 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | −4N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 673 | -49.6 |
| 28 | Varga, Viktor | 1787 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | −2N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 756 | -63.2 |
| 29 | Slavskyi, Maksym | 1744 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | −11B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 761 | -59.2 |
| 30 | Chmelikova, Julia | 1483 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | −10B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 728 | -35.2 |
| 31 | Zelina, Matej | 1651 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | −5N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 627 | -62.4 |
| 32 | Slamka, Tomas | 1497 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | −6N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 732 | -36.0 |
| 33 | Chmelik, Juraj | 1623 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | −3N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 669 | -56.0 |
| 34 | Krivanek, Ladislav | 1605 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | −7N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 849 | -35.2 |
| 35 | Dancak, Filip | 1479 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | −1B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 884 | -19.2 |
| 36 | Motyka, Richard | 1416 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | −8B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 739 | -27.2 |
| 37 | Slamka, Matias | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 639 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Prihel, Daniel | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bily, SamuelSVK+63.22.0 pts · #2
- 2Formanko, HugoSVK+62.42.0 pts · #5
- 3Raschetin, NikitaSVK+59.22.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Varga, ViktorSVK-63.20.0 pts · #28
- 2Zelina, MatejSVK-62.40.0 pts · #32
- 3Slavskyi, MaksymAUT-59.20.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R7+230 Elo gap
- R8+230 Elo gap
- R7+224 Elo gap