Future champions liga 2025 2026 R9-10
Open SwissStandard
40 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held on 08 Feb 2026 in Bratislava, Slovakia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1677, and top seed was Mykhailo Lukianov (🇸🇰 SVK, 1758).
Alex Zeman (🇸🇰 SVK, 1505) won with 2.0/10, ahead of Maksym Slavskyi (2.0) and Jozef Vas (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 10: Viktor Valik (1471) beat Julien Grun (1664), a +193-point gap.
Location
🇸🇰Bratislava, Slovakia
Dates
08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 10 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇰Slovakia×34
🇦🇹Austria×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 roundsTight race until R10; 4 players tied at 2.0/10, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 77 co-leaders at R4 to 9 at the finish.
Co-leaders
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
23
9
R10 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/10. Zeman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeman, Alex | 1505 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | +33N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2239 | +32.8 |
| 2 | Slavskyi, Maksym | 1685 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | +35N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2370 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Vas, Jozef | 1532 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | +34B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2275 | +16.8 |
| 4 | Bublyk, Pavlo | 1654 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | +36B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2445 | +39.2 |
| 5 | Brezlan, Noel | 1640 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | =27N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1785 | +14.4 |
| 6 | Belovic, Igor | 1513 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | =29N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1855 | +36.0 |
| 7 | Andrasinova, Natalia | 1523 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25B | +25N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1875 | +36.8 |
| 8 | Valik, Viktor | 1471 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | +28N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1857 | +39.2 |
| 9 | Gallo, Filip | 1620 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | =26N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1755 | +13.6 |
| 10 | Daniel, Kristian | 1542 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | =13N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1592 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Prihel, Daniel | 1566 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | −16N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1729 | +17.6 |
| 12 | Petersky, Alexander | 1494 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | −14B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1499 | +0.8 |
| 13 | Belovic, Samuel | 1592 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =10N | =10B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1541 | -5.6 |
| 14 | Kaco, Kristian | 1499 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | +12N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1494 | -0.8 |
| 15 | Raschetin, Nikita | 1650 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | −17B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1758 | +12.0 |
| 16 | Varga, Viktor | 1729 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | +11B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1566 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Lukianov, Mykhailo | 1758 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15B | +15N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1650 | -12.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 549004247 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 14996421 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ondrovic, Jan | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Slamka, Matias | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Andrasina, Peter | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Motyka, Richard | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Suplata, Oliver | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zeman, Michal | 1682 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | −7B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1331 | -36.8 |
| 26 | Katreniak, Matej | 1561 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | =9B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1428 | -13.6 |
| 27 | Katreniak, Branislav | 1591 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | =5B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1448 | -14.4 |
| 28 | Grun, Julien | 1664 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8N | −8B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1284 | -39.2 |
| 29 | Gonda, Jan | 1661 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | =6B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1320 | -18.0 |
| 30 | Kralik, Jakub | 0 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?B | −?N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Marko, Lukas | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1266 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Stec, Ivo | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | −?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1279 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Motykova, Dorota | 1439 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | −1B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 705 | -32.8 |
| 34 | Formanko, Hugo | 1477 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | −3N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 732 | -33.6 |
| 35 | Krivanek, Ladislav | 1570 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | −2B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 884 | -27.2 |
| 36 | Bily, Samuel | 1646 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | −4N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 854 | -39.2 |
| 37 | Kello, Alexander | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Kuffa, Michal | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Martinkovic, Viliam | 0 | SVK | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 680 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 14988798 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Valik, ViktorSVK+39.21.5 pts · #8
- 2Bublyk, PavloSVK+39.22.0 pts · #4
- 3Andrasinova, NataliaSVK+36.81.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Bily, SamuelSVK-39.20.0 pts · #40
- 2Grun, JulienSVK-39.20.5 pts · #30
- 3Zeman, MichalSVK-36.80.5 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R10+193 Elo gap
- R9+163 Elo gap
- R10+159 Elo gap