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Forintos Gyozo Memorial U2250

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Budapet, Hungary. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1922, and top seed was Mihaly Puskas (🇭🇺 HUN, 2127).

Juergen Brustkern (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2083) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Valeriy Melikidze (6.0) and Jakab Gondor (6.0). Brustkern shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Janos Fodor (1672) beat Jakab Gondor (1919), a +247-point gap.

Location
🇭🇺Budapet, Hungary
Dates
14 Dec 2025 → 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺Mihaly Puskas2127
Avg top 10
1,922
Participants
19
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×15
🇨🇦Canada×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Juergen Brustkern led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Brustkern takes lead
Brustkern7Melikidze6Gondor6Puskas5.5Novak5.5Fodor5
R9 · LEADER CHANGE22 Dec

FM Juergen Brustkern takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Juergen Brustkern beat Valeriy Melikidze (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Juergen Brustkern 3 wins (R7–R9)Valeriy Melikidze 3 wins (R1–R3)Jakab Gondor 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJuergen Brustkern*
1
½
0
2Valeriy Melikidze
0
*
½
½
3Jakab Gondor
½
½
*
1
4Mihaly Puskas
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Brustkern, JuergenFM2083GER+12B=9N+11B−4N+5N=3B+6B+10N+2B7.040.043.532.752084+2.8
2Melikidze, Valeriy1931FID+8N+6B+14N=3B+9N+13B=4B−5N−1N6.042.045.026.751978+12.2
3Gondor, Jakab1919HUN+17B+18N+4B=2N−6B=1N=5B=11N+14B6.037.537.521.501961+9.6
4Puskas, Mihaly2127HUN+5N+11B−3N+1BF+9B=2NF+12N5.541.041.027.002116-0.4
5Novak, Vjekoslav1836IRL−4B+17N+18B+14N−1B+11B=3N+2BF5.537.537.517.502007+31.6
6Fodor, Janos1672HUN+13B−2N+10B+15N+3N+7B−1NFF5.039.539.521.002041+65.4
7Kis, Bela1895HUN−9N−16B+8N+19B+14B−6N−10B+18N+11B5.027.527.511.501765-27.2
8Lippert, Ferenc1803HUN−2B−10N−7B+18N+19N+14B−12N+15B+17N5.026.026.07.501782-4.4
9Krahl, Krisztian1742HUN+7B=1B+16N=13N−2B−4N+15N=12BF4.538.541.017.001947+82.0
10Wasilewski, Patrik Edward1845HUN−14N+8B−6N−16B+17N+19B+7N−1BF4.029.529.512.001802-9.4
11Toth, Rafael1869HUN+19B−4N−1N+17B+15B−5NF=3B−7N3.537.037.07.501831-18.4
12Yip, Michael1824CAN−1N−13N−15BF+18B+16N+8B=9N−4B3.530.530.59.751773-11.8
13Illes, Andras1862HUN−6N+12B+19N=9B+16N−2NFFF3.525.025.08.251845-2.8
14Szabo, Bela1632HUN+10B+15N−2B−5B−7N−8NF+17B−3N3.036.036.08.501745+19.8
15Feher, Laszlo1653HUN=16N−14B+12N−6B−11NF−9B−8N+18B2.527.027.04.751541-18.6
16Szalanczi, EmilIM1855HUN=15B+7N−9B+10N−13B−12B−17NFF2.525.025.010.251697-15.0
17Papp, Andrea1773HUN−3N−5BF−11N−10B+18N+16B−14N−8B2.029.529.52.501514-40.4
18Voo, Gyorgy Jozsef0HUNF−3B−5N−8B−12N−17BF−7B−15N0.029.529.50.0010150.0
19Bodo, Daniel1704HUN−11NF−13B−7N−8B−10NFFF0.021.021.00.001055-29.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets