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European Amateur Championship U1700

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Nov 2025 to 04 Dec 2025 in Mellieha, Malta. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1591, and top seed was Iraida Casadevall Mainau (🇪🇸 ESP, 1695).

Roman Kifliuk (🇺🇦 UKR, 0) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Natalia Toczynska (8.0) and Varvara Sigacheva (7.0). Kifliuk shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Patryk Toczynski (1413) beat Aylton Cardoso Vasconcellos (1600), a +187-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Mellieha, Malta
Dates
26 Nov 2025 → 04 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸Iraida Casadevall Mainau1695
Avg top 10
1,591
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇹Malta×5
🇵🇱Poland×3
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇵🇹Portugal×1
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Toczynska8Kifliuk8Sigacheva7Abubakirov5.5Casadevall Mainau5Macura4.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Kifliuk takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Natalia Toczynska lost to Roman Kifliuk (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Natalia Toczynska 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Roman Kifliuk 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Varvara Sigacheva 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Natalia Toczynska*
0
1
1
2Roman Kifliuk
1
*
0
1
3Varvara Sigacheva
0
1
*
1
4Khumid Abubakirov
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kifliuk, Roman0UKR+7B+8N+12B+2N+4B−3N+11B+5N+6B8.041.545.038.0017300.0
2Toczynska, Natalia1537POL+5B+13N+4N−1B+11N+6B+3B+8N+7N8.041.544.036.002385+180.0
3Sigacheva, Varvara1576GER+14B−12N+5B+6N+8B+1B−2N+4N+9B7.042.544.032.501760+76.4
4Abubakirov, Khumid1675BEL+6B+11N−2B+12N−1N=5B+9N−3B+15N5.543.545.019.501716+8.6
5Casadevall Mainau, Iraida1695ESP−2N+15B−3N+9B+7N=4N+10B−1B=11N5.044.045.518.001649-9.6
6Macura, Stipe1514CRO−4N+16B+15N−3B=12B−2N+7N+11B−1N4.541.042.512.251588+27.6
7Forysinski, Grzegorz1544POL−1N=10B=9N+13B−5B+8N−6B+14N−2B4.040.041.512.001524-4.6
8McKellar, John1590MLT+10N−1B−11N+16B−3N−7B+13N−2B+14B4.038.540.09.501463-24.6
9Rad, Ramin1495NOR−12B=14N=7B−5N+16B+15N−4B+13N−3N4.030.532.08.251491-2.2
10Gauci, David1433MLT−8B=7N+13B−11BF+14N−5N+15B=16B4.023.523.58.251562+23.6
11Thornton, Hayley1571MLT+16N−4B+8B+10N−2BF−1N−6N=5B3.542.544.012.001517-19.2
12Portelli, MartinaWCM1606MLT+9N+3B−1N−4B=6NFFF+13B3.535.035.015.751703+12.8
13Sargautyte, Ruta0LTU=15N−2B−10N−7N+14B+16N−8B−9B−12N2.530.532.03.751278-92.0
14Toczynski, Patryk1413POL−3N=9B−16N+15B−13N−10BF−7B−8N1.528.528.53.501305-36.4
15Vasconcellos, Aylton Cardoso1600POR=13B−5N−6B−14NF−9B+16N−10N−4B1.528.528.52.751112-144.4
16Vella, Brian0MLT−11B−6N+14B−8N−9N−13B−15BF=10N1.525.525.53.5012660.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets