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European Amateur Championship U2000

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24 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 1901, and top seed was Dominic V Gibbs (🇬🇧 ENG, 1982).

Mher Sargsyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1826) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mate Todashvili (6.5) and Anastasiia Osadchuk (6.5). Sargsyan broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Adam Buckle (1692) beat Carsten Schmitt (1907), a +215-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
🇬🇧Dominic V Gibbs1982
Avg top 10
1,901
Participants
24
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇲🇹Malta×9
🇩🇪Germany×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇬🇧England×3
🇵🇱Poland×2
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇦🇲Armenia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Mher Sargsyan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Sargsyan7Todashvili6.5Osadchuk6.5Lampard6Gibbs5.5Strebel5.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Mher Sargsyan held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mher Sargsyan drew with Mate Todashvili (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mher Sargsyan 3 wins (R1–R3)Anastasiia Osadchuk 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mher Sargsyan*
½
½
0
2Mate Todashvili
½
*
½
½
3Anastasiia Osadchuk
½
½
*
1
4Alice Lampard
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sargsyan, Mher1826ARM+13B+7N+11B=2N+5N+6B=3N−4B+12B7.044.048.536.002085+59.6
2Todashvili, Mate1815GEO+21N+18B=5N=1B=4N=3B+8N=6B+7N6.544.046.030.752019+49.6
3Osadchuk, Anastasiia1810UKR−5N=23B+19N+22B+12B=2N=1B+15N+4N6.538.540.027.001988+86.0
4Lampard, Alice1860SCO+24B−11N+10B+15N=2B=5B+6N+1N−3B6.044.546.029.001965+25.2
5Gibbs, Dominic V1982ENG+3B+9N=2B+12N−1B=4N+11B=7N−6B5.546.050.529.251944-8.6
6Strebel, Michael1853GER=19N=15B+21N+17B+11B−1N−4B=2N+5N5.540.542.522.751897+11.4
7Djokic, Dusan1869MLT+14N−1B−17N+24B=9N+18B+16N=5B−2B5.040.041.518.751874+0.4
8Zielinski, Olgierd1951POL=10B=22N−9B+23N+15B=12N−2B=17N+11B5.035.537.017.751861-20.8
9Ghitza, Elena1841MLT+23N−5B+8N−11N=7B−15N=17B+19B+16N5.035.036.518.001887+10.8
10Richards, John1793MLT=8N=16B−4N=14B=21N+22B−12B+20N+17B5.032.534.516.251849+12.8
11Kelbas, Dariy1934UKR+17N+4B−1N+9B−6N=16B−5N+14B−8N4.542.546.521.501854-38.8
12Flis, PawelCM1970POL=15N+19B+22N−5B−3N=8B+10N=16B−1N4.540.042.016.501827-33.0
13Buckle, Adam1692MLT−1N=14B−16N=21B+20N−19B=23N+18N+15B4.530.532.014.001771+19.0
14Ingham, H William1746ENG−7B=13N=23B=10N−18B+24N+21B−11N+19B4.529.030.512.001776+6.8
15Erdogan, Hassan1807ENG=12B=6N+18N−4B−8N+9B+19N−3B−13N4.040.543.516.501802-1.0
16Psaila, Mario1842MLT−22B=10N+13B=18N+17B=11N−7B=12N−9B4.036.038.017.251791-11.8
17Nikolaienko, Dmytro1782UKR−11B+24N+7B−6N−16N+21B=9N=8B−10N4.036.037.513.501784+1.6
18Schmitt, Carsten1907GER+20B−2N−15B=16B+14N−7NF−13B+21N3.533.033.011.001727-38.4
19Mielke, Torsten1721GER=6B−12N−3B=20N+23B+13N−15B−9N−14N3.037.038.510.001674-11.6
20Muthukumar, Krishnan1764MLT−18N−21B−24N=19B−13B+23N+22N−10BF2.523.023.05.001596-72.0
21Gillieron, Kevin (13882)1621SUI−2B+20N−6B=13N=10B−17N−14NF−18B2.036.038.07.251601-8.8
22Refalo, John1714MLT+16N=8B−12B−3N=24B−10N−20BFF2.031.031.07.251681-14.8
23Refalo, Ian1705MLT−9B=3N=14N−8B−19N−20B=13BFF1.531.031.07.751559-24.8
24Reyansh, Keshav1739MLT−4N−17B+20B−7N=22N−14BFFF1.524.024.03.501596-44.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets