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UCT Chess festival November 2025 - standard

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Praha, Czech Republic. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1440, and top seed was Martin Platz (🇨🇿 CZE, 1782).

Michael Berger (🇨🇿 CZE, 1546) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Alim Nurakyn (5.0) and Adam Kvapil (4.5). Berger won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Tamerlan Jussupov (1468) beat Martin Platz (1782), a +314-point gap.

Location
🇨🇿Praha, Czech Republic
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇿Martin Platz1782
Avg top 10
1,440
Participants
14
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇿Czech Republic×9
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Michael Berger led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Berger6.5Nurakyn5Kvapil4.5Glaser4.5Lytvynov4Jussupov4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Michael Berger never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Michael Berger beat Alim Nurakyn (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Michael Berger 5 wins (R1–R5)Alim Nurakyn 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Michael Berger*
1
1
½
2Alim Nurakyn
0
*——
3Adam Kvapil
0
—*
½
4Jan Glaser
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Berger, Michael1546CZE+14N+2B+9B+5N+3N=4B+8N6.525.026.023.752038+128.8
2Nurakyn, Alim1512KAZ−8B−1N+14B+13N+11B+6N+5B5.021.522.512.501600+18.0
3Kvapil, Adam1673CZE+6B=5N=8B+9N−1B+12N=4B4.526.028.015.501665-0.4
4Glaser, Jan1612CZE+11B=8N−5B+12N+9B=1N=3N4.524.026.014.751649+4.8
5Lytvynov, Natan1604CZE+10N=3B+4N−1B+6N=8B−2N4.028.031.015.501599-2.0
6Jussupov, Tamerlan1468KAZ−3N+10B+7N+8N−5B−2B+12N4.024.026.012.501555+10.0
7Dorey, Alex1568CZE+12B−9N−6B+11N−8B+10N+13B4.018.019.58.50830-50.8
8Platz, Martin1782CZE+2N=4B=3N−6B+7N=5N−1B3.528.532.515.501569-74.4
9Radsetoulal, Vlastimil1639SVK+13N+7B−1N−3B−4N=11B+14N3.523.024.07.501407-48.8
10Aarush Nikhil0IND−5B−6N=12B+14N=13B−7B+11N3.017.518.54.757460.0
11Bessonov, Nikolai0CZE−4N+14B=13N−7B−2N=9N−10B2.021.522.53.5012600.0
12Dorosenko, Petr Damir0CZE−7N=13B=10N−4B+14N−3B−6B2.021.522.53.257800.0
13Popova, Nikol0CZE−9B=12N=11B−2B=10N−14B−7N1.519.520.53.507720.0
14FIDE 237990560—−1B−11N−2N−10B−12B+13N−9B1.022.023.51.507650.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets