European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U18

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95 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Oct 2025 to 07 Nov 2025 in Budva, Montenegro. 58 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2459, and top seed was Diego Macias Pino (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2501).

Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2362) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vahe A. Sukiasyan (7.0) and Laurenz Borrmann (7.0). Cnejev shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Cem Keser (1770) beat Peder Marcus Aamodt (2219), a +449-point gap.

Location

🇲🇪Budva, Montenegro

Dates

29 Oct 2025 → 07 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸IMDiego Macias Pino2501

Avg top 10

2,459

Participants

Titled players · 58

GM×1

IM×14

FM×36

CM×7

Federations · 8 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×7

🇲🇪Montenegro×6

🇳🇴Norway×6

🇦🇲Armenia×5

🇪🇸Spain×5

🇷🇴Romania×4

🇮🇸Iceland×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

Top 3

🥇
IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev
🇷🇴ROU·2362
7.0pts·2523perf+37.0
🥈
IMVahe A. Sukiasyan
🇦🇲ARM·2446
7.0pts·2589perf+16.0
🥉
IMLaurenz Borrmann
🇦🇹AUT·2393
7.0pts·2536perf+16.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Cnejev7Sukiasyan7Borrmann7Trost6.5Palczert6.5Kvaloy6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE05 Nov

IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Cnejev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev drew with IM Vahe A. Sukiasyan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev	*	½	½	1
2IMVahe A. Sukiasyan	½	*	—	0
3IMLaurenz Borrmann	½	—	*	—
4IMEdvin Trost	0	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cnejev, Vladimir-AlexandruIM	2362	ROU	=49N	+72B	+46N	+27B	=6N	+28B	+4N	=2B	=3B	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.75	2523	+37.0
2	Sukiasyan, Vahe A.IM	2446	ARM	+76B	+32N	+59B	=6B	−4N	+39N	+8B	=1N	+7B	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.00	2589	+16.0
3	Borrmann, LaurenzIM	2393	AUT	+67N	=46B	=17N	=43B	+59N	+29B	+6N	+22B	=1N	7.0	42.0	46.0	35.25	2536	+16.0
4	Trost, EdvinIM	2457	SWE	+65N	+33B	=28N	+30B	+2B	=8N	−1B	=10N	+20B	6.5	46.5	50.5	35.00	2511	+6.6
5	Palczert, MatyasFM	2432	HUN	=45B	−19N	+62B	+63B	+30N	=20N	+26B	+9N	=8B	6.5	42.0	46.0	32.50	2445	+3.3
6	Magold, FilipIM	2459	ROU	+63B	+37N	+52B	=2N	=1B	=9N	−3B	+18N	=10B	6.0	48.0	52.0	32.00	2475	+1.9
7	Piliposyan, RobertIM	2451	ARM	+57B	=31N	=48B	+19N	=20B	+16N	=9B	+12N	−2N	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.50	2457	+1.0
8	Vergara Anton, DiegoIM	2467	ESP	+80N	=18B	=43N	+40B	+24N	=4B	−2N	+33B	=5N	6.0	45.5	48.5	30.00	2470	+0.7
9	Nemec, JachymIM	2448	CZE	+74N	=17B	+42N	+36B	=28N	=6B	=7N	−5B	+25B	6.0	44.5	48.0	30.25	2456	+1.3
10	Perea Fruet, LorenzoIM	2386	ESP	+79B	+26N	=36B	=18N	=11N	=27B	+28N	=4B	=6N	6.0	44.5	47.5	30.50	2444	+7.3
11	Kvaloy, Aksel BuGM	2492	NOR	=19B	+45N	=31B	+32N	=10B	=12N	=18B	=14B	+27N	6.0	44.0	48.5	31.50	2421	-7.1
12	Vagman, RoyIM	2383	ISR	=44N	+49B	=50N	=17B	+36N	=11B	+27N	−7B	+31N	6.0	41.5	46.0	29.75	2410	+3.7
13	Pidluznij, GlebIM	2412	LTU	+38N	+29B	=27N	−28B	+43N	=17B	=33N	=21B	+30N	6.0	41.0	45.5	30.00	2403	-0.8
14	Valiyev, ShahinFM	2413	AZE	=61B	=68N	+57B	+31N	=35B	=18N	+34B	=11N	=15B	6.0	41.0	45.0	29.75	2406	+0.1
15	Bodrogi, BendeguzIM	2439	HUN	+71N	=50B	−18N	+80B	=29N	+32B	=17N	+38B	=14N	6.0	40.0	43.0	27.00	2385	-5.4
16	Erten, KeremFM	2372	TUR	−47B	+70N	=61B	+45N	+19B	−7B	=30N	+32N	+35B	6.0	39.5	43.5	28.50	2364	-0.2
17	Domin, YanFM	2278	UKR	+78B	=9N	=3B	=12N	+23B	=13N	=15B	−20N	+56B	5.5	46.5	49.5	28.50	2418	+72.4
18	Olenik Campa, RudiFM	2288	SLO	+90N	=8N	+15B	=10B	=21N	=14B	=11N	−6B	+49N	5.5	46.0	48.0	27.25	2427	+35.4
19	Mattenberger, MatthiasFM	2239	SUI	=11N	+5B	+53N	−7B	−16N	=43B	+44N	+40B	=21N	5.5	44.0	48.5	28.50	2440	+48.2
20	Pashikyan, RudolfFM	2349	ARM	=68B	+83N	=47B	+34N	=7N	=5B	=21N	+17B	−4N	5.5	43.5	46.5	26.75	2364	+6.0
21	Soderstrom, AdrianFM	2397	SWE	+54B	=48N	=34B	+26N	=18B	=35N	=20B	=13N	=19B	5.5	42.5	47.0	28.50	2357	-4.3
22	Macias Pino, DiegoIM	2501	ESP	−27N	+75B	+51B	=59N	=25B	+37N	+35B	−3N	=23B	5.5	41.5	45.0	25.50	2348	-15.2
23	Taspinar, YankiFM	2357	TUR	+75N	−27B	+65N	=50B	−17N	+46B	=31N	+42B	=22N	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.50	2351	-0.6
24	Fava, LorenzoFM	2356	ITA	−60B	+66N	+54B	+48N	−8B	−26N	+45B	=34N	+51B	5.5	38.5	42.5	24.50	2269	-17.0
25	Horcajuelo Rocamora, MartinFM	2311	ESP	−58N	+73B	=44N	+79B	=22N	=38B	+53N	+29B	−9N	5.5	38.5	41.5	23.50	2300	+0.1
26	Oruzinsky, JurajFM	2250	SVK	+93N	−10B	+94N	−21B	+66N	+24B	−5N	+43B	=33N	5.5	38.0	39.0	18.50	2304	+14.6
27	Ribeiro, GustavoFM	2245	POR	+22B	+23N	=13B	−1N	+56B	=10N	−12B	+53N	−11B	5.0	46.5	51.0	26.00	2442	+46.2
28	Wendl, PhilippFM	2259	AUT	+82B	+41N	=4B	+13N	=9B	−1N	−10B	−35N	+60B	5.0	45.5	48.5	24.25	2352	+24.0
29	Hasirci, Ozgur Deniz	2253	TUR	+62B	−13N	+95B	+52N	=15B	−3N	+39B	−25N	=36B	5.0	43.0	43.0	19.00	2291	+26.4
30	Uritsky, YonathanFM	2338	ISR	+70B	=47N	+60B	−4N	−5B	+62N	=16B	+48N	−13B	5.0	42.0	46.0	21.75	2286	-9.0
31	Hayrapetyan, EdgarFM	2278	ARM	+77N	=7B	=11N	−14B	=44N	+71B	=23B	+52N	−12B	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.50	2334	+14.8
32	Dziewonski, DariuszFM	2274	POL	+88N	−2B	+58N	−11B	+55N	−15N	+62B	−16B	+67N	5.0	42.0	44.5	19.50	2242	-3.6
33	Safarov, DenielFM	2280	GEO	+69B	−4N	=78B	=51N	+47B	+60N	=13B	−8N	=26B	5.0	41.0	44.0	22.00	2230	-8.8
34	Zieba, HubertCM	2246	POL	+95N	=53B	=21N	−20B	+81N	+40B	−14N	=24B	=41N	5.0	40.0	40.0	18.25	2317	+38.4
35	Oksendal, MartinFM	2319	NOR	=83B	=61N	+86B	+47N	=14N	=21B	−22N	+28B	−16N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.75	2309	-1.6
36	Ughuzov, RavanFM	2298	AZE	+73N	+94B	=10N	−9N	−12B	=44B	=64N	+55B	=29N	5.0	39.5	40.5	18.75	2228	-13.4
37	Musial, IgorFM	2279	POL	+84N	−6B	=55N	=44B	+67N	−22B	=49N	+64B	=38N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.25	2229	-11.2
38	Pusara, Mihailo	2144	MNE	−13B	−62N	+90B	+93N	+41B	=25N	+56B	−15N	=37B	5.0	38.0	39.0	17.75	2229	+43.6
39	Zlatkov, AntonFM	2350	MKD	−55N	+81B	=71N	+64B	+50N	−2B	−29N	=67B	+54B	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.75	2231	-26.6
40	Leitgeb, JulianFM	2302	AUT	−51B	+92N	+68B	−8N	+54B	−34N	+79B	−19N	+61B	5.0	36.5	38.5	17.50	2213	-20.4
41	Durak, CanIM	2425	TUR	+64N	−28B	=63N	=71B	−38N	+72B	=48B	+74N	=34B	5.0	34.5	38.0	19.50	2240	-20.5
42	Ciric, PavleFM	2291	SRB	+85B	=51N	−9B	−60N	+78B	=61N	+47B	−23N	+79B	5.0	34.5	37.5	17.75	2176	-23.8
43	Craciun, Sasha-MateiFM	2309	ROU	+92B	=60N	=8B	=3N	−13B	=19N	+61B	−26N	=45B	4.5	42.5	44.5	19.50	2247	-14.0
44	Ramaj, ErgitFM	2124	ALB	=12B	=56N	=25B	=37N	=31B	=36N	−19B	+62N	=48B	4.5	41.0	45.0	21.75	2239	+57.6
45	Hajialiyev, IslamCM	2158	AZE	=5N	−11B	+77N	−16B	+84N	=59B	−24N	+66B	=43N	4.5	40.0	43.0	18.00	2242	+36.8
46	Salonen, AkuFM	2250	FIN	+87B	=3N	−1B	=78N	=51B	−23N	+58B	=60N	=47B	4.5	40.0	42.5	18.50	2130	-24.8
47	Antoniou, RafailFM	2123	CYP	+16N	=30B	=20N	−35B	−33N	+73B	−42N	+80B	=46N	4.5	39.5	42.5	20.00	2267	+66.4
48	Lesueur, GabrielFM	2258	FRA	+89N	=21B	=7N	−24B	+72N	=53B	=41N	−30B	=44N	4.5	39.5	42.0	18.75	2267	+4.6
49	Vermoesen, JordanCM	2118	BEL	=1B	−12N	+87B	−56N	+80N	=50B	=37B	+59N	−18B	4.5	39.5	42.0	17.75	2243	+60.8
50	Bravo De La Vega, AlvaroFM	2277	ESP	+91B	=15N	=12B	=23N	−39B	=49N	=60B	−54N	+73B	4.5	39.0	41.0	18.50	2194	-16.8
51	Bujac, Dan	2009	MDA	+40N	=42B	−22N	=33B	=46N	−65B	+80N	+63B	−24N	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.25	2286	+118.8
52	Moeller, MaurinFM	2321	GER	+66N	+55B	−6N	−29B	=71N	=64B	+65N	−31B	=57N	4.5	37.0	40.5	18.50	2215	-24.8
53	Smeets, KobeFM	2357	NED	+86B	=34N	−19B	+61N	=60B	=48N	−25B	−27B	+71N	4.5	37.0	40.0	17.25	2205	-35.4
54	Ghimoyan, NarekCM	2134	ARM	−21N	+88B	−24N	+58B	−40N	+81B	=59N	+50B	−39N	4.5	37.0	39.5	16.50	2215	+35.3
55	Maglioni, Leonardo	2103	ITA	+39B	−52N	=37B	=57N	−32B	=78N	+86B	−36N	+74B	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.75	2218	+54.0
56	Fiskaaen, Martin HoltenFM	2340	NOR	=72N	=44B	=79N	+49B	−27N	+63B	−38N	+71B	−17N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.50	2172	-39.2
57	Pevzner, Maks	2211	ISR	−7N	+84B	−14N	=55B	=75N	=66B	=83N	+77B	=52B	4.5	35.0	38.0	16.25	2153	-26.4
58	Lang, Simon	2052	CZE	+25B	−59N	−32B	−54N	+95B	=67B	−46N	+87N	+76B	4.5	33.5	33.5	13.50	2103	+30.8
59	Dovgaliuk, OleksandrFM	2303	UKR	+81N	+58B	−2N	=22B	−3B	=45N	=54B	−49B	=64N	4.0	41.5	44.5	16.75	2176	-28.6
60	Kazik, Oguz Kagan	2104	TUR	+24N	=43B	−30N	+42B	=53N	−33B	=50N	=46B	−28N	4.0	39.0	43.5	19.50	2259	+71.2
61	Sevcik, Matej	2151	SVK	=14N	=35B	=16N	−53B	+89N	=42B	−43N	+83B	−40N	4.0	39.0	41.5	16.50	2203	+26.8
62	Keser, Cem	1770	TUR	−29N	+38B	−5N	+74B	+65N	−30B	−32N	−44B	+81N	4.0	38.5	41.5	15.50	2101	+125.2
63	Paikens, ReinisFM	2231	LAT	−6N	+90B	=41B	−5N	+68B	−56N	+85B	−51N	=69B	4.0	37.5	39.5	13.50	2137	-40.4
64	Olsen, William Alexander	2152	NOR	−41B	=82N	+85B	−39N	+69B	=52N	=36B	−37N	=59B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.25	2151	+0.8
65	Aamodt, Peder Marcus	2219	NOR	−4B	+69N	−23B	+82N	−62B	+51N	−52B	−79N	+84B	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.50	2050	-69.6
66	Vassis, Anastasios	2076	GRE	−52B	−24B	+88N	+76N	−26B	=57N	=68B	−45N	+82B	4.0	35.0	37.5	13.25	2106	+13.2
67	Tomljanovic, IvanoCM	2130	CRO	−3B	=87N	=82B	+95N	−37B	=58N	+78B	=39N	−32B	4.0	35.0	35.0	10.50	2023	-42.0
68	Saioc, David	2102	ROU	=20N	=14B	−40N	=84B	−63N	=77B	=66N	=81B	+83N	4.0	34.0	37.0	15.50	2101	-3.2
69	Vichev, Ivaylo	1941	BUL	−33N	−65B	=75N	+70B	−64N	+89B	−71N	+72B	=63N	4.0	31.5	34.0	13.75	2084	+61.6
70	Omarsson, AdamCM	2093	ISL	−30N	−16B	−84N	−69N	+90B	+95B	=73N	=82N	+78B	4.0	29.5	29.5	8.25	1957	-61.6
71	Rudzkis, Vilius	2183	LTU	−15B	+91N	=39B	=41N	=52B	−31N	+69B	−56N	−53B	3.5	38.5	40.5	13.25	2180	-2.4
72	Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias	2096	POR	=56B	−1N	=76B	+94N	−48B	−41N	=82B	−69N	+87B	3.5	34.0	35.0	9.00	1995	-42.8
73	Oim, Mikk Kaarel	1974	EST	−36B	−25N	−74N	+88B	+76B	−47N	=70B	+86N	−50N	3.5	33.5	36.0	11.00	2086	+43.6
74	Andriienko, Artom	2201	UKR	−9B	−78N	+73B	−62N	+82B	=83B	+75N	−41B	−55N	3.5	32.5	35.5	11.50	1999	-91.2
75	Akkaya, Atakan	2104	TUR	−23B	−22N	=69B	+87N	=57B	=85N	−74B	=78N	=77B	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.50	1996	-53.6
76	Pihl, WilliamCM	2198	DEN	−2N	=77B	=72N	−66B	−73N	+93B	=81N	+85B	−58N	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.00	1955	-111.6
77	Kitaev, Daniel	1894	SCO	−31B	=76N	−45B	−85N	+87B	=68N	+91B	−57N	=75N	3.5	30.5	32.5	10.00	1984	+32.4
78	Pavleski, Nikola	1917	MKD	−17N	+74B	=33N	=46B	−42N	=55B	−67N	=75B	−70N	3.0	36.0	39.5	12.25	2067	+56.0
79	Skarphedinsson, Ingvar Wu	2127	ISL	−10N	+89B	=56B	−25N	=85B	F	−40N	+65B	−42N	3.0	35.5	37.5	10.25	2112	-7.6
80	Van Hesselingen, GuidoFM	2234	NED	−8B	=85N	+83B	−15N	−49B	+91N	−51B	−47N	=90N	3.0	33.5	35.5	7.50	1989	-56.6
81	Vujovic, Dimitrije	2017	MNE	−59B	−39N	+91B	+86N	−34B	−54N	=76B	=68N	−62B	3.0	33.0	35.0	8.75	1997	-12.8
82	Shtavica, Alaudin	1868	KOS	−28N	=64B	=67N	−65B	−74N	+88B	=72N	=70B	−66N	3.0	32.0	34.5	10.25	1998	+48.0
83	Afonso, Joao Pedro	2069	POR	=35N	−20B	−80N	=89B	+93B	=74N	=57B	−61N	−68B	3.0	32.0	33.0	8.75	1997	-32.4
84	Zdravkovic, Filip	1941	SRB	−37B	−57N	+70B	=68N	−45B	−86N	=88N	+93B	−65N	3.0	31.5	32.5	8.25	1964	+4.8
85	Gudmundsson, Gunnar Erik	1957	ISL	−42N	=80B	−64N	+77B	=79N	=75B	−63N	−76N	=86B	3.0	29.5	32.5	9.75	2024	+25.2
86	Kaewpitakkun, Pantham	2111	NOR	−53N	+93B	−35N	−81B	=91N	+84B	−55N	−73B	=85N	3.0	28.5	29.5	6.50	1909	-94.0
87	Milovic, Radovan	1679	MNE	−46N	=67B	−49N	−75B	−77N	+94B	+95N	−58B	−72N	2.5	29.0	29.0	3.00	1729	+1.2
88	Martic, Ivan	1881	CRO	−32B	−54N	−66B	−73N	F	−82N	=84B	+89N	+94B	2.5	26.5	26.5	5.00	1778	-38.4
89	Koprivica, Andrija	1786	MNE	−48B	−79N	+92B	=83N	−61B	−69N	−93N	−88B	+95B	2.5	24.0	24.0	3.50	1795	-7.6
90	Gvozden, Nikola	1951	SRB	−18B	−63N	−38N	−92B	−70N	F	+94N	=91B	=80B	2.0	26.5	26.5	3.50	1824	-38.0
91	Testelecs, Ilja Kuprijans	1888	LAT	−50N	−71B	−81N	F	=86B	−80B	−77N	=90N	+93B	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.50	1859	-19.6
92	Odner, Aarni	2052	FIN	−43N	−40B	−89N	+90N	+94B	F	F	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	1894	-33.2
93	Djendjinovic, Danilo	1748	MNE	−26B	−86N	F	−38B	−83N	−76N	+89B	−84N	−91N	1.0	27.5	27.5	2.50	1707	-19.2
94	Karagjyzi, Klejdi	0	KOS	F	−36N	−26B	−72B	−92N	−87N	−90B	+95N	−88N	1.0	23.0	23.0	0.00	1641	0.0
95	Vukovic, Stefan	1498	MNE	−34B	F	−29N	−67B	−58N	−70N	−87B	−94B	−89N	0.0	28.5	28.5	0.00	1051	-32.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Keser, CemTUR
+125.2
4.0 pts · #70
2Bujac, DanMDA
+118.8
4.5 pts · #46
3Domin, YanFMUKR
+72.4
5.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Pihl, WilliamCMDEN
-111.6
3.5 pts · #72
2Kaewpitakkun, PanthamNOR
-94.0
3.0 pts · #82
3Andriienko, ArtomUKR
-91.2
3.5 pts · #73

Biggest upsets

R5+449 Elo gap
Keser, Cem1770 beat Aamodt, Peder Marcus2219
R4+431 Elo gap
Keser, Cem1770 beat Andriienko, Artom2201
R2+374 Elo gap
Keser, Cem1770 beat Pusara, Mihailo2144