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European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U10

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133 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Oct 2025 to 07 Nov 2025 in Budva, Montenegro. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2100, and top seed was Bram Ten Dam (🇳🇱 NED, FM, 2185).

Luca Protopopescu (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2174) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Bram Ten Dam (7.5) and Leonid Ivanovic (7.5). Protopopescu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Noam Fusman (1458) beat Arthur Gabriel Conan (1833), a +375-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
🇳🇱FMBram Ten Dam2185
Avg top 10
2,100
Participants
133
Titled players · 6
FM×1
CM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇪🇸Spain×12
🇲🇪Montenegro×8
🇹🇷Turkiye×7
🇦🇲Armenia×7
🇩🇪Germany×6
🇦🇹Austria×5
🇵🇱Poland×5
🇬🇷Greece×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R8; 3 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
60
20
7
3
2
3
2
1
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Luca Protopopescu held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.5/9. Protopopescu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Luca Protopopescu lost to Leonid Ivanovic (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMLuca Protopopescu*
0
1
2Leonid Ivanovic
1
*
3FMBram Ten Dam*
4Konstantin Mueller
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Protopopescu, LucaCM2174FRA+97N+71B+18N+6B+15N=4B+26N+13B3N7.549.553.042.002235+31.2
2Ten Dam, BramFM2185NED+23B+83N=14B=36N=11B+38N+10B+26B+4N7.547.551.542.752143-5.6
3Ivanovic, Leonid2097SRB=44B+65N+47B26N+82B+27N+11B+28N+1B7.545.049.041.002119+18.0
4Andre, TomasCM2156SVK+22N+75B+13N+19B+8N=1N+17B=7N2B7.052.556.541.752184+20.0
5Peray, AtaCM1951TUR+21N+53B+77N15B+19N12B+48N+40B+13N7.045.049.037.002066+51.6
6Mueller, Konstantin2052GER+40N+115B+33N1N+30B13B+75N+37B+14N7.044.547.534.002057+8.8
7Hanas, Markiyan1927UKR+62N27B+113N+76B+57N+39B+12N=4B=8N7.044.047.034.752104+81.2
8Mashhadi Aghajan, Rayan2055FIN+70B=47N+49B+25N4B+36B=14N+46N=7B6.546.050.534.502017-8.8
9Shi, Sebastian2009SWE+113N=68B=37N+45B+31N+15B13N+21B=12N6.544.047.033.252021+11.6
10Folta, Kacper1712POL12N+127B+75N+73B=24N+66B2N+33B+28B6.543.545.028.502036+148.8
11Melkonyan, Davit1913ARM64N+117B+104N+77B=2N+50B3N+35B+26N6.543.046.030.251985+38.0
12Aker, Meric Zeynel2030TUR+10B+46N19B+42N+34B+5N7B=16N=9B6.049.554.535.252001-10.4
13Rosca, Dragos-Ioan1854ROU+98B+99N4B+52N+41B+6N+9B1N5B6.048.552.030.502044+88.0
14Hurskyi, Yan1893POL+124N+76B=2N+27B+36N26B=8B+17N6B6.047.049.029.502033+62.3
15Barcelo Melnyk, MarcCM2169ESP+114B+38N+32B+5N1B9N46B+75N+37N6.045.548.529.502012-54.0
16Perez Solanas, Hugo1982ESP+104N=37B=29N+59B=66N+22B=21N=12B=18N6.044.047.531.001922-22.4
17Demchenko, Timofei2071ESP+50N+45B=43N=57B+96N+20B4N14B+48N6.044.047.529.502004-24.4
18Wilczek, Kajetan1892POL+105N+74B1B=44N22N+53B+50N+45B=16B6.044.047.528.501942+22.8
19Shemer, Oz1846ISR+91N+95B+12N4N5B+79B=29N=30B+40N6.044.047.528.001914+33.2
20Guirado Lara, Pablo1976ESP+72B=25N=42B+46N+32B17N=45B+49N=22B6.043.548.031.001942-13.2
21Harutyunyan, Hamlet A.1679ARM5B+87N=85B+47N+49B+41N=16B9N+38B6.043.547.529.001976+137.2
22Sargsyan, Mikayel Sh.1742ARM4B=81N+93B+86N+18B16N+66N+54B=20N6.042.546.528.501976+106.8
23Shabunin, Oleksandr1748UKR2N+90B+125N39B=54N+73B=31N+56B+51N6.041.543.525.751976+92.4
24Hu, Junyan1921ENG+88B+48N36B+63N=10B=29N37B+76N+46B6.041.045.029.001873-21.2
25Salihbegovic, Danin1792BIH+120N=20B+55N8B64N+87B+95N=51B+43N6.039.542.526.001899+54.4
26Mistrekov, Dobrynia1854ROU+117N=29B+68N+3B+28B+14N1B2N11B5.550.553.529.252002+68.8
27Jabbarli, Atilla1775AZE+131B+7N=28B14N+51N3B+39N=43B=31N5.546.547.526.001975+84.8
28Sosef, Noah1968NED+60N+59B=27N+43B26N+64B+30N3B10N5.545.550.027.751865-41.2
29Shiraliyev, Muslim1687AZE+41B=26N=16B=69N+68N=24B=19B=38N=32B5.543.548.028.751956+126.4
30Kenar, Ali Alp1637TUR=51N+56B+54N+78B6N+43B28B=19N=39N5.543.547.527.001999+159.2
31Loberti, Tommaso1868ITA+100B=61N=80B+84N9B=42N=23B+67N=27B5.540.544.024.751813-21.6
32Nikitakis, Michail1868GRE+111N+79B15N+97B20N+77B40N+58B=29N5.539.042.522.751844-5.6
33Juan Miguel, Javier1837ESP+81B+133N6B82N+97B=94N+44B10N+70B5.538.038.018.751759-29.6
34Vardanyan, Armen Art.1877ARM+92N77B+60N+79B12N40B+113N=36B+64N5.537.540.523.001826-21.6
35Skouroupathis, Kyriakos1813CYP=116B41N+98B=94N=114B+80N+52B11N+72B5.535.038.021.751785-5.6
36Konovalovas, Paulius1762LTU+107N+66B+24N=2B14B8N=56B=34N=49B5.046.049.525.501935+68.4
37Karaboga, Neset Eren1792TUR+126B=16N=9B41N+84B+96B+24N6N15B5.044.045.521.251949+72.0
38Barbaric, Matija1815CRO+90N15B+124N+67B=39N2B+60N=29B21N5.043.545.520.751834+4.0
39Avetisyan, Ashot A.1964ARM+84B=42N=63B+23N=38B7N27B+99N=30B5.043.046.523.751810-69.2
40Liu, Jonas1725GER6B+119N41B+121N+83B+34N+32B5N19B5.043.046.021.001866+64.4
41Guillevic, Martin1962FRA29N+35B+40N+37B13N21B=77N+74B=53N5.042.546.524.501804-71.6
42Veladzic, Isak1778AUT+58N=39B=20N12B+62N=31B51N+95B=60N5.042.546.024.251836+28.0
43Jevremovic, Filip1850AUT+103N+64B=17B28N+44B30N+65B=27N25B5.042.546.023.251808-19.6
44Shimony, Omri1737ISR=3N+67B=96N=18B43N+71B33N+78B=54N5.042.045.524.001901+76.4
45Kazimzade, Mahammad1802AZE+121B17N+89B9N+72B+78B=20N18N=52B5.042.045.021.001869+32.0
46Mironescu, Stefan1803ROU+110N12B+105N20B+113N+67B+15N8B24N5.042.045.020.501881+35.2
47Chkhartishvili, Lazare1811GEO+112N=8B3N21B+103N60B+91N=50B+79N5.041.545.020.751782-13.2
48Jakhaia, Andria1776GEO+118N24B=95N+56B=78N+57B5B+55N17B5.041.544.521.751905+52.0
49Hlavacek, Pavel1795CZE+127N=55B8N+95B21N+90B+64N20B=36N5.040.542.018.501784-2.0
50Aghoyan, Gevorg1731ARM17B=93N+81B+85N+69B11N18B=47N+75B5.040.044.021.001842+49.0
51Nagy, Norbert1893HUN=30B116N+101B+61N27B+99N+42B=25N23B5.040.043.022.751757-60.8
52Movsisyan, Samvel1632ARM96N+123B+53N13B=76N+59B35N+68B=45N5.038.541.021.501810+74.8
53Verbeke, Basiel1778BEL+106B5N52B+102N=65B18N+108B+94N=41B5.038.041.518.751718-22.8
54Unsal, Yusuf Kaan1848TUR+102B=80N30B=65N=23B+114N+94B22N=44B5.038.041.019.751727-56.8
55Orman, Attila1993AZE+89B=49N25B=64B79N+84N+61B48B+77N5.037.541.521.751788-89.2
56Badescu, Matei-Andrei1911ROU=101B30N+100B48N+98B+58B=36N23N+89B5.037.541.020.251707-87.2
57Kalonomos, Ioannis1844GRE+109B=94N+116B=17N7B48N=72B=89N+84B5.037.540.519.501774-30.0
58Fusman, Noam1458ISR42B+72N86B+88N+63B56N+83B32N+76B5.037.041.021.501830+153.2
59Bilic, Mihajlo1786SRB+87B28N+88B16N=80B52N+101B=65N+82B5.037.040.519.751742-20.0
60Li, Leon1699POR28B+126N34B+125N=115B+47N38B+69N=42B5.035.537.017.001795+40.8
61Bausys, Benas1771LTU+123N=31B78N51B=81N+92B55N+103B+86N5.035.037.518.751801+14.0
62Verbic, Jan1653SLO7B+106N69B+133N42B83N+102B+109N+85B5.035.035.014.501729+30.4
63Taskov, Atanas1772BUL+128N=96B=39N24B58N+124B67N+92B+81N5.034.035.515.751700-28.4
64Panasiuk, Stanislaw1651POL+11B43N+83B=55N+25B28N49B+115N34B4.542.545.522.001870+98.0
65Atanasovski, David1676MKD=78N3B+107N=54B=53N+68B43N=59B=71N4.540.544.019.751819+54.4
66Besou, Jad1864GER+82B36N+94B+80N=16B10N22B70N+98B4.539.543.018.001711-69.2
67Ari, Yigitcan1554TUR+69B44N+99B38N+85B46N+63B31B=78N4.538.041.519.001823+110.6
68Rabiej, Mateusz1797POL+122B=9N26B+116N29B65N+88B52N+94B4.537.540.516.751681-53.2
69Ernisson, Petur Ulfar1839ISL67N+91B+62N=29B50N=76B=79N60B+95N4.537.040.519.251668-76.8
70Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp1726GRE8N+110B+71N96B75N+81B=78N+66B33N4.536.540.018.501806+33.8
71Elnegaard , Tristan Lund1815DEN+93B1N70B=105N+100B44N+114B=80N=65B4.536.539.516.501712-48.8
72Lin, William1700ENG20N58B+127N+112B45N+118B=57N+96B35N4.536.538.014.001666-14.0
73Levacic, Matic1874SLO94B+102N+114B10N=99B23N80B+119N+105N4.533.536.514.751663-93.2
74White, George1770IRL+108B18N82B+119N94B=88N+98B41N+102B4.533.036.015.501628-60.8
75Hornfeld, Ariel1809ISR+119B4N10B+111N+70B+82N6B15B50N4.043.546.515.001760-26.8
76Abdurahman, Ahmet Selim1771MKD+130B14N+111B7N=52B=69N+82B24B58N4.041.042.013.251643-55.6
77Ruiz Castillejos, Marcos1759ESP+132B+34N5B11N+129B32N=41B=86N55B4.039.540.011.501773+2.4
78Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil1946SUI=65B+101N+61B30N=48B45N=70B44N=67B4.039.042.517.751660-126.4
79Stefan, Marino1754CRO+125B32N+108B34N+55B19N=69B=85N47B4.039.041.014.751714-15.6
80Bilic, Jovan1679SRB+86N=54B=31N66B=59N35B+73N=71B83N4.038.542.518.501808+60.4
81Beijoco, Bernardo1546POR33N=22B50N+107B=61B70N+106B+97N63B4.038.041.516.001635+31.6
82Xin, Andrew M.1585FAI66N+129B+74N+33B3N75B76N+113B59N4.038.039.014.001730+49.2
83Conan, Arthur Gabriel1833ESPF2B64N+124B40N+62B58N+100N+80B4.036.536.514.501699-58.8
84Aksoy, Kerem Alp1697TUR39N+118B+115N31B37N55B+112N+91B57N4.036.039.013.501702-2.5
85Della Penna, Leonardo1872ITA95N+103B=21N50B67N+110B+117N=79B62N4.035.038.015.001583-126.8
86Schmidt, Jan1955GER80B=98N+58N22B95N+116B+104N=77B61B4.034.537.515.251618-141.2
87Tsigkogiannis, Panagiotis1467GRE59N21B=103N+109B+105B25N99B+101N=115B4.034.537.513.751650+78.0
88Bisetto, Alessandro Federico1651ITA24N+128B59N58B+120N=74B68N=107B+118N4.034.536.011.501508-44.8
89Pollak, Tony1709AUT55N+120B45N=90B=116N+112B=96N=57B56N4.034.037.014.251674-16.4
90Hariton, Luca1524MDA38B23N+131B=89N+101B49N115B+114N=97B4.033.034.011.251664+45.6
91Grigorenko, Vladislavs1563LAT19B69N+106B114N+125B+97N47B84N+122B4.032.534.512.001614+14.8
92Rompanos, Alexandros1627GRE34B108N+122B115N+106B61N+121B63N+119B4.031.534.512.501644+6.4
93Reddy, Handyalu Kiran1535LUX71N=50B22N100N+132B117B=110N+120B+113N4.031.532.010.751557+35.2
94Ostapenko, Volodymyr1623UKR+73N=57B66N=35B+74N=33B54N53B68N3.539.544.017.001744+52.8
95Zolotarev, Iaroslav1604MDA+85B19N=48B49N+86B+115N25B42N69B3.539.542.513.501748+60.8
96Agarwal, AnayCM1883ENG+52B=63N=44B+70N17B37N=89B72NF3.539.042.516.501724-53.6
97Busch, Jonathan Luis1747GER1B+109N+133B32N33N91B+116N81B=90N3.537.037.08.501556-83.6
98Blanco Diaz, Cristobal Andres1581ESP13N=86B35N+110B56N+105B74N+104B66N3.536.540.012.501698+44.8
99Wolf, Adam1755GER+129N13B67N+117B=73N51B+87N39BF3.535.536.510.251640-43.2
100Monteserin Esteban, Diego1593ESP31N=107B56N+93B71N=103B+118N83B=112N3.533.536.512.251551-22.4
101Solovev, Nikolai1651LUX=56N78B51N+118B90N+107B59N87B+126N3.533.535.010.501488-58.8
102Telalovic, Nedim1567BIH54N73B+120N53B+130N=104B62N+117B74N3.533.534.58.751570-2.8
103Heino, Oliver1581FIN43B85N=87B+132N47B=100N+122B61N=106B3.533.033.59.001520-29.6
104Blanco Cruz, Miguel Angel1703ESP16B+122N11B129N+119B=102N86B98N+123B3.532.033.010.251609-38.8
105Zheng, Lucas1637WLS18B+130N46B=71B87N98N+129B+108N73B3.532.033.07.751338-68.8
106Pllana, Jon1448KOS53N62B91N+127B92N+126B81N+116B=103N3.530.031.57.751493+17.2
107Karthik, Shreyaas0LUX36B=100N65B81N+126B101N+128B=88N=109B3.529.531.08.5014730.0
108Kalmakov, Lev0MNE74N+92B79N113B=117N+127B53N105B+124N3.529.030.59.0015770.0
109Puhalo, Damir1561CRO57N97B118N87N+131B+130B+120N62B=107N3.528.029.06.751397-41.2
110Roht, Kaarel1503EST46B70N=132B98N+128B85N=93B+130N=111B3.527.027.56.501398-32.0
111Abicic, Josip1592CRO32B+132N76N75B118N120B+125N+129B=110N3.526.026.55.251319-57.2
112Guri, Juan1506ALB47B114N+130B72N+133B89N84B+131N=100B3.526.026.03.751308-35.6
113Kaloh, Edvard1709SLO9B+121N7B+108N46B+129N34B82N93B3.038.539.57.501428-90.4
114Reyansh, Keshav1745MLT15N+112B73N+91B=35N54B71N90B=117N3.037.040.011.751616-64.8
115Diz Eitor, Noe1801ESPF6N84B+92B=60N95B+90N64B=87N3.036.036.012.501580-94.0
116Osmolovskii, Nikita1518LUX=35N+51B57N68B=89B86N97B106N+131N3.035.036.010.751577+12.8
117Stoegerer, Jonathan1584AUT26B11N+126B99N=108B+93N85B102N=114B3.033.535.08.751563-14.8
118Antipov, Andrii0UKR48B84N+109B101N+111B72N100B+121N88B3.031.534.510.0015110.0
119Oliveira, Afonso Vieira Soares1503POR75N40B+128N74B104N+123B+124N73B92N3.030.031.56.001428-20.0
120Kolodchenko, Nikita1471ESP25B89N102B+131N88B+111N109B93N+129N3.029.530.55.501308-48.4
121Markovic, Janko1502MNE45N113B+123N40B124N+125B92N118B+130N3.026.527.55.50902-49.6
122Cubrovic, Zlatko1481MNE68N104B92N=128B=123N+133B103N+124B91N3.025.525.54.001381-27.2
123Ignatov, Andrii0MNC61B52N121B=126N=122B119N=127N+128B104N2.525.527.04.5013090.0
124Valsson, Nokkvi Mar1651ISL14B+131N38B83N+121B63N119B122N108B2.032.533.54.001378-87.2
125Vedeshin, Ivan0EST79NF23B60B91N121N111B+133N+132B2.026.026.00.508430.0
126Shevtsov, Konstantin1479MNE37N60B117N=123B107N106NF+127B101B1.527.527.52.751325-45.2
127Karovic, Andrej1481MNE49B10N72B106NF108N=123B126N+133B1.527.027.01.25827-49.6
128Bulajic, Vanja0MNE63B88N119B=122N110N+132B107N123NF1.525.025.02.0012160.0
129Kurz, Alexander Harald0AUT99B82NF+104B77N113B105N111N120B1.028.028.03.5013300.0
130Divanovic, Luka0MNE76N105B112NF102B109N+132N110B121B1.025.025.00.507760.0
131Bjerregaard Hagen, Julian0DEN27N124B90N120B109NF+133N112B116B1.024.524.50.007720.0
132Konopljev, Jurij Vuk0MNE77N111B=110N103B93N128N130BF125N0.523.023.01.7512110.0
133FIDE 165140250F33B97N62B112N122N131B125B127N0.025.025.00.008040.0

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