European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U8

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91 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Oct 2025 to 07 Nov 2025 in Budva, Montenegro. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1728, and top seed was Minh Thuc Le Doan (🇸🇪 SWE, 1867).

Myron Netrebka (🇺🇦 UKR, 1564) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Iskander Zhakupov (7.0) and Maks Levacic (7.0). Netrebka shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kanan Babasoy (1448) beat Minh Thuc Le Doan (1867), a +419-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

🇸🇪Minh Thuc Le Doan1867

Avg top 10

1,728

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×13

🇲🇪Montenegro×6

🇦🇲Armenia×5

🇷🇸Serbia×4

🇩🇪Germany×4

🇱🇺Luxembourg×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇪🇸Spain×3

Top 3

🥇
Myron Netrebka
🇺🇦UKR·1564
9.0pts·2466perf+152.0
🥈
Iskander Zhakupov
🇫🇷FRA·1584
7.0pts·1781perf+71.6
🥉
Maks Levacic
🇸🇮SLO·1590
7.0pts·1795perf+69.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Myron Netrebka led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Netrebka9Dede7Babasoy7Levacic7Zhakupov7Colak6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Myron Netrebka never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Myron Netrebka beat Omer Taha Dede (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Myron Netrebka 9 wins (R1–R9)Omer Taha Dede 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Myron Netrebka	*	1	—	—
2Omer Taha Dede	0	*	—	1
3Kanan Babasoy	—	—	*	0
4Maks Levacic	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Netrebka, Myron	1564	UKR	+62B	+68N	+19N	+51B	+7N	+11B	+4N	+2B	+6N	9.0	46.5	50.0	50.00	2466	+152.0
2	Zhakupov, Iskander	1584	FRA	+79B	+53N	+12N	+13B	−11B	+14N	+16B	−1N	+15B	7.0	49.0	52.0	37.00	1781	+71.6
3	Levacic, Maks	1590	SLO	+84N	+8B	=27N	+5B	+19N	−4B	=7N	+20B	+13N	7.0	49.0	51.0	38.25	1795	+69.6
4	Dede, Omer Taha	1737	TUR	+39B	+71N	=45B	+46N	+6B	+3N	−1B	=15N	+11B	7.0	48.5	51.5	37.25	1812	+17.2
5	Babasoy, Kanan	1448	AZE	+14B	=6N	+52B	−3N	+58B	+27N	=13B	+18N	+12B	7.0	46.0	50.0	36.75	1840	+153.2
6	Akyil, Etka Selim	1602	TUR	+15N	=5B	+34N	+27B	−4N	+21B	+8B	+12N	−1B	6.5	52.0	57.0	37.50	1601	-0.8
7	Bausys, Nikolas	1617	LTU	+57B	+38N	+74B	+16N	−1B	=13N	=3B	=9N	+24B	6.5	49.0	52.0	33.25	1665	+20.0
8	Colak, Cagan Deniz	1421	TUR	+30B	−3N	+31B	=54N	+22B	+10B	−6N	+45N	+26B	6.5	45.5	49.5	34.00	1785	+172.4
9	Can, Bulut	1567	TUR	+23B	+72N	−11B	+49N	−12N	+61B	+21N	=7B	+28N	6.5	43.0	46.0	30.75	1609	+6.8
10	Konovalov, Daniel	1575	AZE	=21B	−14N	+81B	+52N	+46B	−8N	+37B	+29N	+22B	6.5	42.0	44.5	29.25	1726	+44.6
11	Irtes, Deniz	1723	TUR	+64N	+17B	+9N	+20B	+2N	−1N	−12B	+16B	−4N	6.0	53.0	57.0	35.00	1709	-2.8
12	Jevglevski, Lev	1794	EST	+37B	+59N	−2B	+45N	+9B	+20N	+11N	−6B	−5N	6.0	48.0	52.0	31.50	1676	-46.8
13	Vardanyan, Manvel	1462	ARM	+70B	+31N	+22B	−2N	+29B	=7B	=5N	+40N	−3B	6.0	48.0	51.5	30.75	1690	+94.4
14	Le Doan, Minh Thuc	1867	SWE	−5N	+10B	+37N	+17B	+41N	−2B	−15B	+35N	+40B	6.0	47.5	52.5	32.50	1727	-39.6
15	Dalaloyan, Davit	0	ARM	−6B	+70N	+32B	=22N	+25B	+33B	+14N	=4B	−2N	6.0	47.5	51.0	31.25	1736	+76.8
16	Makarovs, Daniils	1507	LAT	+69B	+18N	+54B	−7B	+26N	+28B	−2N	−11N	+30B	6.0	44.5	48.0	28.50	1763	+107.6
17	Yofe, Eyal	1493	ISR	+49B	−11N	+43B	−14N	+63B	−18N	+61B	+38N	+41N	6.0	41.0	45.0	27.50	1621	+27.6
18	Almeida, Tomas CCM	1787	POR	+36N	−16B	+42N	+35B	−20N	+17B	=32N	−5B	+50N	5.5	44.5	49.0	28.00	1559	-88.4
19	Ju, Eric Zirui	1700	GER	+42B	+48N	−1B	+71N	−3B	−47N	+53B	+27N	=20N	5.5	44.5	47.5	24.25	1561	-55.2
20	Kahraman, Kivanc	1537	TUR	+67B	+78N	+29B	−11N	+18B	−12B	+28N	−3N	=19B	5.5	44.0	47.0	25.25	1707	+61.6
21	Fu, Ziqing	0	NED	=10N	=34B	+47B	+40N	+30B	−6N	−9B	=48N	+45B	5.5	43.5	48.0	27.00	1672	-57.6
22	Parolin, Fabio	1617	ITA	+82N	+60B	−13N	=15B	−8N	+50B	+55N	+47B	−10N	5.5	42.0	44.5	22.50	1527	-31.6
23	Hovhannisyan, Vladimir	0	ARM	−9N	+24N	=33B	+59B	−31N	−25B	+64N	+55B	+47N	5.5	40.0	44.0	24.50	1609	-10.0
24	Turcan, Egor	1486	MDA	−51N	−23B	+64N	+73B	+57N	=26B	+31N	+25B	−7N	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.25	1735	+52.0
25	Borisov, Filippos	1596	GRE	+88B	=52N	−46B	+56B	−15N	+23N	+60B	−24N	+48B	5.5	38.0	39.5	21.50	1485	-25.2
26	Liu, Yining	1683	GER	−53B	+88N	+63B	+74N	−16B	=24N	+59N	+32B	−8N	5.5	38.0	39.5	20.25	1490	-69.2
27	Karakaya, Timur Batu	0	TUR	+47B	+40N	=3B	−6N	+45B	−5B	+33N	−19B	=32N	5.0	45.5	50.0	25.00	1617	+55.2
28	Talaba, David-Christian	1644	ROU	+50B	−74N	+53B	+38N	+51B	−16N	−20B	+36N	−9B	5.0	40.5	43.5	22.50	1481	-69.6
29	Hogyinszki, Mark Csaba	1691	HUN	+75N	+65B	−20N	+55B	−13N	+35B	=47N	−10B	=44N	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.75	1509	-69.6
30	Gerhardt, Noah	1654	GER	−8N	+84B	+36N	+60B	−21N	=55B	=48N	+39B	−16N	5.0	40.5	42.5	20.25	1508	-49.6
31	Ivanov, Theo	1622	BEL	+76N	−13B	−8N	+82B	+23B	=60N	−24B	+51B	=34N	5.0	39.5	42.0	19.50	1149	-92.0
32	Monteserin Esteban, Julio	1567	ESP	−44N	+87B	−15N	+76B	+39N	+56B	=18B	−26N	=27B	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.25	1635	+10.4
33	Burns, Joshua Benjamin	1531	MKD	+89N	−51B	=23N	+34B	+54B	−15N	−27B	=37N	+53B	5.0	38.5	40.0	19.75	1783	+34.4
34	Ucar, Aren	0	TUR	+83B	=21N	−6B	−33N	+65B	−45N	+46B	+74N	=31B	5.0	38.0	40.0	18.75	1552	0.0
35	Agic, Zejn	1484	MNE	+66B	−54N	+68B	−18N	+49B	−29N	+67B	−14B	+61N	5.0	37.0	40.5	20.00	953	-29.6
36	Table, Levin-Filip	1437	ROU	−18B	+67N	−30B	−43N	+91N	+49B	+56N	−28B	+62N	5.0	37.0	37.0	16.50	895	-22.4
37	Krivtsov, Illia	1443	UKR	−12N	+91B	−14B	=88N	+44N	+71B	−10N	=33B	+57N	5.0	37.0	37.0	15.25	1507	+9.2
38	Pidakev, Vladimir	1463	BUL	+77N	−7B	+73N	−28B	−56N	+62B	+57N	−17B	+51N	5.0	36.5	39.5	18.00	785	-40.4
39	Borg, Nikol	1435	MLT	−4N	−73B	+87N	+77B	−32B	+43N	+66B	−30N	+63B	5.0	36.0	38.0	18.00	863	-26.4
40	Ivanovic, Longin	1571	SRB	+85N	−27B	+72N	−21B	+83N	+53B	+51N	−13B	−14N	5.0	35.5	37.5	15.00	1555	-5.2
41	Kalinak, Martin	1609	SVK	−72B	+79N	+57B	+83N	−14B	−51N	+42B	+63N	−17B	5.0	35.0	37.0	18.00	1560	-14.8
42	Blanco Diaz, German Alberto	1429	ESP	−19N	+90B	−18B	−66N	+69B	+73N	−41N	+67B	+58B	5.0	34.5	35.0	15.00	1496	+10.4
43	Ozkaya, Mete	0	TUR	−65N	+76B	−17N	+36B	−55N	−39B	+83N	+75B	+60N	5.0	34.0	36.0	17.00	1408	0.0
44	Jiao, Jonathan	0	NED	+32B	−45N	=59B	−58N	−37B	+88N	+85B	+52N	=29B	5.0	33.5	35.0	17.00	1499	-78.0
45	Ilbeyi, Demir Arslan	1578	TUR	+87N	+44B	=4N	−12B	−27N	+34B	+52N	−8B	−21N	4.5	44.0	46.0	19.50	1521	-14.4
46	Kamensek, Tristan	1476	SLO	+56N	=58B	+25N	−4B	−10N	−59B	−34N	+86B	+68B	4.5	39.5	41.5	17.00	1457	-6.4
47	Hanyk, Stepan	1561	CZE	−27N	+85B	−21N	+72B	+75N	+19B	=29B	−22N	−23B	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.00	1674	+18.4
48	Picolos, Antonios	1505	CYP	+73N	−19B	−56N	+69B	=50N	+54N	=30B	=21B	−25N	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.00	1526	+4.4
49	Oniani, Giorgi	0	GEO	−17N	+61B	+65N	−9B	−35N	−36N	=69B	+82B	+75N	4.5	37.0	39.5	15.25	1254	0.0
50	Ljaljic, Bruno	1411	CRO	−28N	−56B	+89N	+80B	=48B	−22N	+54B	+59N	−18B	4.5	35.5	37.0	14.75	1556	+39.2
51	Petrosyan, Tigran Sah.	0	ARM	+24B	+33N	+58B	−1N	−28N	+41B	−40B	−31N	−38B	4.0	44.5	48.5	19.50	1537	0.0
52	Jovanovski, Jovan	1460	MKD	+86N	=25B	−5N	−10B	+64N	+58N	−45B	−44B	=65N	4.0	40.5	42.5	14.75	1485	+13.6
53	Strozyk, Bruno	1424	POL	+26N	−2B	−28N	+86B	+71B	−40N	−19N	+56B	−33N	4.0	40.0	42.0	14.50	1449	+1.6
54	Tanasa, Vlad	1643	ROU	+61N	+35B	−16N	=8B	−33N	−48B	−50N	+72B	=55N	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.25	1316	-124.8
55	Isbatov, Tahir	1475	AZE	−68B	+62N	+66B	−29N	+43B	=30N	−22B	−23N	=54B	4.0	38.0	41.5	17.50	1463	+2.0
56	Qiu, Caspar	0	GER	−46B	+50N	+48B	−25N	+38B	−32N	−36B	−53N	+71B	4.0	38.0	41.0	17.00	1444	0.0
57	Binici, Mehmet Yigit	0	TUR	−7N	+86B	−41N	+65B	−24B	+77N	−38B	+66N	−37B	4.0	38.0	40.0	13.00	1257	0.0
58	Gilabert Pons, Guillem	1640	ESP	+63B	=46N	−51N	+44B	−5N	−52B	+72N	=60B	−42N	4.0	37.5	40.5	16.25	1211	-108.8
59	Melegkos, Konstantinos	1519	GRE	+81B	−12B	=44N	−23N	+88B	+46N	−26B	−50B	=64N	4.0	37.5	39.0	13.00	1411	-18.8
60	Ivanyan, Hayk	1452	ARM	+80B	−22N	+78B	−30N	+66B	=31B	−25N	=58N	−43B	4.0	37.0	40.0	14.50	1381	-16.4
61	Aleksandrov, Leonid	0	SRB	−54B	−49N	+62B	+70N	+74B	−9N	−17N	+80B	−35B	4.0	36.5	39.5	13.50	1298	0.0
62	Kadari, Gopal Rao	0	AUT	−1N	−55B	−61N	+90B	+80N	−38N	+78B	+71N	−36B	4.0	36.0	36.5	9.50	1245	0.0
63	Altintasi, Cihangir	0	TUR	−58N	+77B	−26N	+78B	−17N	+68B	+74N	−41B	−39N	4.0	35.0	38.0	12.50	1288	0.0
64	Gunes, Sarp	1431	TUR	−11B	=81N	−24B	+79N	−52B	+70N	−23B	+69N	=59B	4.0	35.0	37.5	13.25	1223	-37.6
65	Xynidis, Maximos	1491	GRE	+43B	−29N	−49B	−57N	−34N	+91B	=68N	+81B	=52B	4.0	33.5	33.5	11.25	1382	-11.6
66	Petrovic, Dragutin	0	SRB	−35N	+82B	−55N	+42B	−60N	+75B	−39N	−57B	+76N	4.0	33.0	35.5	13.50	1211	0.0
67	Klimov, Roman	0	UKR	−20N	−36B	−76N	+87B	+78N	+83B	−35N	−42N	+73B	4.0	31.5	33.5	10.00	1227	0.0
68	Rafaeli, Noam	0	ISR	+55N	−1B	−35N	−75B	+82N	−63N	=65B	+83B	−46N	3.5	36.0	38.0	10.50	1429	0.0
69	Mihajlovic, Aleksandar	0	BIH	−16N	+75B	−71B	−48N	−42N	+76B	=49N	−64B	+81N	3.5	33.0	35.5	10.75	678	0.0
70	Rissone, Edoardo	0	ITA	−13N	−15B	+84N	−61B	=72N	−64B	−81B	+77N	+88N	3.5	30.5	32.0	8.00	649	-52.0
71	Katsarski, Yan	1517	BUL	+91N	−4B	+69N	−19B	−53N	−37N	+73B	−62B	−56N	3.0	36.0	36.0	6.50	787	-66.4
72	Brunner, Maximilian	0	AUT	+41N	−9B	−40B	−47N	=70B	+81N	−58B	−54N	=86N	3.0	35.0	37.0	10.25	1330	0.0
73	Musil, Mark	0	SLO	−48B	+39N	−38B	−24N	+76N	−42B	−71N	+84B	−67N	3.0	35.0	37.0	10.00	1209	0.0
74	Pham Hoang, Minh	1491	BEL	+90N	+28B	−7N	−26B	−61N	+85N	−63B	−34B	−80N	3.0	35.0	35.5	7.50	1524	+5.2
75	Skulason, Robert Heidar	1424	ISL	−29B	−69N	+85B	+68N	−47B	−66N	+77B	−43N	−49B	3.0	33.0	35.0	8.50	833	-31.6
76	Berisha, Mal	0	KOS	−31B	−43N	+67B	−32N	−73B	−69N	+87B	+85N	−66B	3.0	31.5	33.5	8.00	795	0.0
77	Ragger, Christoph Karl	0	AUT	−38B	−63N	+79B	−39N	+84N	−57B	−75N	−70B	+83N	3.0	29.5	31.5	7.00	1325	0.0
78	Vicefield , Joshua	0	MNC	F	−20B	−60N	−63N	−67B	+89B	−62N	+79N	+82B	3.0	28.5	28.5	7.00	696	0.0
79	Dowgialo, Franciszek	0	LUX	−2N	−41B	−77N	−64B	+89N	−80B	+91N	−78B	+84N	3.0	28.5	28.5	3.50	749	0.0
80	Timoshin, Pavel	0	EST	−60N	F	−83B	−50N	−62B	+79N	+88B	−61N	+74B	3.0	26.0	26.0	7.50	1260	0.0
81	Mahendran, Mithran	0	LUX	−59N	=64B	−10N	−84B	+87N	−72B	+70N	−65N	−69B	2.5	30.5	32.5	7.50	1171	-65.6
82	Bogavac, Pavle	0	MNE	−22B	−66N	+91B	−31N	−68B	+90N	=86B	−49N	−78N	2.5	28.0	28.0	1.50	820	0.0
83	Radovic, Ilija	1451	SRB	−34N	+89B	+80N	−41B	−40B	−67N	−43B	−68N	−77B	2.0	33.5	35.0	4.50	800	-24.4
84	Donkovic, Djordje	0	MNE	−3B	−30N	−70B	+81N	−77B	−86N	+90B	−73N	−79B	2.0	29.0	29.5	3.00	821	0.0
85	FIDE 4709063	0	—	−40B	−47N	−75N	+89B	+86N	−74B	−44N	−76B	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	3.50	741	0.0
86	Sorochenkov, Andrei	0	MNE	−52B	−57N	F	−53N	−85B	+84B	=82N	−46N	=72B	2.0	26.0	26.0	4.75	652	0.0
87	FIDE 524085	0	—	−45B	−32N	−39B	−67N	−81B	F	−76N	+91B	+90N	2.0	24.5	24.5	0.50	727	0.0
88	Djurdjic, Jakov	0	MNE	−25N	−26B	+90N	=37B	−59N	−44B	−80N	F	−70B	1.5	32.0	32.0	3.00	1221	0.0
89	FIDE 16514033	0	—	−33B	−83N	−50B	−85N	−79B	−78N	F	=90B	+91N	1.5	20.0	20.0	0.25	669	0.0
90	Osmolovskii, Philipp	0	LUX	−74B	−42N	−88B	−62N	F	−82B	−84N	=89N	−87B	0.5	21.5	21.5	0.75	660	0.0
91	Marusic, Danilo	0	MNE	−71B	−37N	−82N	F	−36B	−65N	−79B	−87N	−89B	0.0	26.0	26.0	0.00	671	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Colak, Cagan DenizTUR
+172.4
6.5 pts · #1
2Babasoy, KananAZE
+153.2
7.0 pts · #7
3Netrebka, MyronUKR
+152.0
9.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Tanasa, VladROU
-124.8
4.0 pts · #42
2Gilabert Pons, GuillemESP
-108.8
4.0 pts · #55
3Ivanov, TheoBEL
-92.0
5.0 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R1+419 Elo gap
Babasoy, Kanan1448 beat Le Doan, Minh Thuc1867
R9+346 Elo gap
Babasoy, Kanan1448 beat Jevglevski, Lev1794
R8+339 Elo gap
Babasoy, Kanan1448 beat Almeida, Tomas CCM1787