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Cascade Open 2025

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10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Most, Czech Republic. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1520, and top seed was Jan Soural (🇨🇿 CZE, CM, 2098).

Jan Soural (🇨🇿 CZE, CM, 2098) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Petr Hronik (5.5) and Radek Hanzlik (4.5). Soural won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Pravoslav Svoboda (1438) beat Xuan Nguyen Ta (1615), a +177-point gap.

Location
🇨🇿Most, Czech Republic
Dates
12 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇿CMJan Soural2098
Avg top 10
1,520
Participants
10
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇿Czech Republic×10
Top 3
  • 🥇
    CMJan Soural
    🇨🇿CZE·2098
    6.5pts·2164perf+5.6
  • 🥈
    Petr Hronik
    🇨🇿CZE·1889
    5.5pts·1907perf+5.8
  • 🥉
    Radek Hanzlik
    🇨🇿CZE·1782
    4.5pts·1855perf+22.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Jan Soural led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Soural6.5Hronik5.5Hanzlik4.5Souralova4Rektor3.5Svoboda3.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Jan Soural never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Jan Soural beat Petr Hronik (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

CM Jan Soural posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJan Soural*
1
½
1
2Petr Hronik
0
*
1
—
3Radek Hanzlik
½
0
*
1
4Alena Souralova
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Soural, JanCM2098CZE+4B+5N+2B=3N+6B+7N+9N6.524.025.022.752164+5.6
2Hronik, Petr1889CZE+9N+3B−1N+7B=5N+8B+10B5.520.021.012.751907+5.8
3Hanzlik, Radek1782CZE+10B−2N+4B=1B+8N+6NF4.524.525.513.251855+22.8
4Souralova, Alena1596CZE−1N+7B−3N−6B+10N+9B+8N4.020.021.06.501649+11.2
5Rektor, David1733CZE+6N−1B−7N+9B=2B+10NF3.524.025.08.251740+3.2
6Svoboda, Pravoslav1438CZE−5B=10N+8B+4N−1N−3B+7B3.523.024.09.001622+47.6
7Ta, Xuan Nguyen1615CZE+8B−4N+5B−2N+9B−1B−6N3.024.525.56.001579-17.2
8Novak, Mikulas0CZE−7N+9B−6N=10B−3B−2N−4B1.521.522.51.5013960.0
9Cerny, Cenek1551CZE−2B−8N+10B−5N−7N−4N−1B1.024.025.01.001443-34.4
10Hronik, Petr1501CZE−3N=6B−9N=8N−4B−5B−2N1.022.523.52.501264-56.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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