Cascade Open 2025
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Jan Soural led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
CM Jan Soural never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
CM Jan Soural beat Petr Hronik (White).
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMJan Soural | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Petr Hronik | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Radek Hanzlik | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Alena Souralova | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soural, JanCM | 2098 | CZE | +4B | +5N | +2B | =3N | +6B | +7N | +9N | 6.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 22.75 | 2164 | +5.6 |
| 2 | Hronik, Petr | 1889 | CZE | +9N | +3B | −1N | +7B | =5N | +8B | +10B | 5.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 12.75 | 1907 | +5.8 |
| 3 | Hanzlik, Radek | 1782 | CZE | +10B | −2N | +4B | =1B | +8N | +6N | F | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 13.25 | 1855 | +22.8 |
| 4 | Souralova, Alena | 1596 | CZE | −1N | +7B | −3N | −6B | +10N | +9B | +8N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 1649 | +11.2 |
| 5 | Rektor, David | 1733 | CZE | +6N | −1B | −7N | +9B | =2B | +10N | F | 3.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 8.25 | 1740 | +3.2 |
| 6 | Svoboda, Pravoslav | 1438 | CZE | −5B | =10N | +8B | +4N | −1N | −3B | +7B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 9.00 | 1622 | +47.6 |
| 7 | Ta, Xuan Nguyen | 1615 | CZE | +8B | −4N | +5B | −2N | +9B | −1B | −6N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 6.00 | 1579 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Novak, Mikulas | 0 | CZE | −7N | +9B | −6N | =10B | −3B | −2N | −4B | 1.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 1.50 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Cerny, Cenek | 1551 | CZE | −2B | −8N | +10B | −5N | −7N | −4N | −1B | 1.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 1.00 | 1443 | -34.4 |
| 10 | Hronik, Petr | 1501 | CZE | −3N | =6B | −9N | =8N | −4B | −5B | −2N | 1.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 2.50 | 1264 | -56.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Svoboda, PravoslavCZE+47.63.5 pts · #6
- 2Hanzlik, RadekCZE+22.84.5 pts · #4
- 3Souralova, AlenaCZE+11.24.0 pts · #5
- 1Hronik, PetrCZE-56.01.0 pts · #10
- 2Cerny, CenekCZE-34.41.0 pts · #9
- 3Ta, Xuan NguyenCZE-17.23.0 pts · #7
- R7+177 Elo gap
- R4+158 Elo gap
- R3+118 Elo gap