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3. Open Kavarna Astoria - VBO 2025

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16 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 29 Oct 2025 in Maribor, Slovenia. Top 10 Elo average was 1560, and top seed was Edvard Kaloh (🇸🇮 SLO, 1707).

Nikolaj Praznik (🇸🇮 SLO, 1463) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Rene Kodric (4.5) and Anej Borovinsek (4.5). Praznik broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Nikolaj Praznik (1463) beat Edvard Kaloh (1707), a +244-point gap.

Location
🇸🇮Maribor, Slovenia
Dates
29 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇮Edvard Kaloh1707
Avg top 10
1,560
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇮Slovenia×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Nikolaj Praznik led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Praznik5Kodric4.5Borovinsek4.5Kaloh4Sega4Molnar3
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Nikolaj Praznik held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikolaj Praznik drew with Rene Kodric (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Nikolaj Praznik 3 wins (R1–R3)Rene Kodric 3 wins (R1–R3)Anej Borovinsek 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikolaj Praznik*
½
1
1
2Rene Kodric
½
*
½
½
3Anej Borovinsek
0
½
*—
4Edvard Kaloh
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Praznik, Nikolaj1463SLO+3B+5N+4N=2B=6B+7N5.020.023.019.251883+125.2
2Kodric, Rene1608SLO+12B+10N+6B=1N=3B=4N4.519.522.015.251757+46.8
3Borovinsek, Anej1688SLO−1N+8B+9N+11B=2N+6B4.518.521.013.751676-1.2
4Kaloh, Edvard1707SLO+9B+7N−1B+10N=11B=2B4.018.521.012.501643-18.0
5Sega, Jost1501SLO=8N−1B+13N=7B+9N+11N4.016.519.011.001592+19.2
6Gombosi, Svit1597SLO+14N=11B−2N+8B=1N−3N3.019.522.09.251372-47.2
7Zupanic, Tit1556SLO+13B−4B=11N=5N+12B−1B3.018.020.58.251446-31.2
8Molnar, Andrija0SLO=5B−3N+12B−6N+14N=10B3.017.019.58.5014710.0
9Potocki, Silvo1464SLO−4N+13B−3B+15N−5B+16B3.016.016.03.50832-34.8
10Kaloh, Frida1516SLO+15N−2B=14N−4B+16N=8N3.015.015.03.75858-24.8
11Bajde, Zan1504SLO+16B=6N=7B−3N=4N−5B2.518.518.55.001461-11.6
12Williams, Thomas1413SLO−2N+15B−8N+14B−7N=13B2.515.516.54.75783-22.4
13Iuso, Jakob0SLO−7N−9N−5B+16N+15B=12N2.513.513.52.2511630.0
14Iuso, Ema0SLO−6B+16N=10B−12N−8B+15N2.512.512.52.5012370.0
15Jug, Ana0SLO−10B−12N+16B−9B−13N−14B1.013.513.50.006650.0
16Konec, Lucija0SLO−11N−14B−15N−13B−10B−9N0.013.514.50.006940.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets