Otvoreno prvenstvo na grad Skopje 2026 - U16
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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Skopje, North Macedonia. Top 10 Elo average was 1705, and top seed was Daniel Stefanoski (🇲🇰 MKD, 1872).
Elisaveta Burns (🇲🇰 MKD, 1510) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Ilijana Veleva (4.5) and Marko Stojanovikj (4.5).
The biggest upset came in round 2: Damjan Lazevski (1504) beat Luka Simonoski (1705), a +201-point gap.
Location
🇲🇰Skopje, North Macedonia
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇰North Macedonia×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 4 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 4.5/6. Burns takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
R1–R6 · UNBEATEN
Kristijan Kavazov went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kristijan Kavazov | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Marko Stojanovikj | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ilijana Veleva | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Elisaveta Burns | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burns, Elisaveta | 1510 | MKD | +34B | =4N | =8B | +23N | =2N | +13B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 1775 | +52.8 |
| 2 | Veleva, Ilijana | 1688 | MKD | +35B | −5N | +19B | +12N | =1B | +14N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1593 | -20.4 |
| 3 | Stojanovikj, Marko | 1718 | MKD | +22B | +24N | =14B | +5N | =7N | =10B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 14.25 | 1797 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Kavazov, Kristijan | 1835 | MKD | +36N | =1B | +17N | =13B | +16N | =7B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.00 | 1732 | -18.0 |
| 5 | Stojkov, Kristijan | 1489 | MKD | +20N | +2B | =16N | −3B | +24N | =6N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 13.00 | 1700 | +54.8 |
| 6 | Jordanovski, Kristijan | 1670 | MKD | +33N | =17B | =10N | +11B | =13N | =5B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 12.25 | 1642 | +1.6 |
| 7 | Krstevski, Pavel | 1807 | MKD | F | +25N | +18B | +9N | =3B | =4N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 13.50 | 1869 | +13.2 |
| 8 | Simonoski, Luka | 1705 | MKD | +15N | −13B | =1N | +30B | =18N | +17B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 11.75 | 1519 | -36.4 |
| 9 | Petkovski, Filip | 1582 | MKD | +31N | +11B | =13N | −7B | =17N | +16B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 11.25 | 1649 | +17.2 |
| 10 | Stefanoski, Daniel | 1872 | MKD | +25B | =18N | =6B | +24N | =14B | =3N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.50 | 1669 | -44.8 |
| 11 | Burns, Kayla | 1454 | MKD | +23B | −9N | +21B | −6N | +25B | +22N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 10.00 | 811 | -26.4 |
| 12 | Angjelovski, Luka | 1462 | MKD | +30N | −16B | +27N | −2B | +20N | +18B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 9.50 | 1494 | +11.2 |
| 13 | Lazevski, Damjan | 1504 | MKD | +26B | +8N | =9B | =4N | =6B | −1N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 12.25 | 1652 | +37.6 |
| 14 | Blazhevski, Slaven | 1573 | MKD | +32B | +28N | =3N | =16B | =10N | −2B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1635 | +10.4 |
| 15 | FIDE 15021890 | 0 | — | −8B | +26N | +28B | −18N | =21B | +23N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 8.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Avramoski, Aleksandar | 1596 | MKD | +19B | +12N | =5B | =14N | −4B | −9N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 1507 | -26.0 |
| 17 | Zafirov, Marko | 1475 | MKD | +21B | =6N | −4B | +22N | =9B | −8N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1494 | -2.0 |
| 18 | Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko | 1570 | MKD | +29N | =10B | −7N | +15B | =8B | −12N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1503 | -14.8 |
| 19 | Hajan Liu, Andrej | 0 | MKD | −16N | +20B | −2N | +28B | F | +24B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 15022110 | 0 | — | −5B | −19N | +35B | +32N | −12B | +25N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Runtevski, Marko | 0 | MKD | −17N | +33B | −11N | +31B | =15N | =26B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 15019560 | 0 | — | −3N | +29B | =30N | −17B | +27N | −11B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 766 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 15019551 | 0 | — | −11N | +31B | +36N | −1B | =26N | −15B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Markovski, Gabriel | 1507 | MKD | +27N | −3B | +34N | −10B | −5B | −19N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 896 | -32.0 |
| 25 | Prenkovski, Itan | 1431 | MKD | −10N | −7B | +29N | +27B | −11N | −20B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 921 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 15017605 | 0 | — | −13N | −15B | +31N | F | =23B | =21N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.75 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 15022102 | 0 | — | −24B | +35N | −12B | −25N | −22B | +32N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 15021980 | 0 | — | F | −14B | −15N | −19N | +35B | +33B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Lazarev, Kristijan | 0 | MKD | −18B | −22N | −25B | +35N | +32B | −31N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Spaskovski, Kiril | 0 | MKD | −12B | +32N | =22B | −8N | F | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 15022030 | 0 | — | −9B | −23N | −26B | −21N | F | +29B | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 15022099 | 0 | — | −14N | −30B | +33N | −20B | −29N | −27B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 15022161 | 0 | — | −6B | −21N | −32B | +36B | F | −28N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 837 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 15010481 | 0 | — | −1N | +36B | −24B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 15022072 | 0 | — | −2N | −27B | −20N | −29B | −28N | F | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 895 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 15021912 | 0 | — | −4B | −34N | −23B | −33N | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1032 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Stojkov, KristijanMKD+54.84.0 pts · #7
- 2Burns, ElisavetaMKD+52.84.5 pts · #10
- 3Lazevski, DamjanMKD+37.63.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Stefanoski, DanielMKD-44.84.0 pts · #4
- 2Simonoski, LukaMKD-36.44.0 pts · #11
- 3Markovski, GabrielMKD-32.02.0 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R2+201 Elo gap
- R2+199 Elo gap
- R6+108 Elo gap