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U1800 Marathon April

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1697, and top seed was Andras Pirityi (🇭🇺 HUN, 1753).

Serafym Aveskulov (🇺🇦 UKR, 1542) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Bence Peter Szabo (5.5) and Adam Kertesz (5.0). Aveskulov shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Akos Janos Kulcsar (1462) beat Kornel Kovacs (1714), a +252-point gap.

Location
🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺Andras Pirityi1753
Avg top 10
1,697
Participants
27
Federations · 6 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×19
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Serafym Aveskulov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
4
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Aveskulov6Szabo5.5Kertesz5Cseke5Dundar4.5Pirityi4.5
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Serafym Aveskulov held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Serafym Aveskulov beat Bence Peter Szabo (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Serafym Aveskulov 5 wins (R2–R6)Bence Peter Szabo 3 wins (R1–R3)Adam Kertesz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Serafym Aveskulov*
1
1
—
2Bence Peter Szabo
0
*
½
—
3Adam Kertesz
0
½
*—
4Viktoria Cseke———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Aveskulov, Serafym1542UKR=5B+18N+9N+8B+2N+3B=7N6.027.530.526.001979+131.2
2Szabo, Bence Peter1748HUN+21B+7N+14B=3N−1B+9N+5B5.527.029.020.501857+17.8
3Kertesz, Adam1654HUN+25B+8N+22B=2B+5N−1N=6B5.026.527.516.501844+60.0
4Cseke, Viktoria1727HUN+17B−14N+25B−6N+10N+24B+8B5.019.520.513.001788+7.4
5Pirityi, Andras1753HUN=1N+15B+10N+13B−3B+6N−2N4.528.531.518.001600-19.6
6Dundar, Onur0FID−7B+17N+12N+4B+15N−5B=3N4.526.029.017.5016650.0
7Aveskulov, Ivan1645UKR+6N−2B+19N−15B+20N+11N=1B4.526.028.517.001470-38.8
8Tolnai, Jozsef1743HUN+27N−3B+20N−1N+14B+15B−4N4.024.524.58.501614-21.6
9Szabo, Bela1690HUN+24B=26N−1B+14N+13B−2B=10N4.023.023.59.751657-4.0
10Honti, Vencel0HUN=23B+16N−5B+26N−4B+13N=9B4.021.522.09.7516770.0
11Rados, Bercel0HUN−14B+24N−15N+17B+12N−7B+16B4.020.521.511.0015920.0
12Czene, Laszlo1624HUN+19B−22N−6B+25N−11B+14N+24B4.017.518.58.001736+22.8
13Bacher, Benedek1583HUN=18B+23N+26B−5N−9N−10B+20N3.519.520.06.001625+9.2
14Tozser, Imre1581HUN+11N+4B−2N−9B−8N−12B+25N3.026.527.510.001538-13.6
15Nikhit Rayepalli1474IND+16B−5N+11B+7N−6B−8N−19B3.024.527.511.501714+48.0
16Kovacs, Kornel1714HUN−15N−10B+27N−20B+17N+18B−11N3.019.519.56.001486-46.0
17Bantas, Maya-Maria1499ROU−4N−6B+21B−11N−16B+26N+27B3.019.019.02.501618+24.0
18Liter, Petra0HUN=13N−1B=23B−24N+27B−16N+21N3.017.017.04.5015120.0
19Farkas, Mihaly0HUN−12NF−7B=23N+26B=20B+15N3.016.016.05.5014880.0
20Kulcsar, Akos Janos1462HUN−22B+21N−8B+16N−7B=19N−13B2.520.022.06.501522+16.0
21Nagy, Erno Tibor1522HUN−2N−20B−17NF+25B+27N−18B2.015.015.01.001461-17.6
22Kadeliding, Alimujiang1675CHN+20N+12B−3NFFFF2.012.512.56.501705+2.6
23Szekely, Vince1595HUN=10N−13B=18N=19BFFF1.513.513.55.00783-20.8
24Loneck, Kristof1469HUN−9N−11BF+18BF−4N−12N1.022.022.03.00880-27.6
25Fodor, Attila1447HUN−3N+27B−4N−12B−21NF−14B1.019.019.00.001330-16.0
26FIDE 170423800—F=9B−13N−10B−19N−17BF0.517.517.52.0013180.0
27Satish Rayepalli1507IND−8B−25N−16BF−18N−21B−17N0.016.016.00.00785-80.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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