Youth Hungarian Championship U12 Open 2026
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30 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Buk, Hungary. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Norbert Nagy (🇭🇺 HUN, 1976).
Andras Szantai (🇭🇺 HUN, 1867) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Balint Robert Krisch (6.5) and Yichen Zhao (6.5). Szantai shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Benjamin Janos Mile (1550) beat Vendel Lovasi (1735), a +185-point gap.
Location
🇭🇺Buk, Hungary
Dates
06 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAndras Szantai led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Apr
Balint Robert Krisch takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Andras Szantai beat Yichen Zhao (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Andras Szantai 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Yichen Zhao 4 wins (R3–R6)Balint Robert Krisch 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andras Szantai | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Yichen Zhao | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Balint Robert Krisch | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Almos Kiran Marton-John | 1 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Szantai, Andras | 1867 | HUN | +21B | +3N | +6B | −4N | +10B | +5N | +2B | =8N | +9B | 7.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 41.50 | 2019 | +64.4 |
| 2 | Krisch, Balint Robert | 1803 | HUN | +26B | +7N | +5B | =10N | +4B | −3N | −1N | +13B | +8B | 6.5 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 33.00 | 1900 | +48.4 |
| 3 | Zhao, Yichen | 1720 | HUN | +23N | −1B | +15N | +13B | +14N | +2B | =4B | +6N | −5B | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 32.50 | 1908 | +91.6 |
| 4 | Marton-John, Almos Kiran | 1839 | HUN | +12N | +11B | +9N | +1B | −2N | +7B | =3N | =5B | −6N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 53.0 | 34.25 | 1860 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Nagy, Norbert | 1976 | HUN | +24N | +18B | −2N | +14B | +6N | −1B | =13B | =4N | +3N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 29.75 | 1874 | -39.6 |
| 6 | Golya, David | 1781 | HUN | +15N | +13B | −1N | +11B | −5B | +10N | +18N | −3B | +4B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 29.00 | 1858 | +37.6 |
| 7 | Horvath, Kornel | 1641 | HUN | +30N | −2B | =23N | +27B | +9N | −4N | −8B | +25B | +13N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 18.75 | 1651 | +3.2 |
| 8 | Laszlo, Botond | 1758 | HUN | +19N | −9B | −14N | =15B | +16N | +23B | +7N | =1B | −2N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 23.50 | 1671 | -36.4 |
| 9 | Huszar, Mate Bence | 1623 | HUN | +29B | +8N | −4B | =18N | −7B | +19N | +14N | =11B | −1N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 20.50 | 1720 | +39.2 |
| 10 | Toth, Marton | 1618 | HUN | +25N | =14B | +27N | =2B | −1N | −6B | =20N | =18B | +19N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 20.00 | 1659 | +12.4 |
| 11 | Kertesz, Adam | 1652 | HUN | +16B | −4N | +19B | −6N | +17B | −13N | =12B | =9N | +20B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 22.00 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mile, Benjamin Janos | 1550 | HUN | −4B | −16N | +28B | =19N | =20N | +22B | =11N | =14B | +18N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 19.75 | 1636 | +40.0 |
| 13 | Gut, Kende David | 1636 | HUN | +28B | −6N | +16B | −3N | +25B | +11B | =5N | −2N | −7B | 4.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 19.00 | 1635 | -4.4 |
| 14 | Bardics, Mirko Janos | 1764 | HUN | +20B | =10N | +8B | −5N | −3B | +24N | −9B | =12N | =15B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 19.75 | 1657 | -50.4 |
| 15 | Kecskemeti, Akos | 1545 | HUN | −6B | +28N | −3B | =8N | −19B | +16N | =21B | +22B | =14N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 18.25 | 1605 | +23.6 |
| 16 | Schmidt, Armin | 1436 | HUN | −11N | +12B | −13N | =26N | −8B | −15B | +30N | +23B | +24N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 14.75 | 1576 | +64.4 |
| 17 | Halmosi, Thomas | 1634 | HUN | =27N | =24B | =18N | =23B | −11N | −20B | =19N | +29N | +26B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 15.00 | 1524 | -43.2 |
| 18 | Lovasi, Vendel | 1735 | HUN | +22B | −5N | =17B | =9B | =24N | +26N | −6B | =10N | −12B | 4.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 16.50 | 1602 | -61.6 |
| 19 | Jiang, Yaxing | 1502 | HUN | −8B | +29N | −11N | =12B | +15N | −9B | =17B | +21N | −10B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 15.75 | 1536 | +10.8 |
| 20 | Soos, Botond Mate | 1514 | HUN | −14N | =30B | =25N | =21N | =12B | +17N | =10B | =24B | −11N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 15.50 | 1562 | +18.0 |
| 21 | Cser, Matyas | 1592 | HUN | −1N | −27B | +22N | =20B | =23N | =25B | =15N | −19B | +30N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 12.75 | 1544 | -20.8 |
| 22 | Illes-Nagy, Adam | 1475 | HUN | −18N | −25B | −21B | +30N | +29B | −12N | +28B | −15N | +27B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 9.50 | 1420 | -20.0 |
| 23 | Mate-Kovacs, Benedek | 1460 | HUN | −3B | +26N | =7B | =17N | =21B | −8N | =24B | −16N | =29B | 3.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 13.50 | 1530 | +24.0 |
| 24 | Szabo, Huba | 1599 | HUN | −5B | =17N | +30B | =25N | =18B | −14B | =23N | =20N | −16B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 10.75 | 1532 | -35.6 |
| 25 | Mark, Zsolt | 0 | HUN | −10B | +22N | =20B | =24B | −13N | =21N | +26B | −7N | −28N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 13.25 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Orban-Kiss, Donat | 1546 | HUN | −2N | −23B | +29N | =16B | +27N | −18B | −25N | +28B | −17N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 10.75 | 1388 | -51.2 |
| 27 | Ball, Kevin | 0 | HUN | =17B | +21N | −10B | −7N | −26B | −28N | =29B | +30B | −22N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 8.50 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Peli, Vince Kenez | 1414 | HUN | −13N | −15B | −12N | −29B | +30N | +27B | −22N | −26N | +25B | 3.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 7.50 | 1259 | -42.8 |
| 29 | Borzsei, Adam | 0 | HUN | −9N | −19B | −26B | +28N | −22N | =30B | =27N | −17B | =23N | 2.5 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 6.75 | 1319 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Virag, Szabolcs | 1432 | HUN | −7B | =20N | −24N | −22B | −28B | =29N | −16B | −27N | −21B | 1.0 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 3.25 | 1104 | -84.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhao, YichenHUN+91.66.5 pts · #2
- 2Szantai, AndrasHUN+64.47.5 pts · #1
- 3Schmidt, ArminHUN+64.44.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Virag, SzabolcsHUN-84.41.0 pts · #30
- 2Lovasi, VendelHUN-61.64.0 pts · #14
- 3Orban-Kiss, DonatHUN-51.23.5 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R9+185 Elo gap
- R3+173 Elo gap
- R9+163 Elo gap