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European School Chess Championship 2026 - Open U9

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Apr 2026 to 04 May 2026 in Seget Donji, Croatia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1631, and top seed was Deniz Irtes (🇹🇷 TUR, 1835).

Deniz Irtes (🇹🇷 TUR, 1835) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Teodor-Nicolas Haimana (4.5) and Luca-Stefan Cioboata (4.5). Irtes took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Giorgi Oniani (1423) beat Teodor-Nicolas Haimana (1752), a +329-point gap.

Location
🇭🇷Seget Donji, Croatia
Dates
27 Apr 2026 → 04 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Deniz Irtes1835
Avg top 10
1,631
Participants
14
Federations · 8 represented
🇷🇴Romania×3
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇸Iceland×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Deniz Irtes led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Irtes takes lead
Irtes6.5Haimana4.5Cioboata4.5Talaba4.5Levacic4Ivanovic4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE30 Apr

Deniz Irtes takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Deniz Irtes beat Teodor-Nicolas Haimana (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Deniz Irtes 4 wins (R4–R7)Teodor-Nicolas Haimana 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Deniz Irtes*
1
1
½
2Teodor-Nicolas Haimana
0
*
1
½
3Luca-Stefan Cioboata
0
0
*
1
4David-Christian Talaba
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Irtes, Deniz1835TUR+11B+5N=4B+2N+3B+6N+9B6.524.527.024.752038+48.8
2Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas1752ROU+6N+3B+9N−1B−8N+5N=4B4.527.530.517.751725-2.4
3Cioboata, Luca-Stefan1727ROU+12B−2N+8B+4N−1N=7B+5B4.527.530.017.001759+14.0
4Talaba, David-Christian1713ROU+14N=7B=1N−3B+9N+8B=2N4.526.527.015.001716+6.0
5Levacic, Maks1740SLO+13N−1B+7N+9B+6N−2B−3N4.026.528.012.501663-21.2
6Krivtsov, Illia1452UKR−2B+12N+10B+7N−5B−1B+14N4.024.525.010.001575+18.0
7Ivanovic, Longin1746SRB+8B=4N−5B−6B+12N=3N+11B4.023.526.013.501586-46.0
8Oniani, Giorgi1423GEO−7N+14B−3N+10B+2B−4N+13B4.022.022.59.501542+18.0
9Krstulovic, Benjamin1468CRO+10B+11N−2B−5N−4B+13N−1N3.025.026.57.001460-5.6
10FIDE 793363370—−9N+13B−6N−8N+14B−11N+12B3.017.518.04.506500.0
11Schram Theodor Noel1458ISL−1N−9B+14N−12B=13N+10B−7N2.520.521.04.258830.0
12FIDE 23267100—−3N−6B+13N+11N−7B=14B−10N2.519.520.04.2514030.0
13FIDE 793442590—−5B−10N−12B+14N=11B−9B−8N1.519.019.51.7512000.0
14FIDE 23311950—−4B−8N−11B−13B−10N=12N−6B0.520.522.01.257120.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
European School Chess Championship 2026 - Open U9 — Seget Donji, Croatia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats