Kvalitet 2026 - U20

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Skopje, North Macedonia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1736, and top seed was Boyan Mihaylov (🇧🇬 BUL, 2039).

Kristijan Lazovski (🇲🇰 MKD, 1795) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Denislav Blagoev (5.0) and Andrej Bozhinovski (5.0).

The biggest upset came in round 5: Stilijan Stojkovski (1508) beat Nikola Petrovski (1893), a +385-point gap.

Location

🇲🇰Skopje, North Macedonia

Dates

22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Avg top 10

1,736

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇲🇰North Macedonia×42

🇧🇬Bulgaria×3

Top 3

🥇
Kristijan Lazovski
🇲🇰MKD·1795
5.0pts·1799perf+4.4
🥈
Denislav Blagoev
🇧🇬BUL·1795
5.0pts·1877perf+24.4
🥉
Andrej Bozhinovski
🇲🇰MKD·1739
5.0pts·1806perf+19.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Blagoev5Lazovski5Atanasovski5Bozhinovski5Jordanovski4.5Stojanovikj4.5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/7. Lazovski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Denislav Blagoev won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Denislav Blagoev	*	—	—	1
2Kristijan Lazovski	—	*	½	½
3David Atanasovski	—	½	*	—
4Andrej Bozhinovski	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lazovski, Kristijan	1795	MKD	+32B	+6N	=26B	=3N	=4B	=?N	+14B	5.0	25.0	25.0	18.25	1799	+4.4
2	Blagoev, Denislav	1795	BUL	+29N	−5B	+14N	+28B	+3B	−?N	+12B	5.0	23.5	23.5	19.00	1877	+24.4
3	Bozhinovski, Andrej	1739	MKD	+43B	+18N	=?B	=1B	−2N	+30N	+6B	5.0	23.0	23.0	15.50	1806	+19.6
4	Atanasovski, David	1689	MKD	+37N	−?B	+20N	+17B	=1N	+5B	=?B	5.0	19.0	19.0	16.50	1909	+36.8
5	Puroski, Jovan	1609	MKD	+44B	+2N	+8B	−?N	=9B	−4N	+18B	4.5	24.5	24.5	17.25	1875	+71.2
6	Jakimov, Dragi	1598	MKD	+49N	−1B	+29N	=10B	+7N	+?B	−3N	4.5	23.0	23.0	10.75	1675	+20.0
7	Jordanovski, Kristijan	1751	MKD	+22B	+23N	−?B	=11N	−6B	+33N	+27B	4.5	22.5	22.5	15.75	1763	+5.2
8	Stojanovikj, Marko	1762	MKD	+42N	+13B	−5N	+40B	=27N	+26B	−?B	4.5	20.0	20.0	13.75	1758	+0.8
9	Minovski, Blagoja	1747	MKD	+17N	+21B	−?N	+12B	=5N	−?B	+19N	4.5	19.0	19.0	16.75	1932	+30.4
10	Naskov, Malachi	1650	MKD	+38B	−?N	+30B	=6N	=18B	+42N	=?B	4.5	15.5	15.5	11.50	1723	+14.8
11	Fejzullahu, Jon	1623	MKD	+50N	=?N	=40B	=7B	−?N	+43B	+34N	4.5	13.0	13.0	9.50	1731	+16.8
12	Stojcheski, Aleksandar	1759	MKD	=33B	=35N	+15B	−9N	+28N	+16B	−2N	4.0	23.5	26.5	14.00	1666	-31.2
13	Blazhevski, Slaven	1606	MKD	+24B	−8N	=42B	+22N	=25N	=20B	=?N	4.0	20.5	20.5	11.50	1550	-14.4
14	Rusevski, Oleg	1540	MKD	−?B	+48N	−2B	+44N	+39N	+17B	−1N	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.00	1545	-1.6
15	Lazevski, Damjan	1540	MKD	−?N	+53B	−12N	+24B	−17N	+44B	+29N	4.0	16.0	16.0	8.50	1415	-20.8
16	Smilevski, Nikola	1627	MKD	+48B	−?N	+32B	=18N	=?B	−12N	+35B	4.0	14.5	14.5	8.75	1675	+10.4
17	Ivanovski, Jovan	1421	MKD	−9B	+19B	+45N	−4N	+15B	−14N	=23B	3.5	24.5	26.5	11.25	1607	+66.0
18	Nikolovski, Damjan	1638	MKD	+31N	−3B	+37N	=16B	=10N	=34B	−5N	3.5	24.0	26.5	11.25	1572	-23.2
19	Burns, Elisaveta	1594	MKD	−21B	−17N	+50B	+36N	=35B	+22N	−9B	3.5	21.0	22.0	9.00	1433	-36.0
20	Velichkov, Ilon	1466	MKD	−?B	+50N	−4B	+21N	+23B	=13N	−26N	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.00	1544	+14.4
21	Shekjeroski, Vladimir	0	MKD	+19N	−9N	−23B	−20B	+48N	=28B	+45N	3.5	20.0	21.0	8.00	1524	0.0
22	Belovska, Sofija	1423	MKD	−7N	+51B	=31N	−13B	+32N	−19B	+47N	3.5	20.0	21.0	7.50	1446	+2.8
23	Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, Marko	1593	MKD	+51N	−7B	+21N	−?B	−20N	+37B	=17N	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.75	1273	-47.6
24	Saravinov, Darijan	0	MKD	−13N	F	+38B	−15N	+41B	+45B	=31N	3.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	1540	0.0
25	Veleva, Ilijana	1675	MKD	F	+52B	=28N	−27N	=13B	=35N	+30B	3.5	17.5	17.5	9.00	1540	-35.6
26	Markusheski, David	1634	MKD	+53N	+?B	=1N	−?B	F	−8N	+20B	3.5	16.0	16.0	6.00	1674	+6.4
27	Gjorgiev, Luka	1608	MKD	+46N	+?B	−?N	+25B	=8B	−?N	−7N	3.5	14.5	14.5	7.75	1729	+19.6
28	Gjorgjieska, Teodora	1537	MKD	F	+36N	=25B	−2N	−12B	=21N	+38B	3.0	21.5	21.5	9.00	1470	-8.4
29	Adzimitreski, Luka	1440	MKD	−2B	+44N	−6B	+51N	−34N	+39B	−15B	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.50	823	-44.0
30	Kamberi, Belora	1460	MKD	−?N	+46B	−10N	+49B	+31N	−3B	−25N	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.00	1471	+1.6
31	Dudaklieva, Daria	1590	BUL	−18B	+43N	=22B	=42N	−30B	=38N	=24B	3.0	18.0	20.0	7.75	1293	-62.0
32	Spasenoski, Filip	1433	MKD	−1N	+49B	−16N	−39B	−22B	+46N	+51B	3.0	18.0	19.0	4.00	815	-34.4
33	Burns, Joshua Benjamin	1575	MKD	=12N	+47B	F	=?N	F	−7B	+37N	3.0	16.5	16.5	6.50	1562	-1.2
34	Lazarova, Nikol	1559	BUL	−?N	=37B	+47N	F	+29B	=18N	−11B	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1567	+1.6
35	Burns, Kayla	1488	MKD	=?N	=12B	=?N	=?B	=19N	=25B	−16N	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	1577	+16.0
36	Panova, Dina	0	MKD	F	−28B	+52N	−19B	−37N	+48B	+43N	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	766	0.0
37	Bozhinovski, Dimitar	0	MKD	−4B	=34N	−18B	+52N	+36B	−23N	−33B	2.5	21.0	22.0	5.50	1245	0.0
38	FIDE 15022560	0	—	−10N	−45B	−24N	+50B	+49N	=31B	−28N	2.5	17.0	18.0	3.50	1259	0.0
39	Slavkovski, David	0	MKD	F	−40N	=41B	+32N	−14B	−29N	+52B	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.25	1318	0.0
40	Stojkovski, Stilijan	1508	MKD	F	+39B	=11N	−8N	+?B	−?N	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.75	1500	-1.2
41	Janchovska, Marija	1415	MKD	F	−?B	=39N	−45B	−24N	+49B	+44N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.25	748	-12.8
42	Angjelovski, Luka	1423	MKD	−8B	F	=13N	=31B	+45N	−10B	F	2.0	22.0	24.0	5.50	1559	+32.0
43	Bitikj, Arber	0	MKD	−3N	−31B	+46N	F	+47B	−11N	−36B	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	851	0.0
44	FIDE 15022609	0	—	−5N	−29B	+53N	−14B	+51B	−15N	−41B	2.0	19.0	19.0	1.00	709	0.0
45	Runtevski, Marko	1548	MKD	−?B	+38N	−17B	+41N	−42B	−24N	−21B	2.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1295	-40.8
46	Prenkovski, Itan	0	MKD	−27B	−30N	−43B	−48N	+53N	−32B	+49N	2.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	700	0.0
47	Panov, Bojan	0	MKD	F	−33N	−34B	+53B	−43N	+52N	−22B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	719	0.0
48	FIDE 15021955	0	—	−16N	−14B	−49N	+46B	−21B	−36N	−50B	1.0	17.5	18.5	2.00	784	0.0
49	FIDE 15021882	0	—	−6B	−32N	+48B	−30N	−38B	−41N	−46B	1.0	17.5	18.5	1.00	677	0.0
50	FIDE 15020231	0	—	−11B	−20B	−19N	−38N	−52B	F	+48N	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	761	0.0
51	FIDE 15023540	0	—	−23B	−22N	F	−29B	−44N	+53B	−32N	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	672	0.0
52	FIDE 15018776	0	—	F	−25N	−36B	−37B	+50N	−47B	−39N	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	875	0.0
53	FIDE 15022145	0	—	−26B	−15N	−44B	−47N	−46B	−51N	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	787	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Puroski, JovanMKD
+71.2
4.5 pts · #9
2Ivanovski, JovanMKD
+66.0
3.5 pts · #10
3Atanasovski, DavidMKD
+36.8
5.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Dudaklieva, DariaBUL
-62.0
3.0 pts · #29
2Mladenovikj Kmetovikj, MarkoMKD
-47.6
3.5 pts · #36
3Adzimitreski, LukaMKD
-44.0
3.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R5+385 Elo gap
Stojkovski, Stilijan1508 beat Petrovski, Nikola1893
R2+259 Elo gap
Markusheski, David1634 beat Petrovski, Nikola1893
R6+213 Elo gap
Jakimov, Dragi1598 beat Jakopetrevski, Stefan1811