S: Zupanja Celebrates Chess- 70 Years of Pride and Tradition- GM Tournament 1
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Zupanja, Croatia. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2392, and top seed was Marcin Krzyzanowski (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2498).
Aarav Dengla (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2366) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Harikrishnan.A.Ra (6.0) and Umut Ata Akbas (5.5). Dengla won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Samir Lejlic (IM, 2301) beat Alexander Kovchan (GM, 2438), a +137-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Aarav Dengla led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
GM Aarav Dengla never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
GM Aarav Dengla drew with GM Harikrishnan.A.Ra (White).
GM Aarav Dengla went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇳GMAarav Dengla | 2366 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 27.00 | 37.0 | +57.0 | 2615 |
| 2 | 🇮🇳GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra | 2467 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 23.00 | 38.0 | +4.8 | 2509 |
| 3 | 🇹🇷IMAkbas, Umut Ata | 2431 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.00 | 38.5 | +4.6 | 2468 |
| 4 | 🇵🇱GMKrzyzanowski, Marcin | 2498 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 20.50 | 39.0 | -9.0 | 2423 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMSavic, Miodrag R | 2405 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 19.50 | 39.0 | +3.5 | 2434 |
| 7 | 🇸🇪IMLejlic, Samir | 2301 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 16.50 | 40.0 | +7.1 | 2359 |
| 6 | 🇺🇦GMKovchan, Alexander | 2438 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 14.50 | 40.0 | -11.3 | 2344 |
| 8 | 🇵🇱FMPaszewski, Mateusz | 2361 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | — | 1 | 3.5 | 14.00 | 40.5 | -1.0 | 2359 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸GMLajthajm, Borko | 2344 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | — | * | ½ | 2.5 | 10.75 | 41.5 | -8.7 | 2261 |
| 10 | 🇷🇸IMPanic, Nenad | 2311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1.5 | 5.25 | 42.5 | -19.0 | 2128 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Aarav DenglaGMIND+57.07.0 pts · #1
- 2Lejlic, SamirIMSWE+7.14.0 pts · #7
- 3Harikrishnan.A.RaGMIND+4.86.0 pts · #2
- 1Panic, NenadIMSRB-19.01.5 pts · #10
- 2Kovchan, AlexanderGMUKR-11.34.0 pts · #6
- 3Krzyzanowski, MarcinGMPOL-9.05.0 pts · #4
- R2+137 Elo gap
- R1+130 Elo gap