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S: Zupanja Celebrates Chess- 70 Years of Pride and Tradition- IM Tournament 3

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jun 2025 to 23 Jun 2025 in Zupanja, Croatia. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2240, and top seed was Ivan Leventic (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2363).

Bryan Xie (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2312) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Koby Kalavannan (7.0) and Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi (5.5). Xie shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi (FM, 2095) beat Branko Rogulj (IM, 2258), a +163-point gap.

Location
🇭🇷Zupanja, Croatia
Dates
17 Jun 2025 → 23 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇷GMIvan Leventic2363
Avg top 10
2,240
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×1
IM×4
FM×5
Federations · 5 represented
🇭🇷Croatia×5
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM Bryan Xie led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Bryan Xie held the sole lead from R2 through R9 without losing it.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Bryan Xie beat FM Koby Kalavannan (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Koby Kalavannan won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇺🇸IMXie, Bryan2312*11½½½1½117.029.2537.0+15.42452
2🇬🇧FMKalavannan, Koby23030*1½11½1117.025.7537.0+33.22453
3🇮🇳FMPavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi209500*½½11½115.518.7538.5+58.22336
4🇭🇷GMLeventic, Ivan2363½½½*½½½½½½4.519.7539.5-16.12227
6🇭🇷FMGal, Andrej2258½0½½*½½½14.017.0040.0-3.42242
5🇭🇷IMGoric, Esad2165½00½½*½1½½4.015.2540.0+5.32206
7🇭🇷IMRogulj, Branko22580½0½½½*1½½4.015.2540.0-7.42195
8🇺🇸FMWilly, Stephen2221½0½½½00*013.012.5041.0-25.02117
9🇭🇷FMPandurevic, Miro2221000½0½½1*½3.010.2541.0-25.02117
10🇧🇦IMRunic, Zoran2207000½½½0½*2.07.7542.0-16.22049

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets