SixDays Budapest July 2025 GM-A
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 01 Aug 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2391, and top seed was Semen Mitusov (🇳🇴 NOR, IM, 2478).
Robert Stein (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2404) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Semen Mitusov (5.5) and Gabor Nagy (5.5). Stein won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ming Lu (IM, 2255) beat Dusan Popovic (GM, 2474), a +219-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsFM Robert Stein led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
FM Robert Stein never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
FM Robert Stein drew with IM Semen Mitusov (Black).
FM Robert Stein won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
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 | 🇩🇪FMStein, Robert | 2404 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 26.25 | 38.5 | +18.2 | 2555 |
| 2 | 🇳🇴IMMitusov, Semen | 2478 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 24.25 | 39.5 | -1.5 | 2461 |
| 3 | 🇭🇺GMNagy, Gabor | 2463 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 22.50 | 39.5 | +0.4 | 2463 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺GMBerczes, David | 2413 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 21.50 | 40.0 | +2.0 | 2431 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMPopovic, Dusan | 2474 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.25 | 40.0 | -6.0 | 2425 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳FMDhananjay S | 2290 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 18.75 | 40.5 | +27.0 | 2402 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸IMLu, Ming | 2255 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.00 | 40.5 | +33.8 | 2406 |
| 8 | 🇿🇦IMLevitan, Caleb Levi | 2399 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 15.25 | 41.5 | -22.0 | 2310 |
| 9 | 🇮🇸IMRagnarsson, Dagur | 2365 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 11.00 | 42.0 | -11.5 | 2269 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳FMAdvaitt Srikant Koduri | 2368 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 2.0 | 9.75 | 43.0 | -43.8 | 2173 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lu, MingIMUSA+33.84.5 pts · #6
- 2Dhananjay SFMIND+27.04.5 pts · #7
- 3Stein, RobertFMGER+18.26.5 pts · #1
- 1Advaitt Srikant KoduriFMIND-43.82.0 pts · #10
- 2Levitan, Caleb LeviIMRSA-22.03.5 pts · #8
- 3Ragnarsson, DagurIMISL-11.53.0 pts · #9
- R3+219 Elo gap
- R8+113 Elo gap
- R7+110 Elo gap