Vezerkepzo GM November 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2390, and top seed was Baadur Jobava (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2577).
Anatole Vlachos (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2470) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Baadur Jobava (6.0) and Jval Saurin Patel (5.5). Vlachos won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Siddharth Singh (2305) beat Vojtech Plat (GM, 2462), a +157-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Anatole Vlachos led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
IM Anatole Vlachos never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
IM Anatole Vlachos drew with GM Baadur Jobava (White).
IM Anatole Vlachos won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
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 | 🇬🇷IMVlachos, Anatole | 2470 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 27.50 | 38.0 | +14.5 | 2602 |
| 2 | 🇬🇪GMJobava, Baadur | 2577 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 25.50 | 39.0 | -8.6 | 2495 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳FMJval Saurin Patel | 2341 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.50 | 39.5 | +32.2 | 2476 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳FMBinu, Devdutt | 2316 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.00 | 39.5 | +39.8 | 2479 |
| 5 | 🇦🇲IMSklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey | 2379 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 18.75 | 40.0 | +12.6 | 2435 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Singh, Siddharth | 2305 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 18.50 | 40.5 | +22.2 | 2400 |
| 7 | 🇸🇰GMPlat, Vojtech | 2462 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 16.25 | 41.0 | -14.5 | 2340 |
| 8 | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºGMBerczes, David | 2395 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 13.25 | 41.5 | -10.7 | 2310 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳FMChen, Yining | 2293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 8.25 | 42.5 | -14.6 | 2235 |
| 10 | 🇨🇳IMChen, Hongsen | 2366 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1.5 | 7.00 | 43.5 | -26.8 | 2120 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Binu, DevduttFMIND+39.85.5 pts · #3
- 2Jval Saurin PatelFMIND+32.25.5 pts · #4
- 3Singh, SiddharthUSA+22.24.5 pts · #6
- 1Chen, HongsenIMCHN-26.81.5 pts · #10
- 2Chen, YiningFMCHN-14.62.5 pts · #9
- 3Plat, VojtechGMSVK-14.54.0 pts · #7
- R5+157 Elo gap
- R1+121 Elo gap