Vezerkepzo IM November 2025

SwissStandard

16 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 18 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 13 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2306, and top seed was Anuj Shrivatri (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2451).

Jakub Pulpan (🇨🇿 CZE, IM, 2406) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Anuj Shrivatri (7.0) and Andrei Kovalev (6.5). Pulpan won solo starting round 9.

Location

🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary

Dates

18 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 10 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳IMAnuj Shrivatri2451

Avg top 10

2,306

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×1

IM×4

FM×5

CM×1

WFM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇳India×9

🇭🇺Hungary×4

🇨🇳China×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇧🇾Belarus×1

Top 3

🥇
IMJakub Pulpan
🇨🇿CZE·2406
7.5pts·2461perf+7.3
🥈
IMAnuj Shrivatri
🇮🇳IND·2451
7.0pts·2408perf-3.8
🥉
GMAndrei Kovalev
🇧🇾BLR·2374
6.5pts·2379perf+1.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

IM Jakub Pulpan led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Pulpan7.5Shrivatri7Hou6.5Kovalev6.5Aakash Sharadchandra6.5Sarbalia6

R2–R10 · LEAD HELD

IM Jakub Pulpan held the sole lead from R2 through R10 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Jakub Pulpan drew with IM Anuj Shrivatri (Black).

R1–R10 · UNBEATEN

IM Jakub Pulpan went unbeaten across 10 games (R1–R10).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMJakub Pulpan	*	½	½	½
2IMAnuj Shrivatri	½	*	½	½
3Yifan(HLJ) Hou	½	½	*	½
4GMAndrei Kovalev	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pulpan, JakubIM	2406	CZE	+12N	+6B	=5N	+8B	=4N	=3B	=2N	=7B	+9N	+10N	7.5	52.0	55.5	39.25	2461	+7.3
2	Anuj ShrivatriIM	2451	IND	=7B	=9N	+12B	=3N	+6B	=4N	=1B	+14N	=5B	+8N	7.0	52.0	55.0	36.25	2408	-3.8
3	Kovalev, AndreiGM	2374	BLR	+14N	=8B	=4N	=2B	+5N	=1N	=6B	=9N	+11B	=7N	6.5	53.0	56.0	34.75	2379	+1.3
4	Hou, Yifan(HLJ)	2257	CHN	=9B	+7N	=3B	+13N	=1B	=2B	+10N	=5N	=6B	=12N	6.5	51.5	55.0	34.25	2392	+36.4
5	Aakash Sharadchandra, DalviIM	2398	IND	+10B	=13N	=1B	=6N	−3B	+8B	+11N	=4B	=2N	+16B	6.5	50.0	51.5	29.75	2364	-3.0
6	Aarav SarbaliaFM	2231	IND	+16N	−1N	+9B	=5B	−2N	+14B	=3N	=10B	=4N	+15N	6.0	48.5	50.0	23.75	2344	+30.2
7	Mahitosh DeyFM	2228	IND	=2N	−4B	=15N	+14B	=10N	=11B	+8N	=1N	+12B	=3B	6.0	47.0	50.0	27.50	2344	+31.6
8	Balint, VilmosFM	2153	HUN	+11B	=3N	+13B	−1N	=9B	−5N	−7B	+16N	+15B	−2B	5.0	48.5	50.0	17.50	2271	+29.2
9	Kheerthi GantaWFM	2156	IND	=4N	=2B	−6N	+15B	=8N	=10B	=12N	=3B	−1B	=11N	4.5	50.0	53.0	21.25	2243	+27.3
10	Advaitt Srikant KoduriFM	2206	IND	−5N	=15B	=14N	+16B	=7B	=9N	−4B	=6N	=13N	−1B	4.0	46.5	48.0	14.50	2157	-14.0
11	Snehal, BhosaleCM	2246	IND	−8N	−14B	+16B	=12N	+13B	=7N	−5B	=15N	−3N	=9B	4.0	41.5	43.0	13.50	2143	-28.8
12	Szalay-Ocsak, BankFM	2225	HUN	−1B	+16N	−2N	=11B	−14N	=15N	=9B	=13B	−7N	=4B	3.5	45.0	46.5	12.25	2126	-27.8
13	Devnani Kush	2141	IND	+15N	=5B	−8N	−4B	−11N	F	+16B	=12N	=10B	F	3.5	37.0	37.0	11.50	2182	+7.8
14	Aamuktha GuntakaWFM	2161	IND	−3B	+11N	=10B	−7N	+12B	−6N	=15B	−2B	−16N	F	3.0	43.5	45.0	11.00	2128	-16.7
15	Jakab, AttilaIM	2240	HUN	−13B	=10N	=7B	−9N	=16N	=12B	=14N	=11B	−8N	−6B	3.0	39.5	41.0	11.00	2033	-28.0
16	Horvath, Andras	2073	HUN	−6B	−12B	−11N	−10N	=15B	F	−13N	−8B	+14B	−5N	1.5	38.5	38.5	4.50	1949	-50.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hou, Yifan(HLJ)CHN
+36.4
6.5 pts · #3
2Mahitosh DeyFMIND
+31.6
6.0 pts · #7
3Aarav SarbaliaFMIND
+30.2
6.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Horvath, AndrasHUN
-50.4
1.5 pts · #16
2Snehal, BhosaleCMIND
-28.8
4.0 pts · #11
3Jakab, AttilaIMHUN
-28.0
3.0 pts · #15