Vezerkepzo IM Santa Claus 2025
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Nov 2025 to 04 Dec 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 10 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2261, and top seed was Bence Pribelszky (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2428).
Aarav Sinha (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2297) won with 5.5/9, ahead of Bence Pribelszky (5.5) and Virgilio Vuelban (5.5). Sinha shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary
Dates
27 Nov 2025 → 04 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
IM×3
FM×6
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇳India×6
🇭🇺Hungary×3
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Dec
IM Virgilio Vuelban takes the sole lead (3.5/5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Aarav Sinha drew with IM Bence Pribelszky (White).
R1–R9 · UNBEATEN
FM Aarav Sinha 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 | 🇮🇳FMAarav Sinha | 2297 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 23.00 | 38.5 | +10.0 | 2337 |
| 2 | 🇭🇺IMPribelszky, Bence | 2428 | ½ | * | ½ | — | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 23.00 | 38.5 | -4.3 | 2384 |
| 3 | 🇵🇭IMVuelban, Virgilio | 2208 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 22.25 | 38.5 | +17.0 | 2347 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺IMJakab, Attila | 2240 | ½ | — | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.50 | 39.0 | +10.3 | 2338 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳FMOjas Kulkarni | 2226 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.5 | 19.50 | 39.5 | +4.6 | 2265 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳FMMahitosh Dey | 2228 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 18.25 | 39.5 | +9.2 | 2265 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳FMAarav Sarbalia | 2231 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 17.25 | 40.0 | -2.6 | 2221 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳FMAdvaitt Srikant Koduri | 2206 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 13.50 | 40.5 | -5.4 | 2187 |
| 10 | 🇭🇺FMSzikszai, Bertalan | 2297 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 3.0 | 14.75 | 41.0 | -40.0 | 2132 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳CMSnehal, Bhosale | 2246 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 3.0 | 12.00 | 41.0 | -26.4 | 2138 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vuelban, VirgilioIMPHI+17.05.5 pts · #3
- 2Jakab, AttilaIMHUN+10.35.0 pts · #4
- 3Aarav SinhaFMIND+10.05.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Szikszai, BertalanFMHUN-40.03.0 pts · #10
- 2Snehal, BhosaleCMIND-26.43.0 pts · #9
- 3Advaitt Srikant KoduriFMIND-5.43.5 pts · #8