First Saturday 2025 July IM
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2236, and top seed was Orkhan Abdulov (🇦🇿 AZE, IM, 2373).
Lajos Seres (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2274) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Orkhan Abdulov (7.0) and Ming Lu (5.0). Seres shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ray Yang (FM, 2081) beat Siddharth Singh (2280), a +199-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Lajos Seres led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
GM Lajos Seres takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
GM Lajos Seres drew with IM Orkhan Abdulov (White).
GM Lajos Seres 4 wins (R6–R9)IM Ming Lu 4 wins (R3–R6)
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 | 🇭🇺GMSeres, Lajos | 2274 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.5 | 30.50 | 37.5 | +25.1 | 2505 |
| 2 | 🇦🇿IMAbdulov, Orkhan | 2373 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 28.00 | 38.0 | +7.3 | 2441 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸IMLu, Ming | 2255 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 20.25 | 40.0 | +5.0 | 2277 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺FMBaranyai-Molnar, Adam | 2293 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.00 | 40.5 | -15.2 | 2230 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸Singh, Siddharth | 2280 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 15.50 | 40.5 | -10.8 | 2231 |
| 7 | 🇭🇺IMSzeberenyi, Adam | 2278 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 17.00 | 41.0 | -10.5 | 2189 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺FMYang, Ray | 2081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 14.25 | 41.0 | +30.0 | 2210 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳CMSanjay Narayanan P S | 2128 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 3.5 | 15.50 | 41.5 | +10.5 | 2168 |
| 9 | 🇦🇺FMSoo, Kai Jie | 2240 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3.0 | 11.50 | 42.0 | -30.6 | 2111 |
| 10 | 🇭🇺CMLehocz, Jozsef Jr. | 2161 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 2.0 | 8.50 | 43.0 | -60.0 | 2025 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yang, RayFMAUS+30.04.0 pts · #6
- 2Seres, LajosGMHUN+25.17.5 pts · #1
- 3Sanjay Narayanan P SCMIND+10.53.5 pts · #8
- 1Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.CMHUN-60.02.0 pts · #10
- 2Soo, Kai JieFMAUS-30.63.0 pts · #9
- 3Baranyai-Molnar, AdamFMHUN-15.24.5 pts · #4
- R5+199 Elo gap
- R9+197 Elo gap