RUDAR XL - IM ROUND ROBIN B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Jul 2025 to 30 Jul 2025 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 9 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2237, and top seed was Branko Damljanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2393).
Dmitry Fomkin (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2222) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Edgar Hayrapetyan (6.5) and Ziyuan Xu (6.5). Fomkin won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Edgar Hayrapetyan (FM, 2161) beat Dragan Kosic (GM, 2361), a +200-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
FM Edgar Hayrapetyan lost to FM Dmitry Fomkin (Black).
FM Edgar Hayrapetyan 3 wins (R6–R8)FM Dmitry Fomkin 3 wins (R2–R4)CM Anton Karpenko 3 wins (R1–R3)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇷🇺FMFomkin, Dmitry | 2222 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6.5 | 28.25 | 38.5 | +83.6 | 2404 |
| 1 | 🇦🇲FMHayrapetyan, Edgar | 2161 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.50 | 38.5 | +59.6 | 2411 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳FMXu, Ziyuan | 2179 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.25 | 38.5 | +105.3 | 2409 |
| 3 | CMKarpenko, Anton | 2218 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 23.75 | 38.5 | +88.8 | 2405 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMDamljanovic, Branko | 2393 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.00 | 40.5 | -20.0 | 2219 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸WIMSrdanovic, Jovana | 2200 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 13.75 | 41.0 | -0.4 | 2198 |
| 7 | 🇲🇪GMKosic, Dragan | 2361 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 14.25 | 41.5 | -26.3 | 2143 |
| 8 | 🇷🇸FMPetrovic, Aleksa | 2246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 8.75 | 42.0 | -32.4 | 2111 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸IMPanic, Nenad | 2298 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2.5 | 9.25 | 42.5 | -28.0 | 2064 |
| 10 | 🇷🇸Arsenijevic, Ivan | 2089 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1.5 | 6.25 | 43.5 | -22.0 | 1980 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Xu, ZiyuanFMCHN+105.36.5 pts · #4
- 2Karpenko, AntonCMFID+88.86.5 pts · #3
- 3Fomkin, DmitryFMRUS+83.66.5 pts · #2
- 1Petrovic, AleksaFMSRB-32.43.0 pts · #8
- 2Panic, NenadIMSRB-28.02.5 pts · #9
- 3Kosic, DraganGMMNE-26.33.5 pts · #7
- R8+200 Elo gap
- R3+193 Elo gap
- R3+182 Elo gap