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First Saturday 2025 August - IM

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2234, and top seed was Zoltan Varga (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2303).

Aliaksandra Tarasenka (🇧🇾 BLR, WIM, 2129) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Csaba Zoltan Varga (6.0) and Adam Szeberenyi (6.0). Tarasenka shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Aliaksandra Tarasenka (WIM, 2129) beat Zoltan Varga (GM, 2303), a +174-point gap.

Location
🇭🇺Budapest, Hungary
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺GMZoltan Varga2303
Avg top 10
2,234
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
GM×1
IM×2
FM×4
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×6
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇨🇳China×1
🇧🇾Belarus×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Tarasenka takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE08 Aug

WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka drew with FM Csaba Zoltan Varga (White).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇧🇾WIMTarasenka, Aliaksandra2129*½½011111½6.526.2538.5+68.42412
2🇭🇺FMVarga, Csaba Zoltan2244½*½11½011½6.026.0039.0+13.62358
3🇭🇺IMSzeberenyi, Adam2267½½*01½11½16.024.0039.0+10.62356
4🇺🇸FMJing, Andrew2266101*0100115.022.5040.0+2.72274
5🇺🇸IMLu, Ming22020001*½1½1½4.517.0040.5+8.62238
6🇭🇺FMSzikszai, Bertalan22860½½0½*1½014.016.0041.0-24.42185
8🇭🇺WFMToth, Lili2157010100*0½13.515.2541.5+1.22163
9🇭🇺FMBaranyai-Molnar, Adam22780001½½1*0½3.514.0041.5-32.22149
7🇭🇺GMVarga, Zoltan230300½001½1*½3.513.5041.5-19.22147
10🇨🇳You, Qingyi2209½½00½00½½*2.512.0042.5-62.32071

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets