First Saturday 2025 August - IM
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsWIM 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.
WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka takes the sole lead (6.0/8).
WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka drew with FM Csaba Zoltan Varga (White).
WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
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 | 🇧🇾WIMTarasenka, Aliaksandra | 2129 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 26.25 | 38.5 | +68.4 | 2412 |
| 2 | 🇭🇺FMVarga, Csaba Zoltan | 2244 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 26.00 | 39.0 | +13.6 | 2358 |
| 3 | 🇭🇺IMSzeberenyi, Adam | 2267 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 24.00 | 39.0 | +10.6 | 2356 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸FMJing, Andrew | 2266 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 22.50 | 40.0 | +2.7 | 2274 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸IMLu, Ming | 2202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 17.00 | 40.5 | +8.6 | 2238 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺FMSzikszai, Bertalan | 2286 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 16.00 | 41.0 | -24.4 | 2185 |
| 8 | 🇭🇺WFMToth, Lili | 2157 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 15.25 | 41.5 | +1.2 | 2163 |
| 9 | 🇭🇺FMBaranyai-Molnar, Adam | 2278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 3.5 | 14.00 | 41.5 | -32.2 | 2149 |
| 7 | 🇭🇺GMVarga, Zoltan | 2303 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 3.5 | 13.50 | 41.5 | -19.2 | 2147 |
| 10 | 🇨🇳You, Qingyi | 2209 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2.5 | 12.00 | 42.5 | -62.3 | 2071 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tarasenka, AliaksandraWIMBLR+68.46.5 pts · #1
- 2Varga, Csaba ZoltanFMHUN+13.66.0 pts · #2
- 3Szeberenyi, AdamIMHUN+10.66.0 pts · #3
- 1You, QingyiCHN-62.32.5 pts · #10
- 2Baranyai-Molnar, AdamFMHUN-32.23.5 pts · #9
- 3Szikszai, BertalanFMHUN-24.44.0 pts · #6
- R5+174 Elo gap
- R7+157 Elo gap
- R2+149 Elo gap