Golden Horse GM
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 10 Sept 2025 in Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2393, and top seed was Nico Chasin (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2474).
Gergely Aczel (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2435) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Nico Chasin (6.5) and Misa Pap (5.0). Aczel won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇭🇺Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 10 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×4
IM×1
FM×5
Federations · 6 represented
🇭🇺Hungary×3
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
10
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Gergely Aczel drew with GM Nico Chasin (White).
R1–R9 · UNBEATEN
GM Gergely Aczel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇭🇺GMAczel, Gergely | 2435 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 26.50 | 37.5 | +14.3 | 2554 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸GMChasin, Nico | 2474 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 26.25 | 37.5 | +9.1 | 2549 |
| 3 | 🇷🇸GMPap, Misa | 2440 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.50 | 39.0 | +4.0 | 2479 |
| 4 | 🇲🇾IMTan, Jun Ying | 2413 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 19.75 | 39.5 | -2.7 | 2390 |
| 5 | 🇩🇪FMDahl, Christoph | 2386 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 17.50 | 39.5 | +0.9 | 2393 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺GMBerczes, David | 2410 | ½ | 0 | — | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.50 | 39.5 | +2.2 | 2427 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪FMHeinrich, John | 2339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 14.50 | 40.0 | +4.8 | 2355 |
| 8 | 🇸🇮FMGoroshkov, Maksym | 2336 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 14.75 | 40.5 | -4.4 | 2319 |
| 9 | 🇭🇺FMBykov, Egor | 2439 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2.5 | 10.75 | 41.5 | -26.3 | 2221 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸FMAdury, Anant | 2253 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2.5 | 10.50 | 41.5 | -4.3 | 2242 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Aczel, GergelyGMHUN+14.36.5 pts · #1
- 2Chasin, NicoGMUSA+9.16.5 pts · #2
- 3Heinrich, JohnFMGER+4.84.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Bykov, EgorFMHUN-26.32.5 pts · #9
- 2Goroshkov, MaksymFMSLO-4.43.5 pts · #8
- 3Adury, AnantFMUSA-4.32.5 pts · #10