SixDays Budapest Three Years 2025 - IM-B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Sept 2025 to 23 Sept 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2245, and top seed was Benjamin Defromont (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2407).
Danilo Besedes (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2279) won with 5.5/9, ahead of Zoltan Varga (5.5) and Yining Chen (5.5). Besedes shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Yining Chen (FM, 2148) beat Raem Sherman (FM, 2357), a +209-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsFM Yining Chen led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
FM Yining Chen takes the sole lead (4.5/6).
FM Yining Chen lost to FM Danilo Besedes (White).
FM Danilo Besedes won 3 in a row (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 | 🇷🇸FMBesedes, Danilo | 2279 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 24.00 | 39.5 | +10.8 | 2322 |
| 3 | 🇭🇺GMVarga, Zoltan | 2280 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 23.75 | 39.5 | +5.4 | 2322 |
| 1 | 🇨🇳FMChen, Yining | 2148 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 22.50 | 39.5 | +45.6 | 2336 |
| 4 | 🇮🇪FMNemeth, Zalan | 2206 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 19.75 | 40.0 | +20.2 | 2293 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷IMDefromont, Benjamin | 2407 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.50 | 40.0 | -15.6 | 2270 |
| 6 | 🇮🇱FMSherman, Raem | 2357 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.50 | 40.0 | -19.4 | 2276 |
| 7 | 🇵🇱FMDziewonski, Dariusz | 2294 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.00 | 40.0 | -3.0 | 2283 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳CMAashman Gupta | 2198 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 18.25 | 40.5 | +24.4 | 2251 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Nasta, Kiren Vivek | 2128 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 3.0 | 13.50 | 42.0 | +0.8 | 2133 |
| 10 | 🇭🇺IMNemeth, Zoltan | 2157 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1.0 | 4.25 | 44.0 | -23.3 | 1904 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Chen, YiningFMCHN+45.65.5 pts · #1
- 2Aashman GuptaCMIND+24.44.5 pts · #8
- 3Nemeth, ZalanFMIRL+20.25.0 pts · #4
- 1Nemeth, ZoltanIMHUN-23.31.0 pts · #10
- 2Sherman, RaemFMISR-19.45.0 pts · #6
- 3Defromont, BenjaminIMFRA-15.65.0 pts · #5
- R6+209 Elo gap
- R8+159 Elo gap
- R6+151 Elo gap