First Saturday 2025 October - GM
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 11 Oct 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2409, and top seed was Valeriy Aveskulov (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2497).
Bendeguz Bodrogi (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2439) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Feliks Tulchynskyi (6.0) and Gergely Aczel (5.0). Bodrogi won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Sergey Sklokin-Bagiyan (IM, 2354) beat Valeriy Aveskulov (GM, 2497), a +143-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Bendeguz Bodrogi led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
IM Bendeguz Bodrogi never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
IM Bendeguz Bodrogi drew with IM Feliks Tulchynskyi (Black).
IM Bendeguz Bodrogi won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
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 | 🇭🇺IMBodrogi, Bendeguz | 2439 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 27.00 | 37.0 | +20.8 | 2626 |
| 2 | 🇮🇱IMTulchynskyi, Feliks | 2385 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 24.25 | 38.0 | +18.4 | 2537 |
| 3 | 🇭🇺GMAczel, Gergely | 2458 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 21.25 | 39.0 | -1.6 | 2447 |
| 4 | 🇦🇲IMSklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey | 2354 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 20.25 | 39.0 | +25.0 | 2458 |
| 5 | 🇭🇺GMBerczes, David | 2419 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 18.00 | 39.5 | -1.4 | 2408 |
| 6 | 🇺🇦GMAveskulov, Valeriy | 2497 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 4.0 | 16.75 | 40.0 | -10.9 | 2396 |
| 8 | 🇦🇷IMSchnaider, Ilan | 2413 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 13.75 | 40.5 | -10.4 | 2329 |
| 7 | 🇰🇿IMNurman, Alua | 2347 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 13.50 | 40.5 | -3.0 | 2336 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳IMBorgaonkar Akshay | 2429 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 3.5 | 12.75 | 40.5 | -8.6 | 2353 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸IMBattey, Alexander | 2352 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2.0 | 9.00 | 42.0 | -17.3 | 2196 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sklokin-Bagiyan, SergeyIMARM+25.05.0 pts · #4
- 2Bodrogi, BendeguzIMHUN+20.87.0 pts · #1
- 3Tulchynskyi, FeliksIMISR+18.46.0 pts · #2
- 1Battey, AlexanderIMUSA-17.32.0 pts · #10
- 2Aveskulov, ValeriyGMUKR-10.94.0 pts · #6
- 3Schnaider, IlanIMARG-10.43.5 pts · #8
- R7+143 Elo gap