First Saturday 2025 October - U2250
12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 11 Oct 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1922, and top seed was Ervin Dr. Nagy (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2079).
Tibor Ladanyi (🇭🇺 HUN, 2012) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Sandor Farago (6.5) and Sandor Poor (6.0). Ladanyi shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Narek Khachatrian (1604) beat Ahmed Wadifa (WIM, 2028), a +424-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTibor Ladanyi led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Tibor Ladanyi takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
Tibor Ladanyi beat IM Sandor Farago (Black).
IM Sandor Farago won 3 in a row (R7–R9).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tibor Ladanyi | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2IMSandor Farago | 0 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Sandor Poor | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Eric Cooke | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladanyi, Tibor | 2012 | HUN | +9B | =3N | +12B | +2N | −7B | +4N | +6B | =5N | +8B | 7.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 27.25 | 2078 | +18.8 |
| 2 | Farago, SandorIM | 2020 | HUN | +11N | +5B | =4N | −1B | =3B | =6N | +9N | +7B | +10B | 6.5 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 22.50 | 2077 | +8.4 |
| 3 | Poor, Sandor | 1974 | HUN | +12N | =1B | +10N | +4B | =2N | =7B | =5B | =8N | =6N | 6.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 22.25 | 2025 | +15.8 |
| 4 | Cooke, Eric | 1945 | USA | +6B | +7N | =2B | −3N | +5B | −1B | +11N | =10N | −9B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 18.00 | 1963 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Ahmed, WalijahWCM | 1969 | BAN | +8B | −2N | =6B | F | −4N | +9B | =3N | =1B | +11B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 16.00 | 1918 | -6.4 |
| 6 | Nagy, Ervin Dr.IM | 2079 | HUN | −4N | =10B | =5N | +11B | +8N | =2B | −1N | F | =3B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 14.25 | 1915 | -15.4 |
| 7 | Horvath, Adel | 1825 | HUN | =10N | −4B | +11N | +9B | +1N | =3N | −8B | −2N | F | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 15.25 | 1869 | +18.0 |
| 8 | Khachatrian, Narek | 1604 | ARM | −5N | +11B | −9N | +10B | −6B | F | +7N | =3B | −1N | 3.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 10.50 | 1851 | +82.8 |
| 9 | Bacsi, Andras | 1680 | HUN | −1N | F | +8B | −7N | +10B | −5N | −2B | −11N | +4N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 11.00 | 1800 | +18.2 |
| 10 | Wadifa, AhmedWIM | 2028 | BAN | =7B | =6N | −3B | −8N | −9N | +11B | F | =4B | −2N | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.50 | 1714 | -123.2 |
| 11 | Aveskulov, Ivan | 1688 | UKR | −2B | −8N | −7B | −6N | F | −10N | −4B | +9B | −5N | 1.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 3.00 | 1572 | -45.2 |
| 12 | Cohen, Jeffrey | 1619 | USA | −3B | F | −1N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 1193 | -7.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Khachatrian, NarekARM+82.83.5 pts · #8
- 2Ladanyi, TiborHUN+18.87.0 pts · #1
- 3Bacsi, AndrasHUN+18.23.0 pts · #9
- 1Wadifa, AhmedWIMBAN-123.22.5 pts · #10
- 2Aveskulov, IvanUKR-45.21.0 pts · #11
- 3Nagy, Ervin Dr.IMHUN-15.44.0 pts · #6
- R4+424 Elo gap
- R5+348 Elo gap
- R9+265 Elo gap