RUDAR XLIII - IM ROUND ROBIN
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 10 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2253, and top seed was Dejan Antic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2374).
Dhruva Thota (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2351) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Miroljub Lazic (6.0) and Aleksa Petrovic (5.0). Thota won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Naveen Kumar P (CM, 2164) beat Aleksa Petrovic (FM, 2291), a +127-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Dhruva Thota led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
IM Dhruva Thota never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
IM Dhruva Thota opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Miroljub Lazic); the title is out of reach before R9.
IM Dhruva Thota beat GM Miroljub Lazic (Black).
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 | 🇮🇳IMDhruva Thota | 2351 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 29.75 | 36.5 | +34.8 | 2515 |
| 2 | 🇷🇸GMLazic, Miroljub | 2300 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 22.50 | 38.0 | +8.9 | 2373 |
| 3 | 🇷🇸FMPetrovic, Aleksa | 2291 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.25 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 2292 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMAntic, Dejan | 2374 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | ½ | 4.5 | 19.50 | 39.5 | -7.0 | 2301 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸GMDamljanovic, Branko | 2358 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.25 | 39.5 | -13.6 | 2241 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳CMNaveen Kumar P | 2164 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 16.50 | 39.5 | +43.7 | 2263 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸FMParagua, Megan Althea | 2236 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 17.50 | 40.0 | -5.0 | 2212 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳FMKshatriya Nitin Vekhande | 2265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 13.75 | 40.0 | -13.0 | 2208 |
| 10 | 🇷🇸FMDjokic, Nebojsa | 2087 | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2.0 | 8.00 | 42.0 | -5.2 | 2065 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸WFMGrozdanovic, Anastasia | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 2.0 | 7.50 | 42.0 | -11.2 | 2050 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Naveen Kumar PCMIND+43.74.5 pts · #4
- 2Dhruva ThotaIMIND+34.87.5 pts · #1
- 3Lazic, MiroljubGMSRB+8.96.0 pts · #2
- 1Damljanovic, BrankoGMSRB-13.64.5 pts · #6
- 2Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFMIND-13.04.0 pts · #8
- 3Grozdanovic, AnastasiaWFMSRB-11.22.0 pts · #9
- R7+127 Elo gap