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RUDAR XXVI - GM ROUND ROBIN

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Nov 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 9 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2388, and top seed was Mikhail Bryakin (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2476).

Mikhail Bryakin (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2476) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Ziyuan Xu (5.5) and Henry Edward Tudor (5.5). Bryakin won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande (FM, 2265) beat Ziyuan Xu (FM, 2453), a +188-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Pozarevac, Serbia
Dates
30 Nov 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸GMMikhail Bryakin2476
Avg top 10
2,388
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
GM×3
IM×2
FM×4
Federations · 7 represented
🇮🇳India×3
🇷🇸Serbia×2
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇷🇸SRB·2476
    7.0pts·2599perf+13.2
  • 🥈
    🇨🇳CHN·2453
    5.5pts·2461perf+1.4
  • 🥉
    🇷🇴ROU·2430
    5.5pts·2464perf+4.2

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

GM Mikhail Bryakin led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
4
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Mikhail Bryakin never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · DECISIVE LEAD06 Dec

GM Mikhail Bryakin opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Ziyuan Xu); the title is out of reach before R9.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Mikhail Bryakin beat FM Vaibhav Jayant Raut (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇸GMBryakin, Mikhail2476*½½1½1½1117.028.2538.0+13.22599
4🇨🇳FMXu, Ziyuan2453½*101011105.524.5039.5+1.42461
3🇷🇴IMTudor, Henry Edward2430½0*1110½1½5.524.2539.5+4.22464
2🇮🇳FMVaibhav Jayant Raut2351010*10111½5.522.0039.5+30.22472
5🇷🇸GMRatkovic, Miloje2460½000*111½15.018.2540.0-4.72423
6🇮🇳FMKshatriya Nitin Vekhande226501010*½0½14.016.5041.0+22.62359
7🇲🇰GMStanojoski, Zvonko2345½0100½*½013.514.7541.5-3.92313
8🇷🇺IMSutormin, Danila236500½001½*½13.512.2541.5-6.92311
9🇮🇳Lad Mandar Pradip23920000½½1½*13.511.7541.5-21.22308
10🇳🇴FMVitenberg, Noam Aviv234601½½00000*2.011.0043.0-38.22173

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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