RUDAR XXVI - GM ROUND ROBIN
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM 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.
GM Mikhail Bryakin never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
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.
GM Mikhail Bryakin beat FM Vaibhav Jayant Raut (White).
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 | 🇷🇸GMBryakin, Mikhail | 2476 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 28.25 | 38.0 | +13.2 | 2599 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳FMXu, Ziyuan | 2453 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 24.50 | 39.5 | +1.4 | 2461 |
| 3 | 🇷🇴IMTudor, Henry Edward | 2430 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 24.25 | 39.5 | +4.2 | 2464 |
| 2 | 🇮🇳FMVaibhav Jayant Raut | 2351 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 22.00 | 39.5 | +30.2 | 2472 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMRatkovic, Miloje | 2460 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 18.25 | 40.0 | -4.7 | 2423 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳FMKshatriya Nitin Vekhande | 2265 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 16.50 | 41.0 | +22.6 | 2359 |
| 7 | 🇲🇰GMStanojoski, Zvonko | 2345 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 14.75 | 41.5 | -3.9 | 2313 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺IMSutormin, Danila | 2365 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 12.25 | 41.5 | -6.9 | 2311 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳Lad Mandar Pradip | 2392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 3.5 | 11.75 | 41.5 | -21.2 | 2308 |
| 10 | 🇳🇴FMVitenberg, Noam Aviv | 2346 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 2.0 | 11.00 | 43.0 | -38.2 | 2173 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vaibhav Jayant RautFMIND+30.25.5 pts · #2
- 2Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFMIND+22.64.0 pts · #6
- 3Bryakin, MikhailGMSRB+13.27.0 pts · #1
- 1Vitenberg, Noam AvivFMNOR-38.22.0 pts · #10
- 2Lad Mandar PradipIND-21.23.5 pts · #9
- 3Sutormin, DanilaIMRUS-6.93.5 pts · #8
- R5+188 Elo gap
- R9+109 Elo gap
- R4+107 Elo gap