RUDAR XXVII - GM ROUND ROBIN
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Dec 2025 to 15 Dec 2025 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 10 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2391, and top seed was Mikhail Bryakin (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2476).
Mikhail Bryakin (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2476) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande (5.5) and Miloje Ratkovic (5.5). Bryakin took the lead from round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande (FM, 2293) beat Ziyuan Xu (FM, 2453), a +160-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 rounds4 leader changes shaped the tournament; Bryakin pulled away in R8.
FM Ziyuan Xu takes the sole lead (3.0/4).
GM Mikhail Bryakin drew with FM Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande (White).
GM Mikhail Bryakin went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).
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 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 25.75 | 38.5 | +8.7 | 2547 |
| 2 | 🇮🇳FMKshatriya Nitin Vekhande | 2293 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 24.50 | 39.5 | +45.8 | 2482 |
| 4 | 🇷🇸GMRatkovic, Miloje | 2445 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 23.00 | 39.5 | +2.7 | 2465 |
| 3 | 🇨🇳FMXu, Ziyuan | 2453 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 21.50 | 39.5 | +1.7 | 2464 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴IMTudor, Henry Edward | 2430 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 21.50 | 40.0 | -0.3 | 2430 |
| 6 | 🇺🇦GMKovchan, Alexander | 2447 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 17.25 | 41.0 | -12.4 | 2342 |
| 7 | 🇷🇺IMSutormin, Danila | 2365 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 15.00 | 41.0 | -1.4 | 2351 |
| 8 | 🇷🇸WGMPogorelskikh, Sofia | 2319 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 17.50 | 41.5 | -0.6 | 2319 |
| 9 | 🇧🇬FMKrasteva, Beloslava | 2339 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 10.75 | 42.0 | -16.4 | 2272 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳FMVaibhav Jayant Raut | 2341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 2.5 | 10.75 | 42.5 | -26.8 | 2230 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFMIND+45.85.5 pts · #2
- 2Bryakin, MikhailGMSRB+8.76.5 pts · #1
- 3Ratkovic, MilojeGMSRB+2.75.5 pts · #4
- 1Vaibhav Jayant RautFMIND-26.82.5 pts · #10
- 2Krasteva, BeloslavaFMBUL-16.43.0 pts · #9
- 3Kovchan, AlexanderGMUKR-12.44.0 pts · #6
- R7+160 Elo gap
- R6+137 Elo gap
- R9+128 Elo gap