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GM2_Festival saha "Bijeljina 2025"

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Oct 2025 to 14 Oct 2025 in Bijeljina, Bosnia. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2392, and top seed was Slavko Cicak (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2499).

Umut Ata Akbas (🇹🇷 TUR, IM, 2452) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Elias Ruzhansky (6.0) and Alexander Kovchan (5.0). Akbas took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Jiaxiang Xie (2214) beat Sai Krishna G V (IM, 2421), a +207-point gap.

Location
🇧🇦Bijeljina, Bosnia
Dates
08 Oct 2025 → 14 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇪GMSlavko Cicak2499
Avg top 10
2,392
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
GM×4
IM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
🇸🇪Sweden×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMUmut Ata Akbas
    🇹🇷TUR·2452
    6.0pts·2510perf+7.1
  • 🥈
    IMElias Ruzhansky
    🇧🇪BEL·2401
    6.0pts·2515perf+13.9
  • 🥉
    GMAlexander Kovchan
    🇺🇦UKR·2444
    5.0pts·2429perf-1.9

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM Elias Ruzhansky led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Akbas takes lead
Ruzhansky#1Akbas#2Kovchan#3Raahul V#4Walia#5Savitha Shri#6Stojanovic#7Sai Krishna G#8Cicak#9Xie#10
R7 · LEADER CHANGE13 Oct

IM Umut Ata Akbas takes the sole lead (5.0/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Elias Ruzhansky lost to IM Umut Ata Akbas (White).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

IM Elias Ruzhansky went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇹🇷IMAkbas, Umut Ata2452*1½½½11½½½6.026.7539.0+7.12510
1🇧🇪IMRuzhansky, Elias24010*½½1111½½6.025.0039.0+13.92515
3🇺🇦GMKovchan, Alexander2444½½*½½½1½½½5.022.0040.0-1.92429
6🇮🇳IMSavitha Shri B2318½½½*½½0½½14.519.7540.5+9.82400
5🇮🇳IMNamitbir Singh Walia2328½0½½*½0½114.518.5040.5+8.72399
4🇮🇳GMRaahul V S240000½½½*01114.517.5040.5-1.02391
8🇨🇦IMSai Krishna G V2421000111*½½04.017.2541.0-9.02345
7🇧🇦GMStojanovic, Dalibor2438½0½½½0½*½14.016.7541.0-11.02343
9🇸🇪GMCicak, Slavko2499½½½½00½½*½3.516.2541.5-24.22300
10🇨🇳Xie, Jiaxiang2214½½½00010½*3.014.2542.0+30.42286

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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