SixDays Budapest November 2025 - GM-A
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2396, and top seed was Valeriy Aveskulov (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2486).
Yuval Yaniv (🇮🇱 ISR, IM, 2431) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Valeriy Aveskulov (5.5) and Siddharth Singh (5.0). Yaniv took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jval Saurin Patel (FM, 2341) beat Valeriy Aveskulov (GM, 2486), a +145-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Yuval Yaniv led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
FM Jval Saurin Patel takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
IM Yuval Yaniv drew with GM Valeriy Aveskulov (Black).
IM Yuval Yaniv went unbeaten across 8 games (R1–R8).
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 | 🇮🇱IMYaniv, Yuval | 2431 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 24.75 | 38.0 | +10.4 | 2517 |
| 2 | 🇺🇦GMAveskulov, Valeriy | 2486 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.00 | 38.5 | -2.0 | 2466 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Singh, Siddharth | 2305 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 20.50 | 39.0 | +34.4 | 2449 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳IMMd Imran | 2482 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.75 | 39.0 | +0.5 | 2487 |
| 5 | 🇦🇲IMSklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey | 2379 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.50 | 39.0 | +15.0 | 2441 |
| 7 | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºGMNagy, Gabor | 2440 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 19.75 | 39.5 | -5.8 | 2391 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸GMPopovic, Dusan | 2471 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 19.25 | 39.5 | -10.0 | 2388 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳FMJval Saurin Patel | 2341 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 15.50 | 40.0 | +10.6 | 2392 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸WGMRapport, Jovana | 2273 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3.0 | 10.50 | 41.0 | +2.4 | 2285 |
| 10 | 🇫🇷IMTahay, Alexis | 2354 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1.5 | 7.50 | 42.5 | -24.3 | 2128 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Singh, SiddharthUSA+34.45.0 pts · #3
- 2Sklokin-Bagiyan, SergeyIMARM+15.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Jval Saurin PatelFMIND+10.64.0 pts · #8
- 1Tahay, AlexisIMFRA-24.31.5 pts · #10
- 2Popovic, DusanGMSRB-10.04.5 pts · #6
- 3Nagy, GaborGMHUN-5.84.5 pts · #7
- R3+145 Elo gap
- R9+126 Elo gap