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Chess Festival tournament GM1

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Nov 2025 to 06 Dec 2025 in Brcko, Bosnia. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2398, and top seed was Radoslav Dimitrov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2502).

Aayush Bhattacherjee (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2333) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Radoslav Dimitrov (6.0) and Md Imran (6.0). Bhattacherjee won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Dejan Pikula (GM, 2268) beat Gediz Avsar (FM, 2443), a +175-point gap.

Location
🇧🇦Brcko, Bosnia
Dates
30 Nov 2025 → 06 Dec 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
🇧🇬GMRadoslav Dimitrov2502
Avg top 10
2,398
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×3
IM×4
FM×3
Federations · 6 represented
🇮🇳India×3
🇧🇬Bulgaria×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMAayush Bhattacherjee
    🇮🇳IND·2333
    7.0pts·2625perf+33.7
  • 🥈
    GMRadoslav Dimitrov
    🇧🇬BUL·2502
    6.0pts·2511perf+1.2
  • 🥉
    IMMd Imran
    🇮🇳IND·2482
    6.0pts·2513perf+3.8

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

FM Aayush Bhattacherjee led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Bhattacherjee#1Dimitrov#2Imran#3Sitnikov#4Nikolov#5Bai#6Avsar#7Eren#8Saxena#9Pikula#10
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Aayush Bhattacherjee never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · DECISIVE LEAD04 Dec

FM Aayush Bhattacherjee opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Radoslav Dimitrov); the title is out of reach before R9.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Aayush Bhattacherjee lost to GM Radoslav Dimitrov (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇳FMAayush Bhattacherjee2333*011½1½1117.027.0037.0+33.72625
2🇧🇬GMDimitrov, Radoslav25021*½½½½1½½16.025.0038.0+1.22511
3🇮🇳IMMd Imran24820½*1½½111½6.022.0038.0+3.82513
4🇺🇦IMSitnikov, Anton23830½0*½11½115.518.7538.5+12.02479
5🇧🇬GMNikolov, Momchil2430½½½½*½½1½½5.020.7539.0+0.72437
6🇹🇼IMBai, Adelard24170½½0½*½1115.016.5039.0+2.42438
7🇹🇷FMAvsar, Gediz2443½000½½*½013.011.7541.0-21.22267
8🇹🇷IMEren, Ataberk24150½0½00½*102.59.2541.5-22.32229
10🇷🇸GMPikula, Dejan22680½00½010*—2.08.5042.0-3.52233
9🇮🇳FMApaar Saxena230200½0½001—*2.08.0042.0-13.62233

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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