RUDAR XXVIII - GM ROUND ROBIN

Round-RobinStandard

10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jan 2026 to 29 Jan 2026 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 10 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2399, and top seed was Radoslav Dimitrov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2485).

Erik R. Gasparyan (🇦🇲 ARM, IM, 2413) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Radoslav Dimitrov (5.5) and Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (5.0). Gasparyan took the lead from round 6.

Location

🇷🇸Pozarevac, Serbia

Dates

22 Jan 2026 → 29 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Round-robin · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬GMRadoslav Dimitrov2485

Avg top 10

2,399

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×3

IM×4

FM×3

Federations · 7 represented

🇮🇳India×3

🇧🇬Bulgaria×2

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

Top 3

🥇
IMErik R. Gasparyan
🇦🇲ARM·2413
6.5pts·2563perf+17.9
🥈
GMRadoslav Dimitrov
🇧🇬BUL·2485
5.5pts·2469perf-1.7
🥉
IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy
🇮🇳IND·2452
5.0pts·2436perf-2.2

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM Erik R. Gasparyan led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Gasparyan#1Dimitrov#2Kovchan#3Parvathareddy#4Liyanage#5Mamatov#6Nikolov#7Jain#8Sutormin#9Shah#10

R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

IM Erik R. Gasparyan takes the sole lead (4.0/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Erik R. Gasparyan drew with GM Radoslav Dimitrov (Black).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

IM Erik R. Gasparyan 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
1	🇦🇲IMGasparyan, Erik R.	2413	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6.5	26.50	38.5	+17.9	2563
2	🇧🇬GMDimitrov, Radoslav	2485	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	5.5	22.75	39.5	-1.7	2469
4	🇮🇳IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy	2452	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.0	22.75	40.0	-2.2	2436
3	🇺🇦GMKovchan, Alexander	2441	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	5.0	21.75	40.0	-1.0	2437
5	🇱🇰IMLiyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2384	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	4.5	20.25	40.5	+1.9	2400
7	🇧🇬GMNikolov, Momchil	2424	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	0	½	4.0	18.50	41.0	-8.5	2353
6	🇰🇬FMMamatov, Melis	2336	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	1	1	0	4.0	16.50	41.0	+3.6	2363
8	🇮🇳FMRosh Jain	2373	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	3.5	15.50	41.5	-12.6	2322
9	🇷🇺IMSutormin, Danila	2357	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	*	0	3.5	14.75	41.5	-4.3	2323
10	🇮🇳FMVivaan Vishal Shah	2321	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	*	3.5	14.25	41.5	+0.6	2327

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gasparyan, Erik R.IMARM
+17.9
6.5 pts · #1
2Mamatov, MelisFMKGZ
+3.6
4.0 pts · #6
3Liyanage, Ranindu DilshanIMSRI
+1.9
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Rosh JainFMIND
-12.6
3.5 pts · #8
2Nikolov, MomchilGMBUL
-8.5
4.0 pts · #7
3Sutormin, DanilaIMRUS
-4.3
3.5 pts · #9