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RUDAR XXVIII - GM ROUND ROBIN

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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
10
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

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
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Gasparyan takes lead
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

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇲IMGasparyan, Erik R.2413*½½½½½11116.526.5038.5+17.92563
2🇧🇬GMDimitrov, Radoslav2485½*0½½½1½115.522.7539.5-1.72469
4🇮🇳IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy2452½1*½½½½½½½5.022.7540.0-2.22436
3🇺🇦GMKovchan, Alexander2441½½½*½½½½½15.021.7540.0-1.02437
5🇱🇰IMLiyanage, Ranindu Dilshan2384½½½½*10½½½4.520.2540.5+1.92400
7🇧🇬GMNikolov, Momchil2424½½½½0*1½0½4.018.5041.0-8.52353
6🇰🇬FMMamatov, Melis233600½½10*1104.016.5041.0+3.62363
8🇮🇳FMRosh Jain23730½½½½½0*013.515.5041.5-12.62322
9🇷🇺IMSutormin, Danila235700½½½101*03.514.7541.5-4.32323
10🇮🇳FMVivaan Vishal Shah232100½0½½101*3.514.2541.5+0.62327

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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