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RUDAR XLVIIIA - IM ROUND ROBIN

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 06 Feb 2026 in Pozarevac, Serbia. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2244, and top seed was Dragan Kosic (🇲🇪 MNE, GM, 2349).

Miroljub Lazic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2276) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Danilo Besedes (6.5) and Dragan Kosic (5.5). Lazic won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇷🇸Pozarevac, Serbia
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 06 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇪GMDragan Kosic2349
Avg top 10
2,244
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
GM×3
FM×5
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×5
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇲🇪Montenegro×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

FM Danilo Besedes led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Danilo Besedes held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Danilo Besedes drew with GM Miroljub Lazic (Black).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

FM Danilo Besedes went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇷🇸GMLazic, Miroljub2276*½½1½½½1116.526.7538.5+15.62407
1🇷🇸FMBesedes, Danilo2319½*½½½11½116.526.5038.5+19.82402
3🇲🇪GMKosic, Dragan2349½½*1½½½½½15.523.7539.5-3.92313
4🇺🇸FMAndersen, Gunnar22650½0*½1½1½½4.518.0040.5-5.62242
5🇷🇸GMTodorovic, Goran M2243½½½½*½½½0½4.018.7541.0-5.02202
6🇮🇳FMRupesh Reddy Y2273½0½0½*½1½½4.016.7541.0-18.02198
9🇷🇸FMRatkovic, Petar2216½0½½½½*½0½3.515.7541.5-12.22168
10🇨🇳WFMZhao, Shengxin21940½½0½0½*1½3.515.0041.5-6.22170
7🇷🇸FMStanojevic, Ilija218100½½1½10*03.514.5041.5-2.62171
8🇮🇳Praveen K B2127000½½½½½1*3.513.2541.5+11.42177

Key insights

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