RUDAR XLVIIIA - IM ROUND ROBIN

Round-RobinStandard

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

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

🥇
GMMiroljub Lazic
🇷🇸SRB·2276
6.5pts·2407perf+15.6
🥈
FMDanilo Besedes
🇷🇸SRB·2319
6.5pts·2402perf+19.8
🥉
GMDragan Kosic
🇲🇪MNE·2349
5.5pts·2313perf-3.9

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

Besedes#1Lazic#2Kosic#3Andersen#4Todorovic#5Rupesh Reddy#6Stanojevic#7Praveen K#8Ratkovic#9Zhao#10

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

#	Player	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	SB	Bh	Δ Elo	Perf
2	🇷🇸GMLazic, Miroljub	2276	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6.5	26.75	38.5	+15.6	2407
1	🇷🇸FMBesedes, Danilo	2319	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6.5	26.50	38.5	+19.8	2402
3	🇲🇪GMKosic, Dragan	2349	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5.5	23.75	39.5	-3.9	2313
4	🇺🇸FMAndersen, Gunnar	2265	0	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	4.5	18.00	40.5	-5.6	2242
5	🇷🇸GMTodorovic, Goran M	2243	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	4.0	18.75	41.0	-5.0	2202
6	🇮🇳FMRupesh Reddy Y	2273	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	4.0	16.75	41.0	-18.0	2198
9	🇷🇸FMRatkovic, Petar	2216	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	3.5	15.75	41.5	-12.2	2168
10	🇨🇳WFMZhao, Shengxin	2194	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	3.5	15.00	41.5	-6.2	2170
7	🇷🇸FMStanojevic, Ilija	2181	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	*	0	3.5	14.50	41.5	-2.6	2171
8	🇮🇳Praveen K B	2127	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	*	3.5	13.25	41.5	+11.4	2177

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Besedes, DaniloFMSRB
+19.8
6.5 pts · #1
2Lazic, MiroljubGMSRB
+15.6
6.5 pts · #2
3Praveen K BIND
+11.4
3.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Rupesh Reddy YFMIND
-18.0
4.0 pts · #6
2Ratkovic, PetarFMSRB
-12.2
3.5 pts · #9
3Zhao, ShengxinWFMCHN
-6.2
3.5 pts · #10