First Saturday 2026 June - IM-B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2026 to 13 Jun 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. 9 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2291, and top seed was Bence Pribelszky (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2391).
Vasilios Kotronias (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2371) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Levente Papp (6.0) and Bence Pribelszky (5.5). Kotronias won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Roshan Sethuraman (2276) beat Bence Pribelszky (IM, 2391), a +115-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Vasilios Kotronias led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
GM Vasilios Kotronias held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.
GM Vasilios Kotronias beat FM Levente Papp (White).
GM Vasilios Kotronias won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷GMKotronias, Vasilios | 2371 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 27.00 | 38.5 | +9.2 | 2448 |
| 2 | 🇭🇺FMPapp, Levente | 2370 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 22.75 | 39.0 | +4.4 | 2408 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺IMPribelszky, Bence | 2391 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.50 | 39.5 | -3.5 | 2360 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳FMMukund Hemant Agarwal | 2233 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 19.50 | 39.5 | +35.8 | 2378 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦CMAdam, Rafael | 2213 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 20.75 | 40.0 | +31.2 | 2343 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Sethuraman, Roshan | 2276 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 19.50 | 40.5 | +8.0 | 2293 |
| 8 | 🇵🇱FMDziewonski, Dariusz | 2287 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 17.75 | 41.0 | -9.2 | 2249 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸FMParagua, Megan Althea | 2267 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 15.25 | 41.0 | -3.6 | 2251 |
| 9 | 🇭🇺FMVarga, Csaba Zoltan | 2269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3.0 | 9.50 | 42.0 | -11.9 | 2169 |
| 10 | 🇸🇮IMKrumpacnik, Domen | 2236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.50 | 44.0 | -27.4 | 1946 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mukund Hemant AgarwalFMIND+35.85.5 pts · #3
- 2Adam, RafaelCMCAN+31.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Kotronias, VasiliosGMGRE+9.26.5 pts · #1
- 1Krumpacnik, DomenIMSLO-27.41.0 pts · #10
- 2Varga, Csaba ZoltanFMHUN-11.93.0 pts · #9
- 3Dziewonski, DariuszFMPOL-9.24.0 pts · #8
- R4+115 Elo gap