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S: Zadar Chess Festival - A turnir

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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Jul 2025 to 23 Jul 2025 in Zadar, Croatia. 15 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2353, and top seed was Ante Saric (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2491).

Alexander Kovchan (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2427) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Ognjen Cvitan (6.0) and Stefano Maldonado Gonzales (6.0). Kovchan shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Arkadii Kliashtornyi (FM, 2241) beat Ante Saric (GM, 2491), a +250-point gap.

Location
🇭🇷Zadar, Croatia
Dates
16 Jul 2025 → 23 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇷GMAnte Saric2491
Avg top 10
2,353
Participants
23
Titled players · 15
GM×4
IM×2
FM×6
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇭🇷Croatia×15
🇮🇹Italy×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Alexander Kovchan led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Kovchan takes lead
Kovchan7Pap6Maldonado Gonzales6Cvitan6Vucenovic5.5Perossa5.5
R9 · LEADER CHANGE23 Jul

GM Alexander Kovchan takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Alexander Kovchan drew with GM Misa Pap (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Alexander Kovchan 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Stefano Maldonado Gonzales 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAlexander Kovchan*
½
½
½
2GMMisa Pap
½
*
½
—
3FMStefano Maldonado Gonzales
½
½
*
0
4GMOgnjen Cvitan
½
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kovchan, AlexanderGM2427UKR+7B+5N+11B=3N=2B=4N=8B+10N+12B7.043.548.036.502527+10.8
2Cvitan, OgnjenGM2389CRO=19N+8B+14N=13B=1N=5B=6B=7N+3B6.042.545.030.002404+2.1
3Maldonado Gonzales, StefanoFM2278ITA+18N+21B+10N=1B+9N=8B=5N=4B−2N6.042.545.027.252406+31.4
4Pap, MisaGM2442SRB−8N+19B+7N=16B+13N=1B+9N=3N=5B6.041.544.028.002392-5.3
5Perossa, NicolasFM2253ITA+22N−1B=21N+6B+16N=2N=3B=8N=4N5.541.544.024.252380+30.8
6Saric, AnteGM2491CRO−9B=15N+17B−5N+22B+10B=2N=11N+8B5.538.040.522.752321-16.6
7Vucenovic, DamianFM2233CRO−1N+23B−4B+20N−8N+19B+13N=2B+11B5.537.539.518.502367+32.4
8Karlusic, LukaFM2234CRO+4B−2N+22B=11N+7B=3N=1N=5B−6N5.046.048.525.502373+32.6
9Kliashtornyi, ArkadiiFM2241UKR+6N=10B=13N+14B−3B+11N−4B−12N+15B5.039.543.522.502344+41.6
10Moksh Amit DoshiIM2348IND+20B=9N−3B+21N=11B−6N+15B−1B+13N5.038.541.017.752311-4.0
11Novosel, LovroIM2338CRO+23N+16B−1N=8B=10N−9B+14N=6B−7N4.540.542.517.252282-6.7
12Colev, Ivor2249CRO=17B−14N−18B=15N+20B+21N=16B+9B−1N4.532.034.515.252184-31.6
13Bouska, JiriFM2296CZE=14B+17N=9B=2N−4B=15N−7B+20N−10B4.038.541.015.002201-22.4
14Simunkovic, Bartol2140CRO=13N+12B−2B−9N+18B+16N−11B−15N=17N4.034.537.514.502197+28.0
15Levacic, Matej2131CRO−16N=6B=19N=12B+17N=13B−10N+14B−9N4.034.537.015.252214+18.6
16Jurkovic, Ante2272CRO+15B−11N+20B=4N−5B−14B=12N=21N−18B3.534.036.513.002130-17.6
17Kanizaj, Benjamin2101CRO=12N−13B−6N+18N−15B−22B+23NF=14B3.029.529.59.252126+1.6
18Mocic, Ivano2133CRO−3B−20N+12N−17B−14N−23BF+19N+16N3.028.028.010.502100-16.8
19Ivancic, IvanCM2158CRO=2B−4N=15B=22N=21B−7N−20N−18B=23B2.532.034.08.502033-62.4
20Nagare AkhileshCM2156IND−10N+18B−16N−7B−12NF+19B−13B=22N2.530.530.56.752085-14.8
21Pehar, Borna2045CROF−3N=5B−10B=19N−12B+22N=16BF2.529.529.58.252138+28.8
22Zagorac, LaraWFM2121CRO−5BF−8N=19B−6N+17N−21B=23N=20B2.528.528.56.502056-30.8
23Ljubicic, Mario2141CRO−11B−7NFFF+18N−17B=22B=19N2.021.021.05.502056-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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