S: PETI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR OPEN "GRADISTE" 2025.

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 28 Aug 2025 in Gradiste, Croatia. 15 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2326, and top seed was Robert Zelcic (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2458).

Nenad Fercec (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2348) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Petar Kovac (7.0) and Sanjin Culum (7.0). Fercec shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nikola Kopljar (1788) beat Danilo Besedes (FM, 2302), a +514-point gap.

Location

🇭🇷Gradiste, Croatia

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 28 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇭🇷GMRobert Zelcic2458

Avg top 10

2,326

Participants

Titled players · 15

GM×3

IM×3

FM×6

CM×1

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇭🇷Croatia×75

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×8

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇷🇸Serbia×2

🇸🇮Slovenia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMNenad Fercec
🇭🇷CRO·2348
7.0pts·2456perf+14.1
🥈
FMPetar Kovac
🇭🇷CRO·2345
7.0pts·2406perf+17.4
🥉
IMSanjin Culum
🇧🇦BIH·2444
7.0pts·2446perf+3.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Culum7Kovac7Fercec7Pap6.5Zufic6.5Doric6— ex-leaders:Zelcicled R6–R7, #9

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Fercec takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Sanjin Culum drew with FM Petar Kovac (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Petar Kovac 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Nenad Fercec 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMSanjin Culum	*	½	½	1
2FMPetar Kovac	½	*	0	—
3GMNenad Fercec	½	1	*	½
4GMMisa Pap	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fercec, NenadGM	2348	CRO	+50N	+56B	+11N	+2B	=6N	=3B	=4N	+19B	=5N	7.0	48.5	52.0	39.00	2456	+14.1
2	Kovac, PetarFM	2345	CRO	+75B	+53N	+13B	−1N	+15B	+16N	=14B	=3N	+6N	7.0	46.5	49.0	35.75	2406	+17.4
3	Culum, SanjinIM	2444	BIH	+28N	+54B	=23N	+30B	+19B	=1N	=6N	=2B	+4B	7.0	46.0	50.0	37.50	2446	+3.0
4	Pap, MisaGM	2439	SRB	+55B	+65N	−15B	+10B	+22N	+9N	=1B	+6B	−3N	6.5	46.5	49.5	33.50	2385	-2.0
5	Zufic, MiroslavIM	2309	CRO	+52N	+21B	=30N	−7B	+40N	=8B	+11N	+22B	=1B	6.5	44.5	48.5	33.75	2248	-4.0
6	Zelcic, RobertGM	2458	CRO	+66B	+26N	+22B	+15N	=1B	+7N	=3B	−4N	−2B	6.0	49.0	52.0	31.50	2354	-8.2
7	Konjevic, Nikola	2068	CRO	+37B	=24N	+29B	+5N	+12B	−6B	=8N	=17N	=9B	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.75	2216	+67.6
8	Doric, NenadIM	2198	CRO	+68B	=32N	=17B	+38N	+20B	=5N	=7B	=14N	=19B	6.0	43.5	46.5	29.75	2139	-4.2
9	Besedes, DaniloFM	2302	SRB	−24B	+37N	+18N	+27B	+11N	−4B	=30N	+54B	=7N	6.0	43.0	47.0	30.25	2164	-23.2
10	Stjepic, Borna	2030	CRO	+58B	+61N	=12B	−4N	+29B	−14N	+18B	+24N	=16B	6.0	42.0	45.5	27.75	2105	+20.4
11	Tukovic, Dario	2079	CRO	+59N	+63B	−1B	+17N	−9B	+41N	−5B	+31N	+56B	6.0	41.0	44.0	24.50	2142	+16.8
12	Sundac, IvanoFM	2253	CRO	+47N	+35B	=10N	+25B	−7N	=30B	−17N	+49B	+33N	6.0	40.5	44.5	27.75	2106	-27.6
13	Babler, Jan	2069	CRO	+36N	+51B	−2N	−49B	+57N	+55B	−22N	+28B	+23N	6.0	38.0	41.5	25.50	2066	+6.1
14	Pirvulescu, EkaterinaWFM	2152	ROU	+39B	=29N	+32B	=20N	F	+10B	=2N	=8B	=21N	5.5	43.5	43.5	29.25	2146	+2.2
15	Damjanovic, Stjepan	2142	CRO	+45N	+41B	+4N	−6B	−2N	=33B	+36N	−21B	+29N	5.5	43.0	47.5	26.75	2123	+0.2
16	Bobanac, MiroFM	2168	CRO	+64N	=18B	=27N	+35B	+49N	−2B	=25N	=33B	=10N	5.5	41.5	44.5	24.50	2062	-20.4
17	Drmic, Bozo	1986	CRO	F	+60B	=8N	−11B	+52N	+38N	+12B	=7B	=25N	5.5	41.0	41.0	26.50	2114	+28.8
18	Neferanovic, Ivan	1894	CRO	+42B	=16N	−9B	+58N	−23N	+47B	−10N	+64B	+35N	5.5	39.5	42.5	22.75	1995	+24.0
19	Berke, AnaWIM	2122	CRO	+71B	+83N	F	+23B	−3N	+54B	+26B	−1N	=8N	5.5	39.0	39.0	22.00	2230	+24.8
20	Blazic, Slobodan	2007	CRO	+69B	F	+33N	=14B	−8N	+49B	−23N	+50B	+22N	5.5	37.0	37.0	23.25	2134	+29.0
21	Mestrovic, Toni	1968	CRO	+81B	−5N	F	=57B	=34N	+42N	+63B	+15N	=14B	5.5	35.0	35.0	21.75	2035	+17.0
22	Sipic, Hrvoje	2162	CRO	+34N	+49B	−6N	+51B	−4B	+43N	+13B	−5N	−20B	5.0	43.5	47.5	23.00	2111	-9.0
23	Rosic, Slavko SFM	2164	BIH	+70B	+43N	=3B	−19N	+18B	−26N	+20B	=56N	−13B	5.0	42.5	45.5	23.75	2061	-22.2
24	Kopljar, Nikola	1788	CRO	+9N	=7B	−25N	=53B	=35N	+40B	+65N	−10B	=27N	5.0	41.0	44.0	23.25	2043	+113.6
25	Sabic, Tomislav	2059	CRO	=60N	F	+24B	−12N	=41B	+31N	=16B	+26N	=17B	5.0	39.5	42.5	24.00	2039	-1.4
26	Mudrinic, Aleksandar	2009	CRO	+48N	−6B	+52N	+28B	F	+23B	−19N	−25B	+36N	5.0	39.0	39.0	22.50	2054	+11.0
27	Mladenovic, VelisaFM	1986	CRO	=44B	+84N	=16B	−9N	=36N	+75B	−33N	+39B	=24B	5.0	37.0	38.5	18.25	1889	-19.0
28	Blazevic, Mislav	1816	CRO	−3B	+69N	+61B	−26N	=37B	=39N	+38B	−13N	=42B	4.5	39.5	42.5	17.75	1785	-17.6
29	Panic, Viktor	1859	BIH	+87N	=14B	−7N	+60B	−10N	+34B	−56B	+48N	−15B	4.5	39.0	39.5	15.75	1874	+9.6
30	Ivancic, IvanCM	2071	CRO	+38B	+31N	=5B	−3N	+32B	=12N	=9B	F	F	4.5	39.0	39.0	22.75	2199	+50.0
31	Uzunovic, Gabriel	1817	CRO	+85N	−30B	−45N	+44B	+46N	−25B	+60N	−11B	=34N	4.5	37.0	38.0	15.75	1773	-22.4
32	Juranovic, Ljudevit	1882	CRO	+78N	=8B	−14N	+47B	−30N	+68B	−54N	=34B	=39N	4.5	36.5	39.0	17.50	1878	-1.2
33	Jelecevic, Ivo	1966	CRO	+88N	F	−20B	+50N	=42B	=15N	+27B	=16N	−12B	4.5	36.5	36.5	17.25	1983	+7.6
34	Radic, Borna	1739	CRO	−22B	+62N	+43B	−54N	=21B	−29N	+61B	=32N	=31B	4.5	36.0	39.5	18.75	1846	+44.1
35	Samblic, Silvano	1917	CRO	+79B	−12N	+70B	−16N	=24B	=64N	=57B	+37N	−18B	4.5	36.0	38.5	15.75	1847	-16.4
36	Flisar, Neo	1667	SLO	−13B	+73N	=50B	+65N	=27B	=56N	−15B	+63N	−26B	4.5	35.0	38.0	15.25	1919	+88.0
37	Kulundzic, Dominik	1667	CRO	−7N	−9B	+78N	+82B	=28N	=50B	=55N	−35B	+63B	4.5	34.5	36.5	13.75	1812	+49.2
38	Mihovilic Vasiljevic, Din	1674	CRO	−30N	+85B	+63N	−8B	+51N	−17B	−28N	+75B	=40N	4.5	34.5	35.5	12.75	1876	+72.4
39	Maltasic, Eva	1734	CRO	−14N	+87B	−49N	+77B	=53N	=28B	+43B	−27N	=32B	4.5	34.5	35.0	14.00	1817	+33.2
40	Pastulovic, Stjepan	1931	CRO	−61B	=58N	+67B	+75N	−5B	−24N	+44B	=57N	=38B	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.75	1758	-38.6
41	Luketic, Ivan	1868	CRO	+76B	−15N	+71B	F	=25N	−11B	=46N	+59B	=53N	4.5	34.0	34.0	15.75	1871	+3.8
42	Nedic, Gabriel	1499	BIH	−18N	+64B	=57N	+83B	=33N	−21B	−50N	+69B	=28N	4.5	33.5	35.5	14.25	1812	+127.2
43	Nedic, Matej	1870	BIH	+86N	−23B	−34N	+69B	+59N	−22B	−39N	+72B	=46N	4.5	33.0	34.0	12.75	1752	-52.0
44	Camara, Kawsu	1611	CRO	=27N	=57B	−51N	−31N	+76B	+52B	−40N	=60B	+59N	4.5	32.5	35.0	16.00	1770	+68.8
45	Tomljenovic, Ivan	1733	CRO	−15B	+76N	+31B	−56N	F	=53B	−49N	+62N	+51B	4.5	31.5	31.5	16.50	1851	+48.8
46	Kulundzic, Nikola	1579	CRO	−65B	−52B	+87N	+70N	−31B	+66N	=41B	=51N	=43B	4.5	30.5	31.0	13.00	1786	+45.0
47	Vidic, Luka	1767	CRO	−12B	+80N	=65B	−32N	+84B	−18N	−67B	+76N	+62B	4.5	30.0	31.5	11.00	1703	-26.0
48	Juranovic, Igor	1637	CRO	−26B	=66N	−58B	+67N	−63B	+70N	+75N	−29B	+64N	4.5	28.0	30.5	13.00	1787	+63.8
49	Zanic, Matija	1875	CRO	+62B	−22N	+39B	+13N	−16B	−20N	+45B	−12N	F	4.0	40.5	44.0	18.50	1952	+29.2
50	Juric, Andrija	1805	CRO	−1B	F	=36N	−33B	+69N	=37N	+42B	−20N	+58B	4.0	37.0	39.0	15.50	1785	-11.6
51	Stojanovic, Branimir	1822	CRO	+73B	−13N	+44B	−22N	−38B	=58N	+71N	=46B	−45N	4.0	35.5	38.5	14.50	1686	-31.6
52	Pralija, Marin	1794	CRO	−5B	+46N	−26B	+76N	−17B	−44N	=77B	=61N	+67B	4.0	35.0	37.5	13.00	1708	-19.4
53	Golubicic, Luka	1901	CRO	+80N	−2B	F	=24N	=39B	=45N	=64B	=58N	=41B	4.0	34.0	34.0	14.50	1791	-23.0
54	Pirvulescu, Adrian	2007	ROU	+72N	−3N	+68B	+34B	F	−19N	+32B	−9N	F	4.0	33.5	33.5	15.00	2024	+4.4
55	Piacun, Eduard	1814	CRO	−4N	+72B	+59N	F	=56B	−13N	=37B	+67N	F	4.0	30.0	30.0	13.50	1886	+11.6
56	Pasalic, Adnan	1983	BIH	F	−1N	F	+45B	=55N	=36B	+29N	=23B	−11N	3.5	38.5	38.5	15.75	1952	-6.0
57	Ascic, Matos	1799	CRO	F	=44N	=42B	=21N	−13B	+82B	=35N	=40B	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	13.75	1776	-4.0
58	Vranjkovic, Sinisa	1647	CRO	−10N	=40B	+48N	−18B	F	=51B	+83N	=53B	−50N	3.5	34.5	34.5	12.75	1813	+30.6
59	Kikic, Stjepan	1687	CRO	−11B	+77N	−55B	+73N	−43B	=62N	+66B	−41N	−44B	3.5	33.0	35.5	10.25	1563	-44.0
60	Benkovic, Duje	1656	CRO	=25B	−17N	+84B	−29N	=65B	+77N	−31B	=44N	F	3.5	32.5	34.0	10.25	1707	+8.8
61	Vinkovic, Hana	1582	CRO	+40N	−10B	−28N	=66N	−75B	+80B	−34N	=52B	=68N	3.5	32.0	34.0	11.50	1713	+47.9
62	Stanivukovic, Andrej	1494	CRO	−49N	−34B	−64N	+88B	+85N	=59B	+68N	−45B	−47N	3.5	28.0	28.5	6.25	1595	+34.0
63	Mutapcic, Ilija	1852	CRO	+77B	−11N	−38B	F	+48N	+71B	−21N	−36B	−37N	3.0	35.0	35.0	10.00	1614	-44.4
64	Krpan, Tomislav	1749	CRO	−16B	−42N	+62B	F	+83N	=35B	=53N	−18N	−48B	3.0	34.0	34.0	9.75	1702	-12.8
65	Obrovac, Dinko	1923	CRO	+46N	−4B	=47N	−36B	=60N	+74B	−24B	F	F	3.0	31.5	31.5	11.50	1718	-74.0
66	Krpan, Vlatko	1817	CRO	−6N	=48B	=74N	=61B	F	−46B	−59N	+73N	=77B	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.75	1523	-47.4
67	Nedic, Mihael	1613	BIH	F	F	−40N	−48B	+86N	+79B	+47N	−55B	−52N	3.0	30.0	30.0	8.00	1657	+12.4
68	Jelic, Slavko	1752	CRO	−8N	+78B	−54N	+74B	F	−32N	−62B	=77N	=61B	3.0	29.5	29.5	8.50	1642	-23.0
69	Ciganovic, Marko	1619	CRO	−20N	−28B	+86N	−43N	−50B	+87B	F	−42N	+70B	3.0	29.0	29.5	4.50	1614	-10.8
70	Leutarevic, Ilija	1745	CRO	−23N	+86B	−35N	−46B	−77N	−48B	+79N	+80B	−69N	3.0	28.5	29.5	5.50	1590	-70.8
71	Golubicic, Mato	1711	CRO	−19N	+82B	−41N	+85B	F	−63N	−51B	+74B	F	3.0	26.5	26.5	6.00	1610	-13.8
72	Sangut, Vlado	1619	CRO	−54B	−55N	−76B	−84N	+78B	+73N	+85B	−43N	−74B	3.0	25.0	26.0	6.50	1352	-89.6
73	Obrovac, Andrew	0	CRO	−51N	−36B	+88N	−59B	−79N	−72B	+87N	−66B	+80N	3.0	23.0	23.5	3.00	1508	0.0
74	Vidic, Petra	1597	CRO	F	F	=66B	−68N	+87B	−65N	=76B	−71N	+72N	3.0	21.5	21.5	6.25	1618	+4.4
75	Hamzic, Adil	1797	BIH	−2N	+88B	F	−40B	+61N	−27N	−48B	−38N	=85B	2.5	30.5	30.5	4.50	1641	-31.4
76	Matinac, Niksa	1437	CRO	−41N	−45B	+72N	−52B	−44N	+86B	=74N	−47B	F	2.5	29.0	29.0	5.50	1534	+29.2
77	Cvetkovic, Angelina	0	CRO	−63N	−59B	F	−39N	+70B	−60B	=52N	=68B	=66N	2.5	27.5	29.5	8.00	1613	0.0
78	Rosic, Matej	1497	CRO	−32B	−68N	−37B	−81N	−72N	+88B	F	=87N	+86B	2.5	19.0	19.0	1.75	1480	-12.0
79	Perkovic, Stjepan	1560	CRO	−35N	F	F	F	+73B	−67N	−70B	=85N	+81B	2.5	16.5	16.5	5.50	1524	-10.4
80	Arnaout, Zafer	1511	CRO	−53B	−47B	−82N	=86B	+88N	−61N	=84B	−70N	−73B	2.0	22.5	23.0	1.75	1476	-20.4
81	Serezlija, Dino	1592	CRO	−21N	F	F	+78B	−82N	F	F	+86B	−79N	2.0	21.0	21.0	3.50	1617	+1.6
82	Matic, Mateo	0	CRO	−83B	−71N	+80B	−37N	+81B	−57N	F	F	F	2.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	1560	0.0
83	Masirevic, Miroljub	1824	CRO	+82N	−19B	F	−42N	−64B	+84N	−58B	F	F	2.0	20.0	20.0	3.50	1448	-45.4
84	Blazevac, Andrea	1409	CRO	F	−27B	−60N	+72B	−47N	−83B	=80N	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	4.00	1502	+18.0
85	Odobasic, Patrik	0	CRO	−31B	−38N	F	−71N	−62B	F	−72N	=79B	=75N	1.0	25.5	25.5	2.50	1358	0.0
86	Lovakovic, Matej	1444	CRO	−43B	−70N	−69B	=80N	−67B	−76N	=88B	−81N	−78N	1.0	22.5	23.0	1.25	1254	-69.6
87	Vukajlovic, Teodora	1424	CRO	−29B	−39N	−46B	F	−74N	−69N	−73B	=78B	F	0.5	25.5	25.5	1.25	1239	-36.4
88	Jozanovic, Stjepan	1589	CRO	−33B	−75N	−73B	−62N	−80B	−78N	=86N	F	F	0.5	19.5	19.5	0.50	1217	-95.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nedic, GabrielBIH
+127.2
4.5 pts · #37
2Kopljar, NikolaCRO
+113.6
5.0 pts · #24
3Flisar, NeoSLO
+88.0
4.5 pts · #50

Top rating losers

1Jozanovic, StjepanCRO
-95.2
0.5 pts · #87
2Sangut, VladoCRO
-89.6
3.0 pts · #84
3Obrovac, DinkoCRO
-74.0
3.0 pts · #65

Biggest upsets

R1+514 Elo gap
Kopljar, Nikola1788 beat FMBesedes, Danilo2302
R1+349 Elo gap
Vinkovic, Hana1582 beat Pastulovic, Stjepan1931
R4+325 Elo gap
Nedic, Gabriel1499 beat Masirevic, Miroljub1824