KALCA GRAND PRIX ROUND ROBIN 1
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Nis, Serbia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1975, and top seed was Branimir Maksimovic (🇷🇸 SRB, IM, 2129).
Alexandros Leftheriotis (🇬🇷 GRE, 2125) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Zoran S Nikolic (5.5) and Branimir Maksimovic (5.0). Leftheriotis shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Uros Jankovic (1896) beat Alexandros Leftheriotis (2125), a +229-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsAlexandros Leftheriotis led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Alexandros Leftheriotis takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
Alexandros Leftheriotis beat Zoran S Nikolic (Black).
Alexandros Leftheriotis 4 wins (R3–R6)WCM Andjela Dimitrijevic 3 wins (R5–R7)
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 | 🇬🇷Leftheriotis, Alexandros | 2125 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | — | 1 | 6.5 | 23.00 | 28.5 | +17.4 | 2217 |
| 2 | 🇷🇸Nikolic, Zoran S | 2076 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | — | 1 | 5.5 | 16.75 | 29.5 | +8.0 | 2113 |
| 4 | 🇷🇸IMMaksimovic, Branimir | 2129 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | — | 1 | 5.0 | 14.25 | 30.0 | -6.7 | 2060 |
| 3 | 🇷🇸WCMDimitrijevic, Andjela | 1915 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 12.50 | 30.0 | +25.4 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸WIMYu, Avery | 1877 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 7.25 | 30.5 | +69.2 | 2040 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸Jankovic, Uros | 1896 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | * | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4.0 | 16.00 | 31.0 | +41.6 | 2159 |
| 7 | 🇷🇸Popovic, Mladen D | 1982 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | — | 1 | 3.0 | 9.25 | 32.0 | -19.8 | 1896 |
| 8 | 🇷🇸Vasic, Zarko | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | — | — | 1.5 | 6.50 | 33.5 | -35.8 | 1770 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸Jovanovic, Bratislav M | 1898 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 35.0 | -40.4 | 1097 |
| 10 | 🇷🇸Milutinovic, Danijel | 1871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 35.0 | -37.8 | 1217 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yu, AveryWIMUSA+69.24.5 pts · #5
- 2Jankovic, UrosSRB+41.64.0 pts · #6
- 3Dimitrijevic, AndjelaWCMSRB+25.45.0 pts · #3
- 1Jovanovic, Bratislav MSRB-40.40.0 pts · #9
- 2Milutinovic, DanijelSRB-37.80.0 pts · #10
- 3Vasic, ZarkoSRB-35.81.5 pts · #8
- R2+229 Elo gap
- R7+214 Elo gap
- R5+105 Elo gap