Apatin Open 2025

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Apatin, Serbia. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2195, and top seed was Sinisa Drazic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2253).

Sinisa Drazic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2253) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vladislav Zhirkov (6.5) and Yury Garifulin (6.5). Drazic shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Stefan Bozic (1554) beat Nikola Kuduz (1857), a +303-point gap.

Location

🇷🇸Apatin, Serbia

Dates

19 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇸GMSinisa Drazic2253

Avg top 10

2,195

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×1

IM×1

FM×3

CM×4

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇷🇸Serbia×18

🇷🇺Russia×6

🇹🇷Turkiye×4

🇭🇷Croatia×2

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇸🇪Sweden×1

Top 3

🥇
GMSinisa Drazic
🇷🇸SRB·2253
7.0pts·2351perf+11.1
🥈
CMVladislav Zhirkov
🇷🇺RUS·2217
6.5pts·2233perf+16.2
🥉
FMYury Garifulin
🇷🇸SRB·2226
6.5pts·2295perf+36.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Sinisa Drazic led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Drazic7Zhirkov6.5Garifulin6.5Vasilieva6Gusev6Ganzhurov6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE24 Aug

GM Sinisa Drazic takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Sinisa Drazic drew with CM Vladislav Zhirkov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Sinisa Drazic 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Yury Garifulin 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMSinisa Drazic	*	½	0	1
2CMVladislav Zhirkov	½	*	1	—
3FMYury Garifulin	1	0	*	—
4WFMArina Vasilieva	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Drazic, SinisaGM	2253	SRB	+8B	+9N	+12B	=11N	=2B	+7N	−3B	+4N	+6B	7.0	46.5	51.5	39.25	2351	+11.1
2	Zhirkov, VladislavCM	2217	RUS	=15N	+20B	+4N	=7B	=1N	=10B	+9B	+3N	=8B	6.5	46.0	50.5	36.50	2233	+16.2
3	Garifulin, YuryFM	2226	SRB	+27B	+14N	−11B	+26N	+10B	+9N	+1N	−2B	=5N	6.5	43.0	46.0	31.50	2295	+36.1
4	Ganzhurov, RomanFM	2082	RUS	+30B	=5N	−2B	+8N	+14B	+11N	=6N	−1B	+12N	6.0	45.5	48.5	29.00	2216	+34.8
5	Gusev, MikhailFM	2245	SRB	+22N	=4B	=16N	=10N	+17B	−6B	+14N	+11N	=3B	6.0	42.5	46.5	29.25	2194	-10.3
6	Vasilieva, ArinaWFM	2053	RUS	+25B	−7B	+15N	=14N	+26B	+5N	=4B	+12B	−1N	6.0	42.0	45.0	27.25	2188	+69.6
7	Chumaevskiy, Arseniy	2212	RUS	+17B	+6N	=10B	=2N	+11B	−1B	−12N	=8N	+15B	5.5	45.0	49.5	28.75	2143	-10.2
8	Pak, Polina	1876	RUS	−1N	+18B	+19N	−4B	+15N	=16B	+10N	=7B	=2N	5.5	44.0	48.5	27.25	2139	+95.7
9	Gaivoronskii, Andrei	2149	SRB	+18B	−1B	+28N	+21N	+12B	−3B	−2N	+17N	=11B	5.5	43.5	46.5	24.00	2130	+0.8
10	Postnikov, AlbertCM	2156	RUS	+31N	+28B	=7N	=5B	−3N	=2N	−8B	+19B	+14N	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.50	2141	+1.2
11	Claverie, RaulIM	2180	ARG	+13B	+26N	+3N	=1B	−7N	−4B	+16N	−5B	=9N	5.0	46.0	49.0	25.25	2155	-2.0
12	Sakmak, KutayCM	2184	TUR	+23N	+19B	−1N	+16B	−9N	+28B	+7B	−6N	−4B	5.0	43.0	46.0	21.50	2102	-33.1
13	Bozic, Sasa	1780	SRB	−11N	=29B	+33N	−17N	F	+22B	+21B	=15N	+27B	5.0	30.5	30.5	17.25	1911	+23.4
14	Aroven, Mikael	2125	SWE	+24N	−3B	+22N	=6B	−4N	+23B	−5B	+18N	−10B	4.5	42.5	46.5	19.50	1989	-26.6
15	Marjanovic, Marko	1832	BIH	=2B	=21N	−6B	+24N	−8B	+34N	+26B	=13B	−7N	4.5	40.0	42.0	17.00	1923	+14.2
16	Cirkovic, Vuk	2082	SRB	=20N	+33B	=5B	−12N	+18B	=8N	−11B	=23N	=17B	4.5	39.0	41.0	18.75	1898	-68.4
17	Peray, AtaCM	1817	TUR	−7N	+25B	=24N	+13B	−5N	=19B	+29N	−9B	=16N	4.5	38.5	41.5	18.00	1916	+36.8
18	Taseli, Toprak	1732	TUR	−9N	−8N	+32B	+22B	−16N	+27B	=19N	−14B	+23B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.25	1923	+68.8
19	Dvorski, Renato	1972	CRO	+32B	−12N	−8B	=23N	+34B	=17N	=18B	−10N	+29N	4.5	34.0	36.0	13.50	1777	-35.2
20	Lin, Zhengyuan	1642	SRB	=16B	−2N	=27B	=25N	−23B	=31N	+32B	+22N	=21B	4.5	32.5	34.5	15.00	1818	+62.0
21	Kuridza, Trivo	1914	SRB	=33N	=15B	+31N	−9B	=28N	=29B	−13N	+24B	=20N	4.5	32.0	34.0	15.00	1790	-24.4
22	Knezevic, Janko	1875	SRB	−5B	+30N	−14B	−18N	+24B	−13N	+25N	−20B	+33N	4.0	35.0	37.0	12.50	1718	-35.6
23	Milosevic, Lazar M	1815	SRB	−12B	+32N	−26B	=19B	+20N	−14N	+28B	=16B	−18N	4.0	33.5	35.5	14.00	1866	+8.7
24	Limburger, David	1693	SRB	−14B	=27N	=17B	−15B	−22N	+32N	+31B	−21N	+34N	4.0	29.5	31.5	10.25	1720	+4.4
25	Abicic, Josip	1589	CRO	−6N	−17N	=34B	=20B	−27N	+33N	−22B	=32N	+30B	3.5	29.0	31.0	9.25	1610	+1.6
26	Meseldzija, Jovan	1982	SRB	+29N	−11B	+23N	−3B	−6N	+30B	−15N	F	F	3.0	35.0	38.0	10.00	1854	-42.4
27	Kuduz, Nikola	1857	SRB	−3N	=24B	=20N	−29B	+25B	−18N	+30B	F	−13N	3.0	34.0	37.0	10.75	1644	-46.8
28	Sakic, Radislav	1911	SRB	+34B	−10N	−9B	+31N	=21B	−12N	−23N	=29B	F	3.0	33.0	35.0	8.25	1775	-25.8
29	Bozic, Stefan	1554	SRB	−26B	=13N	=30B	+27N	F	=21N	−17B	=28N	−19B	3.0	30.5	30.5	10.75	1767	+68.8
30	Kovacevic, Goran N	1642	SRB	−4N	−22B	=29N	+33B	=31B	−26N	−27N	+34B	−25N	3.0	27.0	29.0	6.75	1499	-47.2
31	Petrovic, Goran N	1760	SRB	−10B	+34N	−21B	−28B	=30N	=20B	−24N	−33B	=32N	2.5	28.5	30.5	6.75	1553	-63.2
32	Gracev, Vladimir	0	SRB	−19N	−23B	−18N	−34N	+33B	−24B	−20N	=25B	=31B	2.0	29.5	31.5	5.00	1433	0.0
33	Jedlicka, Vit	0	CZE	=21B	−16N	−13B	−30N	−32N	−25B	=34B	+31N	−22B	2.0	29.0	31.0	5.75	1575	0.0
34	Peray, Engin	0	TUR	−28N	−31B	=25N	+32B	−19N	−15B	=33N	−30N	−24B	2.0	27.0	29.0	4.75	1349	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pak, PolinaRUS
+95.7
5.5 pts · #10
2Vasilieva, ArinaWFMRUS
+69.6
6.0 pts · #4
3Bozic, StefanSRB
+68.8
3.0 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Cirkovic, VukSRB
-68.4
4.5 pts · #17
2Petrovic, Goran NSRB
-63.2
2.5 pts · #31
3Kovacevic, Goran NSRB
-47.2
3.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R4+303 Elo gap
Bozic, Stefan1554 beat Kuduz, Nikola1857
R7+280 Elo gap
Pak, Polina1876 beat CMPostnikov, Albert2156
R8+233 Elo gap
Lin, Zhengyuan1642 beat Knezevic, Janko1875