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IM RR SPENS 4

Round-RobinStandard

10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia. 8 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2241, and top seed was Nikola Sedlak (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2413).

Mikhail Gusev (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2297) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Nikolay Averin (6.5) and Judah Nathan Levitan (5.5). Gusev shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Ashvath Mittal (2031) beat Judah Nathan Levitan (FM, 2266), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Novi Sad, Serbia
Dates
08 Jul 2025 → 12 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸GMNikola Sedlak2413
Avg top 10
2,241
Participants
10
Titled players · 8
GM×1
IM×3
FM×4
Federations · 7 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×3
🇮🇳India×2
🇿🇦South Africa×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

FM Mikhail Gusev led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Levitan takes leadGusev takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Jul

FM Judah Nathan Levitan takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Mikhail Gusev drew with IM Nikolay Averin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Mikhail Gusev 3 wins (R7–R9)FM Judah Nathan Levitan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇸FMGusev, Mikhail2297*½11½011117.027.5037.0+36.02455
2IMAverin, Nikolay2228½*1½11½½1½6.527.2537.5+21.82409
3🇿🇦FMLevitan, Judah Nathan226600*10111½15.519.0038.5+26.62318
4🇷🇸GMSedlak, Nikola24130½0*1½½1½15.017.7539.0-16.52265
5🇮🇳Ashvath Mittal2031½010*½10½14.518.0039.5+71.42264
6🇷🇸IMMilosevic, Milos2299100½½*0114.016.2540.0-5.62243
7🇷🇺FMAfanasiev, Vadim22230½0½01*½1½4.015.0040.0-5.02200
9🇰🇿IMGranovskiy, Alexandr21650½001½*½½3.012.0041.0-1.82156
8🇦🇺FMChakrabarty, Reyaansh234300½½½00½*13.010.5041.0-56.02105
10🇮🇳Sadbhav Rautela21480½0000½½0*1.56.7542.5-68.01979

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets