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SPENS OPEN

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2091, and top seed was Alexey Radchenko ( FID, FM, 2297).

Alexey Radchenko ( FID, FM, 2297) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Risheeth Kankeyan (7.5) and Zoran N Jakovljevic (6.5). Radchenko shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Risheeth Kankeyan (2137) beat Alexey Radchenko (FM, 2297), a +160-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Novi Sad, Serbia
Dates
15 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
FMAlexey Radchenko2297
Avg top 10
2,091
Participants
21
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×17
🇮🇳India×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
5
4
3
1
2
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Kankeyan7.5Radchenko7.5Jakovljevic6.5Stojkovic5.5Titov5.5Cvetic5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Risheeth Kankeyan held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Radchenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Risheeth Kankeyan beat FM Alexey Radchenko (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Risheeth Kankeyan*
1
½
1
2FMAlexey Radchenko
0
*
1
1
3Zoran N Jakovljevic
½
0
*
½
4FMMiroljub Stojkovic
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Radchenko, AlexeyFM2297FID+10B+3N=18B−2N+5B+4N+9B+6N+8B7.543.045.536.752308+5.0
2Kankeyan, Risheeth2137USAF+16N+4B+1B+6N=3N+8B+5N+9B7.541.541.538.252497+109.2
3Jakovljevic, Zoran N2082SRB+20N−1B+7N=5B+8N=2B=4N+11B+13B6.542.544.027.252147+19.6
4Stojkovic, MiroljubFM2108SRB+13N+5B−2N=6B+11N−1B=3B=8N+10B5.544.547.524.502109+3.6
5Titov, IvanFM2031SRB+19B−4N+21B=3N−1N+6B+7N−2B+11N5.543.044.020.252057+8.2
6Cerubdzic, Branislav2135SRB+15B+9N=17B=4N−2B−5N+10N−1B+16B5.040.042.518.002049-16.2
7Cvetic, Dragan1827SRB−17B+12N−3B+16N−9B+14N−5B+20N+19B5.030.031.512.501878+10.0
8Vranjkovic, Marko2093SRB+12B−17N+10B+9N−3B+13N−2N=4B−1N4.542.044.517.752009-16.6
9Milovac, Milan1940SRB+14N−6B+13N−8B+7N=11B−1N+12B−2N4.540.043.016.501941-0.4
10Ignjatovic, Milos M1853SRB−1N+20B−8N−11B+16N+12N−6B+14B−4N4.035.537.010.501858-1.4
11Pantic, Miroslav1893SRB=16B−18N+15B+10N−4B=9N+13B−3N−5B4.034.537.013.501842-11.2
12Mijatovic, Luka1735SRB−8N−7B+20N=14B+19N−10B+15N−9NF3.527.527.58.001761+6.0
13Dimitrijevic, Viktor1738SRB−4B+19N−9B+15N+21B−8B−11NF−3N3.031.031.06.001772+1.2
14Sijakov, Neven1615SRB−9B=15N=16B=12N=20B−7BF−10N+21N3.025.025.06.251612-3.0
15Futoski, Miroslav1759SRB−6N=14B−11N−13BF+21N−12B=19N+20B3.023.023.05.001622-28.0
16Erakovic, Milan1572SRB=11N−2B=14N−7B−10BF=19N+21B−6N2.531.531.55.501594+0.2
17Mushini AjayIM2196IND+7N+8B=6NFFFFFF2.514.514.512.002291+7.6
18Vikram K1882IND+21N+11B=1NFFFFFF2.512.512.58.752281+18.8
19Prodanovic, Dragan1637SRB−5N−13BF=21N−12B=20N=16B=15B−7N2.025.025.04.001537-35.2
20Ristanovic, Petar1706SRB−3B−10N−12BF=14N=19B=21N−7B−15N1.528.028.03.001478-73.6
21Subic, Dragan0SRB−18BF−5N=19B−13N−15B=20B−16N−14B1.023.023.01.7514210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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