Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 3-4
KnockoutStandard
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Niksic, Montenegro. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2387, and top seed was Nikita Petrov (🇲🇪 MNE, GM, 2575).
Blazo Kalezic (🇲🇪 MNE, IM, 2388) won with 2.0/4, ahead of Oleg Yaksin (1.5) and Nikita Petrov (1.5). Kalezic broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇲🇪Niksic, Montenegro
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 4 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×4
IM×1
FM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇪Montenegro×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsIM Blazo Kalezic led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
IM Blazo Kalezic held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalezic, BlazoIM | 2388 | MNE | F | F | +9N | +16B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2989 | +5.0 |
| 2 | Yaksin, OlegFM | 2393 | MNE | F | F | =8N | +11B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2338 | -0.5 |
| 3 | Petrov, NikitaGM | 2575 | MNE | F | F | =4B | +12N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2501 | -1.0 |
| 4 | Blagojevic, DragisaGM | 2441 | MNE | F | F | =3N | +13B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2501 | +2.6 |
| 5 | Saric, IgorFM | 2247 | MNE | F | F | +15N | =7B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2564 | +16.2 |
| 6 | Kadric, DenisGM | 2533 | MNE | F | F | =7N | +15B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2564 | +1.1 |
| 7 | Djukic, NikolaGM | 2494 | MNE | F | F | =6B | =5N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 2390 | -2.6 |
| 8 | Sukovic, AndrejFM | 2296 | MNE | F | F | =2B | =10N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2166 | -5.4 |
| 9 | Miletic, Vuk | 2253 | MNE | F | F | −1B | +17N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2145 | -4.2 |
| 10 | Djukanovic, Mitar | 1938 | MNE | F | F | =12N | =8B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2220 | +13.2 |
| 11 | Bubanja, Masan | 1928 | MNE | F | F | +18N | −2N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2178 | +11.2 |
| 12 | Pusara, Mihailo | 2144 | MNE | F | F | =10B | −3B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 2048 | -13.6 |
| 13 | Perosevic, Aleksandar | 1993 | MNE | F | F | =14B | −4N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 2105 | +3.8 |
| 14 | Pejovic, Jovan | 2202 | MNE | F | F | =13N | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1993 | -5.4 |
| 15 | Musovic, ArminFM | 2247 | MNE | F | F | −5B | −6N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1590 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Grbovic, VeselinFM | 2124 | MNE | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1588 | -3.6 |
| 17 | Bubanja, Milos | 1901 | MNE | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1453 | -2.2 |
| 18 | Cerovic, Zoran | 2028 | MNE | F | F | −11B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1128 | -12.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Saric, IgorFMMNE+16.21.5 pts · #3
- 2Djukanovic, MitarMNE+13.21.0 pts · #9
- 3Bubanja, MasanMNE+11.21.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Pusara, MihailoMNE-13.60.5 pts · #12
- 2Musovic, ArminFMMNE-13.20.0 pts · #17
- 3Cerovic, ZoranMNE-12.80.0 pts · #18