Montenegro Junior Championship 2025 - U20
Open SwissStandard
20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 13 Aug 2025 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Top 10 Elo average was 1878, and top seed was Djordje Zizic (🇲🇪 MNE, 2165).
Djordje Zizic (🇲🇪 MNE, 2165) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Dino Grbovic (8.0) and Ilija Milovic (6.5). Zizic shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Jaksa Vukcevic (1467) beat Radovan Milovic (1713), a +246-point gap.
Location
🇲🇪Podgorica, Montenegro
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 13 Aug 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
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇪Montenegro×20
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Zizic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Djordje Zizic drew with Dino Grbovic (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Djordje Zizic 5 wins (R5–R9)Dino Grbovic 5 wins (R5–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Djordje Zizic | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Dino Grbovic | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Ilija Milovic | ½ | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Nikola Perisic | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zizic, Djordje | 2165 | MNE | +13B | +11N | =3B | =2N | +4B | +6N | +5B | +12B | +7N | 8.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 39.25 | 2207 | +15.2 |
| 2 | Grbovic, Dino | 2001 | MNE | +20B | =9N | +4B | =1B | +10N | +3N | +11B | +5N | +6B | 8.0 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 37.75 | 2181 | +34.8 |
| 3 | Milovic, Ilija | 2048 | MNE | +8N | +5B | =1N | +10B | +11N | −2B | +7N | =4B | =13N | 6.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 32.00 | 2019 | -3.6 |
| 4 | Perisic, Nikola | 1900 | MNE | +14N | +18B | −2N | =7B | −1N | +10B | +8N | =3N | =9B | 5.5 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 22.50 | 1889 | -0.6 |
| 5 | Dzeverdanovic, Damjan | 1834 | MNE | +6B | −3N | +14B | −11N | +16B | +9N | −1N | −2B | +12N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 19.50 | 1810 | -3.4 |
| 6 | Raonic, Ljubisav | 1555 | MNE | −5N | +17B | −7N | +15B | +8N | −1B | +9B | +10N | −2N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 19.00 | 1770 | +39.8 |
| 7 | Mosurovic, Milena | 1792 | MNE | =12B | =13N | +6B | =4N | =9B | +14N | −3B | +11N | −1B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 21.25 | 1820 | +11.6 |
| 8 | Svrkota, Milos | 1708 | MNE | −3B | +15N | +12B | −9N | −6B | +13N | −4B | +16N | +11B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 16.50 | 1724 | +4.8 |
| 9 | Vojicic, Nikola | 1760 | MNE | +17N | =2B | −10N | +8B | =7N | −5B | −6N | +19B | =4N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 17.75 | 1700 | -24.4 |
| 10 | Popova, Kira | 1736 | MNE | +15B | =12N | +9B | −3N | −2B | −4N | +14B | −6B | +19N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 40.5 | 13.50 | 1654 | -34.8 |
| 11 | Koprivica, Andrija | 1829 | MNE | +16N | −1B | +18N | +5B | −3B | +12N | −2N | −7B | −8N | 4.0 | 44.0 | 45.5 | 13.00 | 1730 | -42.8 |
| 12 | Vukcevic, Jaksa | 1467 | MNE | =7N | =10B | −8N | +18B | +13N | −11B | +17B | −1N | −5B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 12.25 | 1650 | +58.4 |
| 13 | Milovic, Radovan | 1713 | MNE | −1N | =7B | +16N | =14N | −12B | −8B | F | +15N | =3B | 3.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 12.50 | 1642 | -34.4 |
| 14 | Vetnic, Milan | 1560 | MNE | −4B | +19N | −5N | =13B | +15N | −7B | −10N | F | +18B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.75 | 1429 | -22.8 |
| 15 | Samardzic, Andrej | 0 | MNE | −10N | −8B | +19B | −6N | −14B | F | +18N | −13B | =17N | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.75 | 1214 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Stankovic, Petar | 1519 | MNE | −11B | =20N | −13B | +17N | −5N | +18B | −19N | −8B | F | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.50 | 1486 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Vasiljevic, Viktor | 1415 | MNE | −9B | −6N | =20B | −16B | F | +19N | −12N | =18B | =15B | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 3.50 | 1209 | -40.0 |
| 18 | Tadic, Jana | 0 | MNE | F | −4N | −11B | −12N | +19B | −16N | −15B | =17N | −14N | 1.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 2.25 | 1214 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Vukovic, Stefan | 0 | MNE | F | −14B | −15N | F | −18N | −17B | +16B | −9N | −10B | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.50 | 1358 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Abdovic, Daris | 1573 | MNE | −2N | =16B | =17N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1511 | -14.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vukcevic, JaksaMNE+58.44.0 pts · #11
- 2Raonic, LjubisavMNE+39.85.0 pts · #8
- 3Grbovic, DinoMNE+34.88.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Koprivica, AndrijaMNE-42.84.0 pts · #10
- 2Vasiljevic, ViktorMNE-40.02.5 pts · #19
- 3Popova, KiraMNE-34.84.5 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R5+246 Elo gap
- R7+205 Elo gap
- R8+181 Elo gap