Montenegro Junior Championship 2025 - U14

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42 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 13 Aug 2025 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Top 10 Elo average was 1627, and top seed was Lav Kljajic (🇲🇪 MNE, 1784).

David Pavlovic (🇲🇪 MNE, 1662) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Damjan Pesic (7.0) and Toman Peric (6.5). Pavlovic shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Stefan Stanic (1432) beat Lav Kljajic (1784), a +352-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

Top seed

🇲🇪Lav Kljajic1784

Avg top 10

1,627

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇲🇪Montenegro×38

Top 3

🥇
David Pavlovic
🇲🇪MNE·1662
7.0pts·1785perf+40.4
🥈
Damjan Pesic
🇲🇪MNE·1657
7.0pts·1763perf+43.6
🥉
Toman Peric
🇲🇪MNE·1599
6.5pts·1704perf+45.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Pesic7Pavlovic7Peric6.5Milovic6Tomasevic6Vukcevic6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE12 Aug

David Pavlovic takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Pavlovic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Damjan Pesic drew with David Pavlovic (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Damjan Pesic	*	½	½	½
2David Pavlovic	½	*	½	1
3Toman Peric	½	½	*	—
4Sofija Milovic	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pavlovic, David	1662	MNE	+40N	=5B	=7N	+12B	+18N	+4B	+11N	=2B	=3N	7.0	47.5	49.5	36.75	1785	+40.4
2	Pesic, Damjan	1657	MNE	+27B	=20N	+21B	=3N	+9B	+8N	=4B	=1N	+5N	7.0	45.5	49.5	37.50	1763	+43.6
3	Peric, Toman	1599	MNE	+35N	+25B	=15N	=2B	−8N	+12B	+13N	+10B	=1B	6.5	45.0	48.5	33.50	1704	+45.2
4	Milovic, Sofija	1655	MNE	+31N	+26B	+11N	+8B	+6B	−1N	=2N	−5B	=9N	6.0	46.5	50.0	30.75	1687	+12.4
5	Vukcevic, Milan	1512	MNE	+29B	=1N	+16B	−9N	+21B	=15B	+6N	+4N	−2B	6.0	46.0	50.0	31.50	1702	+79.6
6	Mihajlovic, Stefan	1636	MNE	+30B	=16N	+20B	+15B	−4N	=10N	−5B	+17N	+11B	6.0	42.5	46.5	29.25	1609	-8.4
7	Tomasevic, Maksim	0	MNE	=10B	+33N	=1B	=19B	−11N	+20N	+32B	=9B	+16N	6.0	41.5	45.0	28.00	1563	0.0
8	Petrusic, Dusica	1620	MNE	+23N	+12B	+13N	−4N	+3B	−2B	=9N	=16B	=14N	5.5	46.5	51.0	30.00	1597	-6.4
9	Popov, Yaroslav	1604	MNE	+28B	−13N	+27B	+5B	−2N	+17N	=8B	=7N	=4B	5.5	45.0	49.0	27.75	1505	-27.6
10	Popovic, Petar Z	1500	MNE	=7N	F	+36B	+14N	+22B	=6B	+15N	−3N	=12B	5.5	43.0	46.0	26.75	1613	+22.4
11	Andrijasevic, Dorotea	1517	MNE	+34N	+36B	−4B	=21N	+7B	+16N	−1B	+24N	−6N	5.5	42.0	45.0	23.75	1486	-12.0
12	Stanic, Stefan	1432	MNE	+17B	−8N	+37B	−1N	+34B	−3N	+31B	+15B	=10N	5.5	41.5	44.5	22.75	1484	+9.2
13	Markovic, Janko	1440	MNE	+22N	+9B	−8B	+17N	−15N	+18B	−3B	+25N	=24B	5.5	41.0	45.0	26.00	1568	+44.8
14	Vujovic, Andrija	0	MNE	−16N	+23B	=24N	−10B	+29B	=28N	+27B	+20N	=8B	5.5	37.0	41.0	23.75	1432	0.0
15	Kljajic, Lav	1784	MNE	+33B	+18N	=3B	−6N	+13B	=5N	−10B	−12N	+22B	5.0	44.5	48.0	24.75	1469	-108.4
16	Samardzic, Matija	1445	MNE	+14B	=6B	−5N	+20N	+19B	−11B	+26N	=8N	−7B	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.75	1599	+58.8
17	Zlokovic, Nadja	0	MNE	−12N	+35B	+25N	−13B	+31N	−9B	+18N	−6B	+26N	5.0	39.0	42.5	20.00	1459	0.0
18	Tomasevic, Bogdan	1515	MNE	+42B	−15B	+31N	+32N	−1B	−13N	−17B	+28N	+25B	5.0	37.5	38.5	16.00	1473	-13.6
19	Mitrovic, Vasilije	1526	MNE	+32B	−21N	+30B	=7N	−16N	+25B	−24N	=26B	+29N	5.0	35.5	39.0	20.50	1388	-46.4
20	Sredanovic, Marko	1503	MNE	+38N	=2B	−6N	−16B	+23N	−7B	+34N	−14B	+32N	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.00	1455	-11.6
21	Radovic, Antonija	1410	MNE	+39N	+19B	−2N	=11B	−5N	−26B	=23B	=31N	+33B	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.75	1398	-3.2
22	Vukotic, Simeona	0	MNE	−13B	=28N	+42B	+27N	−10N	−24B	+37N	+32B	−15N	4.5	34.5	35.5	13.50	1281	0.0
23	Cubrovic, Zlatko	0	MNE	−8B	−14N	=29B	+41N	−20B	+40B	=21N	=33N	+31B	4.5	33.0	35.0	13.50	1238	0.0
24	Zlokovic, Balsa	1451	MNE	−36N	F	=14B	=28N	=32B	+22N	+19B	−11B	=13N	4.0	39.0	42.0	18.75	1478	+5.6
25	Rovcanin, Anita	1407	MNE	+37B	−3N	−17B	+36N	+38B	−19N	+28B	−13B	−18N	4.0	37.0	40.0	13.00	720	-55.6
26	Trubina, Amelija	1526	MNE	+41B	−4N	−32B	+35N	=28B	+21N	−16B	=19N	−17B	4.0	36.5	38.5	14.50	1344	-49.2
27	Blecic, Uros	0	MNE	−2N	+38B	−9N	−22B	+36N	+37B	−14N	−29B	+34N	4.0	36.0	39.0	12.50	831	0.0
28	Divanovic, Luka	0	MNE	−9N	=22B	+40N	=24B	=26N	=14B	−25N	−18B	+37N	4.0	35.5	37.5	14.00	1260	0.0
29	Raspopovic, Jaksa	0	MNE	−5N	−31B	=23N	+40B	−14N	=34N	+38B	+27N	−19B	4.0	35.0	37.0	13.00	719	0.0
30	FIDE 16506740	0	—	−6N	+41B	−19N	−34B	−37N	+42B	−33N	+36B	+40N	4.0	28.0	29.0	8.00	782	0.0
31	Bogavac, Pavle	0	MNE	−4B	+29N	−18B	+37N	−17B	+38N	−12N	=21B	−23N	3.5	37.5	40.5	12.25	1181	0.0
32	Karovic, Andrej	1431	MNE	−19N	+39B	+26N	−18B	=24N	+33B	−7N	−22N	−20B	3.5	36.5	39.0	12.00	1355	-19.6
33	FIDE 16511689	0	—	−15N	−7B	−38N	+39N	+35B	−32N	+30B	=23B	−21N	3.5	34.0	36.5	12.25	741	0.0
34	Kornilova, Kira	0	MNE	−11B	−37N	+39B	+30N	−12N	=29B	−20B	+35N	−27B	3.5	34.0	36.5	12.00	684	0.0
35	Golubovic, Minja	0	MNE	−3B	−17N	+41N	−26B	−33N	=36B	+40N	−34B	+42B	3.5	29.5	30.5	6.50	762	0.0
36	Trubina, Vasilina	0	MNE	+24B	−11N	−10N	−25B	−27B	=35N	=39B	−30N	+41N	3.0	33.0	35.0	9.00	1276	0.0
37	Zvicer, Obren	0	MNE	−25N	+34B	−12N	−31B	+30B	−27N	−22B	+42N	−28B	3.0	33.0	34.0	8.50	620	0.0
38	Mitrovic, Vasilija	0	MNE	−20B	−27N	+33B	+42N	−25N	−31B	−29N	+41B	−39N	3.0	28.0	29.0	6.50	655	0.0
39	FIDE 16513916	0	—	−21B	−32N	−34N	−33B	=42B	−41N	=36N	=40B	+38B	2.5	25.0	26.0	6.00	620	0.0
40	FIDE 16512383	0	—	−1B	=42N	−28B	−29N	+41B	−23N	−35B	=39N	−30B	2.0	31.5	32.5	3.75	862	0.0
41	Trubina, Adelina	0	MNE	−26N	−30N	−35B	−23B	−40N	+39B	+42N	−38N	−36B	2.0	26.5	27.5	3.50	726	0.0
42	Marusic, Danilo	0	MNE	−18N	=40B	−22N	−38B	=39N	−30N	−41B	−37B	−35N	1.0	27.5	29.5	2.25	714	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vukcevic, MilanMNE
+79.6
6.0 pts · #6
2Samardzic, MatijaMNE
+58.8
5.0 pts · #8
3Peric, TomanMNE
+45.2
6.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Kljajic, LavMNE
-108.4
5.0 pts · #11
2Rovcanin, AnitaMNE
-55.6
4.0 pts · #38
3Trubina, AmelijaMNE
-49.2
4.0 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R8+352 Elo gap
Stanic, Stefan1432 beat Kljajic, Lav1784
R7+284 Elo gap
Popovic, Petar Z1500 beat Kljajic, Lav1784
R2+164 Elo gap
Markovic, Janko1440 beat Popov, Yaroslav1604