OPEN SSNO 2025.
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Nis, Serbia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Branimir Maksimovic (🇷🇸 SRB, IM, 2131).
Mladen D Popovic (🇷🇸 SRB, 1977) won with 4.5/7, ahead of David Krstic (4.5) and Branimir Maksimovic (4.0). Popovic shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇸Nis, Serbia
Dates
22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×12
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 4.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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5
2
2
2
2
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/7. Popovic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Mladen D Popovic won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David Krstic | * | — | ½ | ½ |
| 2Mladen D Popovic | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3IMBranimir Maksimovic | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Srboljub Milovanovic | ½ | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popovic, Mladen D | 1977 | SRB | =7B | −6N | +12B | +8N | +11B | =5N | =3N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 10.75 | 2018 | +8.6 |
| 2 | Krstic, David | 1910 | SLO | +13B | =4N | +6B | =5N | F | =3B | +10N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 11.00 | 2117 | +64.4 |
| 3 | Maksimovic, BranimirIM | 2131 | SRB | F | =5N | +8B | =4N | +6B | =2N | =1B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 15.00 | 2082 | -3.7 |
| 4 | Nikolic, Zoran S | 2022 | SRB | +11N | =2B | =7N | =3B | =5B | F | +6N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 2057 | +5.8 |
| 5 | Milovanovic, Srboljub | 1921 | SRB | +10N | =3B | +13N | =2B | =4N | =1B | −7B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1958 | +7.6 |
| 6 | Nikolic, Vladimir I | 1973 | SRB | =9N | +1B | −2N | +7B | −3N | +11B | −4B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 10.25 | 1930 | -7.8 |
| 7 | Paunovic, Lazar | 1824 | SRB | =1N | +11B | =4B | −6N | =9B | F | +5N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 10.50 | 1981 | +52.8 |
| 8 | Perunovic, Uros | 1938 | SRB | +12B | F | −3N | −1B | +13N | F | +11N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1967 | +8.4 |
| 9 | Kostic, Dusan B | 1814 | SRB | =6B | F | =10N | F | =7N | F | +12B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1932 | +24.8 |
| 10 | Pesic, Predrag | 1761 | SRB | −5B | +12N | =9B | −11N | F | F | −2B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1706 | -7.6 |
| 11 | Jovanovic, Miroslav V | 1836 | SRB | −4B | −7N | F | +10B | −1N | −6N | −8B | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 1.50 | 1642 | -27.4 |
| 12 | Novcic, Tomislav | 1793 | SRB | −8N | −10B | −1N | F | F | +13B | −9N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1605 | -23.2 |
| 13 | Antic, Maksimilian | 1738 | SRB | −2N | F | −5B | F | −8B | −12N | F | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1091 | -47.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Krstic, DavidSLO+64.44.5 pts · #1
- 2Paunovic, LazarSRB+52.83.5 pts · #7
- 3Kostic, Dusan BSRB+24.82.5 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Antic, MaksimilianSRB-47.60.0 pts · #13
- 2Jovanovic, Miroslav VSRB-27.41.0 pts · #11
- 3Novcic, TomislavSRB-23.21.0 pts · #12