Novo mesto Open 2025

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Novo mesto, Slovenia. 8 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2268, and top seed was Domen Tisaj (🇸🇮 SLO, IM, 2429).

Domen Tisaj (🇸🇮 SLO, IM, 2429) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jan Marn (4.0) and Maksym Goroshkov (4.0). Tisaj clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jan Verbic (1653) beat Janez Medvesek (1973), a +320-point gap.

Location

🇸🇮Novo mesto, Slovenia

Dates

24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇮IMDomen Tisaj2429

Avg top 10

2,268

Participants

Titled players · 8

IM×1

FM×7

Federations · 3 represented

🇸🇮Slovenia×38

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMDomen Tisaj
🇸🇮SLO·2429
4.5pts·2581perf+7.9
🥈
FMJan Marn
🇸🇮SLO·2378
4.0pts·2370perf+1.5
🥉
FMMaksym Goroshkov
🇸🇮SLO·2332
4.0pts·2403perf+12.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Domen Tisaj led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Tisaj4.5Goroshkov4Kastelic4Brilej4Marn4Zupancic3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Oct

IM Domen Tisaj takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Domen Tisaj drew with FM Maksym Goroshkov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Domen Tisaj 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Maksym Goroshkov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMDomen Tisaj	*	½	—	—
2FMMaksym Goroshkov	½	*	—	½
3FMMarian Kastelic	—	—	*	—
4FMJaka Brilej	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tisaj, DomenIM	2429	SLO	+28N	+17B	+11N	=3B	+2N	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2581	+7.9
2	Marn, JanFM	2378	SLO	+12B	+25N	+5B	+7N	−1B	4.0	15.0	17.0	12.50	2370	+1.5
3	Goroshkov, MaksymFM	2332	SLO	+19B	+18N	+6B	=1N	=4B	4.0	14.5	17.0	12.75	2403	+12.2
4	Brilej, JakaFM	2369	SLO	+30N	+9B	=10N	+11B	=3N	4.0	13.5	15.5	12.00	2387	+5.0
5	Kastelic, MarianFM	2235	SLO	+24N	+14B	−2N	+10B	+13N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.00	2257	+7.2
6	Urbanc, PeterFM	2155	SLO	+22N	+16B	−3N	+18B	=10N	3.5	12.5	15.0	9.50	2141	+2.4
7	Zupancic, Urban	2028	SLO	+31N	+27B	+20N	−2B	=8N	3.5	12.0	13.5	7.75	1961	-3.6
8	Verbic, Jan	1653	SLO	−10N	+39B	+14N	+17B	=7B	3.5	12.0	12.0	7.25	2070	+78.0
9	Konopatskyi, Aleksandr	1915	SLO	+40B	−4N	=19B	+37N	+21B	3.5	9.5	9.5	4.25	1946	+6.0
10	Centrih, Aleks	2159	SLO	+8B	+21N	=4B	−5N	=6B	3.0	15.0	17.5	9.75	2141	+1.2
11	Suta, AndrazFM	2306	SLO	+29N	+13B	−1B	−4N	+26B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.00	2175	-10.0
12	Hudoklin, Jurij	1749	SLO	−2N	+15B	=17N	+20B	=18N	3.0	12.0	14.5	8.00	2010	+60.0
13	Zlatolas, Anej	1865	SLO	+33B	−11N	+23B	+25N	−5B	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.00	2036	+28.4
14	Bedic, Slavko	1846	SLO	+39N	−5N	−8B	+31B	+29N	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	1802	-6.2
15	Vukmirovic, Dusan	2068	SRB	=20B	−12N	+26B	=19N	+24B	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	1776	-29.6
16	Benko, Bostjan	1837	SLO	+32B	−6N	=37B	=24N	+25B	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.75	1918	+5.6
17	Medvesek, Janez	1973	SLO	+26B	−1N	=12B	−8N	+33B	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.00	1757	-22.6
18	Mirtic, Lovro	1879	SLO	+35N	−3B	+29N	−6N	=12B	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.50	1883	-0.8
19	Krajnc, Maksim	1742	SLO	−3N	+38B	=9N	=15B	=27N	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.75	1891	+32.8
20	Krajnc, Jakob	1607	SLO	=15N	+28B	−7B	−12N	+32B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.00	1801	+30.8
21	Ferk, Peter	1828	SLO	+37N	−10B	=24N	+22B	−9N	2.5	11.0	11.5	4.00	1761	-18.0
22	Contala, Noel	1636	SLO	−6B	=32N	+34B	−21N	+37B	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.75	1134	-13.2
23	Mulec, Dejan	1724	SLO	−36N	+35B	−13N	=27B	+31N	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.50	1764	+3.6
24	Magerl, Zan	1677	SLO	−5B	+33N	=21B	=16B	−15N	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.25	1760	+4.8
25	Jaksa, Cvetko	1921	SLO	+38N	−2B	+27N	−13B	−16N	2.0	12.0	12.5	2.50	1798	-17.6
26	Markota Jakopin, Luka	1580	SLO	−17N	+30B	−15N	+28B	−11N	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.00	1821	+48.0
27	Usaj, Benjamin	1771	SLO	+34B	−7N	−25B	=23N	=19B	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.00	1661	-23.6
28	Zajac, Karol	1771	POL	−1B	−20N	+40B	−26N	+39B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1527	-27.2
29	Radez, Pavel	1737	SLO	−11B	+40N	−18B	+39N	−14B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1650	-21.2
30	Urbanc, Suzana	1746	SLO	−4B	−26N	−35B	+40N	+38B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1583	-23.2
31	Ferk, Nejc	1582	SLO	−7B	=34N	+32B	−14N	−23B	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.25	1051	-22.8
32	Kverh, Bojan	0	SLO	−16N	=22B	−31N	+38B	−20N	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.75	1495	0.0
33	Kos, Anze	0	SLO	−13N	−24B	=38N	+34B	−17N	1.5	9.0	9.5	1.75	1446	0.0
34	Sever, Florjan	0	SLO	−27N	=31B	−22N	−33N	+40B	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1539	0.0
35	Tesar, Jakob	1484	SLO	−18B	−23N	+30N	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1657	+22.4
36	Herega, NejcFM	2244	SLO	+23B	F	F	F	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2644	+3.2
37	Mirtic, Marko	0	SLO	−21B	F	=16N	−9B	−22N	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.50	1483	0.0
38	Fabjancic, Lenart	1555	SLO	−25B	−19N	=33B	−32N	−30N	0.5	8.0	9.5	0.75	1003	-24.4
39	Kotar, Tija	0	SLO	−14B	−8N	F	−29B	−28N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	952	0.0
40	Soba, Franc	1511	SLO	−9N	−29B	−28N	−30B	−34N	0.0	9.5	11.0	0.00	991	-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Verbic, JanSLO
+78.0
3.5 pts · #15
2Hudoklin, JurijSLO
+60.0
3.0 pts · #9
3Markota Jakopin, LukaSLO
+48.0
2.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Vukmirovic, DusanSRB
-29.6
3.0 pts · #10
2Zajac, KarolPOL
-27.2
2.0 pts · #29
3Fabjancic, LenartSLO
-24.4
0.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R4+320 Elo gap
Verbic, Jan1653 beat Medvesek, Janez1973
R2+319 Elo gap
Hudoklin, Jurij1749 beat Vukmirovic, Dusan2068
R3+262 Elo gap
Tesar, Jakob1484 beat Urbanc, Suzana1746