Amateur Int. OPEN "Prestige 2026" - A U2400
19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Paracin, Serbia. 7 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2183, and top seed was Uros Cvetanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, CM, 2318).
Dejan Brankovic (🇷🇸 SRB, IM, 2218) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Sulejman Suljovic (6.5) and Yurii N. Khodko (6.0). Brankovic won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Lev Okhitin (1845) beat Sergey Pogorelskikh (FM, 2194), a +349-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
FM Sulejman Suljovic takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 6.5/9. Brankovic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.0).
IM Dejan Brankovic lost to FM Sulejman Suljovic (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMDejan Brankovic | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMSulejman Suljovic | 1 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3FMYurii N. Khodko | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Veljko Scekic | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brankovic, DejanIM | 2218 | SRB | +17N | +15B | +3N | −2B | −4N | =8N | +11B | +10B | +5N | 6.5 | 39.0 | 40.5 | 26.25 | 2236 | +4.9 |
| 2 | Suljovic, SulejmanFM | 2162 | SRB | +19N | =18B | +9N | +1N | +3B | =5B | =4N | =8N | =6N | 6.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 27.75 | 2313 | +38.2 |
| 3 | Khodko, Yurii N.FM | 2302 | RUS | +16B | +13N | −1B | +12N | −2N | =4B | +15N | =6B | +9N | 6.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 22.75 | 2217 | -15.6 |
| 4 | Radisavljevic, Dalibor | 2253 | SRB | +7N | =9B | =18N | F | +1B | =3N | =2B | =5B | +8N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 27.75 | 2296 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Scekic, Veljko | 2221 | MNE | −13B | +14N | +10B | +18N | +7B | =2N | =6B | =4N | −1B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 40.5 | 22.00 | 2155 | -10.6 |
| 6 | Kholopov, Alexander A.FM | 2064 | FID | =8N | =11B | =7N | =9B | =13N | +10B | =5N | =3N | =2B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 23.75 | 2091 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Gunesli, Eymen Giray | 1975 | TUR | −4B | +19N | =6B | +10N | −5N | −15B | +14N | +12B | =11N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 16.00 | 2054 | +35.6 |
| 8 | Okhitin, Lev | 1845 | FID | =6B | −10N | +16N | =11B | +9N | =1B | =13N | =2B | −4B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 19.75 | 2071 | +94.4 |
| 9 | Pogorelskikh, SergeyFM | 2194 | SRB | +14B | =4N | −2B | =6N | −8B | =16N | +17N | +11B | −3B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 15.50 | 2059 | -29.4 |
| 10 | Ozkan, Mehmet Emir | 1761 | TUR | =11N | +8B | −5N | −7B | +12B | −6N | +16B | −1N | =14B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 14.75 | 1963 | +83.6 |
| 11 | Tsolov, Aleksandar | 2033 | BUL | =10B | =6N | −12B | =8N | +17B | +13B | −1N | −9N | =7B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 14.25 | 1935 | -45.2 |
| 12 | Karatiken, Beray | 1871 | TUR | −15N | +17B | +11N | −3B | −10N | −14B | +19B | −7N | +13N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 9.00 | 1936 | +27.2 |
| 13 | Paunovic, Lazar | 1945 | SRB | +5N | −3B | −15N | +19B | =6B | −11N | =8B | =14N | −12B | 3.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 12.00 | 1946 | -3.2 |
| 14 | Milosevic, Andrej | 1922 | SRB | −9N | −5B | =17N | −16B | +19B | +12N | −7B | =13B | =10N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.50 | 1901 | -14.4 |
| 15 | Radosavljevic, Slobodan DFM | 2066 | SRB | +12B | −1N | +13B | F | F | +7N | −3B | F | F | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 12.50 | 2134 | +9.4 |
| 16 | Trifunovic, Borisav | 2021 | SRB | −3N | F | −8B | +14N | F | =9B | −10N | +17B | F | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.25 | 1935 | -14.8 |
| 17 | Jankovic, Uros | 1931 | SRB | −1B | −12N | =14B | F | −11N | +19N | −9B | −16N | F | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.75 | 1794 | -24.0 |
| 18 | Cvetanovic, UrosCM | 2318 | SRB | F | =2N | =4B | −5B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 2087 | -18.6 |
| 19 | Ilic, Mia | 1913 | SRB | −2B | −7B | F | −13N | −14N | −17B | −12N | F | F | 0.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0.00 | 1168 | -102.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Okhitin, LevFID+94.44.5 pts · #8
- 2Ozkan, Mehmet EmirTUR+83.64.0 pts · #10
- 3Suljovic, SulejmanFMSRB+38.26.5 pts · #2
- 1Ilic, MiaSRB-102.80.0 pts · #19
- 2Tsolov, AleksandarBUL-45.24.0 pts · #11
- 3Pogorelskikh, SergeyFMSRB-29.44.5 pts · #9
- R5+349 Elo gap
- R1+276 Elo gap
- R7+260 Elo gap