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2025 Victorian Seniors Championship

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Geelong, Australia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Julia Ryjanova (🇦🇺 AUS, WGM, 2208).

Milenko Lojanica (🇧🇦 BIH, 1946) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Miodrag Milojevic (4.0) and Julia Ryjanova (3.5). Lojanica shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Miodrag Milojevic (1856) beat Julia Ryjanova (WGM, 2208), a +352-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Geelong, Australia
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺WGMJulia Ryjanova2208
Avg top 10
1,628
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
WGM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×11
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Milenko Lojanica led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Lojanica takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE23 Nov

Milenko Lojanica takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Milenko Lojanica beat Miodrag Milojevic (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Miodrag Milojevic won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Milenko Lojanica*
1
½
2Miodrag Milojevic
0
*
1
1
3WGMJulia Ryjanova
½
0
*
4Goran Ilic
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lojanica, Milenko1946BIH+10B+8N=3B+2N+4N4.512.514.512.752200+22.0
2Milojevic, Miodrag1856SRB+11N+14B+5N1B+3B4.012.012.07.502083+22.0
3Ryjanova, JuliaWGM2208AUS+9N+4B=1N+12B2N3.513.514.58.251950-10.5
4Dakic, Dusan1780AUS+12N3N+8B+6N1B3.012.513.55.501263-7.2
5Ilic, Goran1730AUS=6B+7N2B=9N+8B3.011.013.06.751639-4.4
6Dumancic, Branko0AUS=5N9B+11N4B+12N2.59.010.03.5016610.0
7Sicat, Rodel0AUS8B5B+10N+14N=9B2.59.09.03.0017170.0
8Cooke, John0AUS+7N1B4N+11B5N2.013.014.03.5015900.0
9Ristic, Mio1807AUS3B+6NF=5B=7N2.011.511.55.251776-7.6
10Hessing, Rod1614AUS1N11B7B+13N+14B2.09.09.01.001634+0.6
11Hernandez, Walter1680AUS2B+10N6B8N13B1.010.511.52.001584-7.6
12Caita Mindra, Emanoil0AUS4BF+14N3N6B1.09.09.00.0011940.0
13Marko, Paja1656AUSFFF10B+11N1.03.03.01.001645-0.6
14FIDE 32086720F2N12B7B10N0.09.59.50.009350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets