FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2300

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. 36 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2241, and top seed was Mihajlo Petrovic (🇷🇸 SRB, 2295).

Ivan Kudrin ( FID, FM, 2195) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Sergei Krivenko (7.0) and Sergey Pogorelskikh (7.0). Kudrin won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Asudani Ruhani Raj (1686) beat Dusko Dolovic (FM, 2146), a +460-point gap.

Location

🇷🇸Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia

Dates

05 Nov 2025 → 13 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇸Mihajlo Petrovic2295

Avg top 10

2,241

Participants

Titled players · 36

FM×18

CM×12

WIM×1

WFM×4

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇷🇸Serbia×24

FIDE (no federation)×11

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×5

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates×5

🇮🇳India×4

🇧🇷Brazil×4

🇲🇪Montenegro×2

Kosovo×2

Top 3

🥇
FMIvan Kudrin
FID·2195
7.0pts·2296perf+44.0
🥈
FMSergei Krivenko
🇷🇸SRB·2262
7.0pts·2329perf+14.2
🥉
FMSergey Pogorelskikh
🇷🇸SRB·2173
7.0pts·2270perf+21.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Kudrin7Zebracki7Pogorelskikh7Krivenko7Umirgaliyev6.5Belke6.5— ex-leaders:Baoled R6, #11

R7 · LEADER CHANGE11 Nov

FM Sergey Pogorelskikh takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Kudrin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Tomasz Zebracki 6 wins (R3–R8)FM Sergey Pogorelskikh 6 wins (R2–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMIvan Kudrin	*	—	—	—
2FMTomasz Zebracki	—	*	—	½
3FMSergey Pogorelskikh	—	—	*	0
4FMSergei Krivenko	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kudrin, IvanFM	2195	FID	+39B	+48N	=14B	+34N	+9B	−7N	=5B	+10N	+12B	7.0	45.0	49.0	37.00	2296	+44.0
2	Krivenko, SergeiFM	2262	SRB	=58N	+54B	+67N	=8B	+27N	+22B	=7N	+3N	=4B	7.0	43.5	46.5	35.25	2329	+14.2
3	Pogorelskikh, SergeyFM	2173	SRB	−15N	+52B	+48N	+47B	+33N	+24B	+8N	−2B	+7N	7.0	42.0	46.0	33.50	2270	+21.4
4	Zebracki, TomaszFM	2228	POL	=54N	−58B	+49N	+41B	+23N	+36B	+17N	+8B	=2N	7.0	40.5	44.0	35.00	2294	+15.0
5	Umirgaliyev, Eldar	2071	KAZ	=75N	+72B	+15N	+25B	+32N	−8B	=1N	=14B	+17N	6.5	42.0	44.0	30.75	2241	+41.0
6	Belke, Frank, Dr.FM	2178	AUT	−59B	=45N	=53B	+43N	=30N	+15B	+61N	+37B	+9B	6.5	37.5	41.0	30.75	2185	+3.4
7	Saraci, KorabCM	2207	KOS	+41N	+18B	−8N	+59B	+14N	+1B	=2B	=9N	−3B	6.0	48.5	52.0	32.50	2225	+4.6
8	Tran Vo Quoc Bao	2068	VIE	+76B	+60N	+7B	=2N	+16B	+5N	−3B	−4N	=25B	6.0	47.5	49.5	29.50	2252	+44.2
9	Chkhaidze, NikolozFM	2106	GEO	+52N	+30B	+33N	=32B	−1N	+11N	+16B	=7B	−6N	6.0	45.0	49.0	30.25	2239	+32.4
10	Tovmasyan, Karen	1941	ARM	=22N	+21B	+51N	=27B	−24N	+31B	+32N	−1B	+26N	6.0	42.0	46.0	29.00	2263	+74.4
11	Ammar, SedraniFM	2198	UAE	+35N	=23B	−13N	+58B	+15N	−9B	+47N	=30B	+22N	6.0	41.0	44.5	27.50	2160	-8.6
12	Ivanovic, Marko	2243	SRB	−14N	−47B	+78N	+18B	+48N	+35N	+24B	+22B	−1N	6.0	40.5	42.5	26.00	2157	-16.6
13	Ariunbold, BatchuluunCM	2035	MGL	+26N	=51B	+11B	−16N	=38N	+52B	−22N	+32B	+37N	6.0	39.0	43.0	28.25	2292	+61.2
14	Utkrisht Tuli	2031	IND	+12B	F	=1N	=17N	−7B	+50N	+28B	=5N	+16B	5.5	46.0	50.0	30.00	2258	+97.6
15	Saikhanchimeg, TsogtsaikhanWFM	1989	MGL	+3B	=55N	−5B	+46N	−11B	−6N	+67B	+51B	+36N	5.5	43.0	46.0	25.00	2208	+52.8
16	Atienza Alvarez, Javier	2185	ESP	=72N	+49B	+23N	+13B	−8N	+61B	−9N	+33B	−14N	5.5	40.5	43.5	24.50	2090	-20.8
17	Prokhorov, Ivan	2122	FID	=49N	+75B	+58N	=14B	=61N	+25B	−4B	+34N	−5B	5.5	39.5	41.5	21.50	2122	+1.4
18	Mohamed Saeed LailyCM	2042	UAE	+65B	−7N	−60B	−12N	+53B	+66N	+50B	=28N	+62B	5.5	35.5	38.5	20.50	2074	+11.4
19	Veleski, RobertFM	2101	MKD	−61N	+44B	=35N	=80B	=47N	+49B	−23N	+43B	+33N	5.5	34.5	35.5	22.25	2031	-15.6
20	Tosic, Nebojsa	1944	SRB	+74B	=77N	=55B	−64N	+42B	−28N	=31N	+41B	+34B	5.5	33.0	35.0	21.00	2150	+50.2
21	Pantic, Ivica	2079	SRB	=66B	−10N	=76B	+53N	−50B	+80N	+39B	=29N	+35B	5.5	33.0	34.0	19.00	2003	-16.4
22	Lundin, JanFM	2127	SWE	=10B	+53N	=29B	+40N	+64B	−2N	+13B	−12N	−11B	5.0	44.5	48.0	23.50	2095	-7.2
23	Krassel, Timofei	2037	FID	+56B	=11N	−16B	+65N	−4B	+60N	+19B	−25N	=28B	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.00	2151	+28.4
24	Djakovac, Enes	2043	SRB	−68B	+81N	+43B	+29N	+10B	−3N	−12N	+38B	−30N	5.0	41.0	42.0	21.00	2023	-2.2
25	Amerkeshev, Madiyar	2241	KAZ	+63B	+46N	=34B	−5N	+67B	−17N	F	+23B	=8N	5.0	39.0	42.0	21.25	2152	-18.2
26	Asllani, MuhametFM	2283	KOS	−13B	−40N	+44B	=42N	=39B	+72B	+48N	+55N	−10B	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.00	2032	-51.6
27	Dimitrijeski, KristianCM	2074	GER	=40B	+66N	+68B	=10N	−2B	=29N	−37N	=49B	+50B	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.75	1992	-17.0
28	Dai, Wenzhi	2158	CHN	−33N	=71B	+75N	=30B	+59N	+20B	−14N	=18B	=23N	5.0	37.5	39.5	20.25	2018	-32.0
29	Kostic, Milutin BFM	1934	SRB	+82N	=38B	=22N	−24B	+62N	=27B	=36N	=21B	=32N	5.0	37.5	38.5	19.00	2162	+53.4
30	Saidulla, Bakdaulet	2012	KAZ	F	−9N	=74B	=28N	=6B	+70B	+51N	=11N	+24B	5.0	37.5	37.5	21.75	2239	+48.0
31	Lopez Martinez, Andres Osiris	2060	COL	+73B	−50N	−59B	+76N	+40B	−10N	=20B	=44N	+52B	5.0	34.5	36.5	18.00	1927	-60.8
32	Tasic, VladimirCM	2167	SRB	+45B	+59N	+50B	=9N	−5B	=34N	−10B	−13N	=29B	4.5	42.5	46.0	19.75	1987	-40.4
33	Bigabylov, ZhubanFM	1954	KAZ	+28B	+57N	−9B	+77N	−3B	+55N	=34B	−16N	−19B	4.5	41.5	43.5	17.25	2106	+36.0
34	Bozanic, Jovan	2049	SRB	+44N	+80B	=25N	−1B	+37N	=32B	=33N	−17B	−20N	4.5	41.0	42.0	17.00	2070	+5.2
35	Ivanov, Sergei V.	2008	FID	−11B	+56N	=19B	+74N	+51N	−12B	=38N	=36B	−21N	4.5	40.0	42.0	17.25	2177	+39.2
36	Karisik, Nenad	2160	MNE	+47N	F	=63B	+39N	+60B	−4N	=29B	=35N	−15B	4.5	39.5	43.0	18.50	2052	-21.4
37	Musovic, ArminFM	2243	MNE	−48B	=39N	+72B	+50N	−34B	+63N	+27B	−6N	−13B	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.75	2027	-48.0
38	Mitrovic, Marjan	2159	SRB	+43B	=29N	=40B	=60N	=13B	=64N	=35B	−24N	=45B	4.5	37.5	41.0	20.25	1976	-42.6
39	Zhumabek, NurasylFM	2002	KAZ	−1N	=37B	+71N	−36B	=26N	+69B	−21N	+66B	=40N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.00	2055	+22.8
40	Ivaschenko, AnnaWCM	1875	FID	=27N	+26B	=38N	−22B	−31N	=58B	+74N	=42B	=39B	4.5	37.0	39.0	18.00	2103	+100.0
41	Stamatovic, Aleksandar	2024	SRB	−7B	=65N	+73B	−4N	+74B	−51B	+70N	−20N	+60B	4.5	35.0	37.0	12.75	2028	+2.6
42	Gotziridze, Irakly	2045	RUS	−50B	=73N	=66B	=26B	−20N	+46N	+60B	=40N	=44B	4.5	34.5	37.0	17.75	1931	-26.4
43	Stosic, Slobodan	1965	SRB	−38N	+82B	−24N	−6B	+57B	+77N	=62B	−19N	+63B	4.5	34.5	35.5	12.25	2097	+31.6
44	Fridman, Anatoly	1819	FID	−34B	−19N	−26N	+81B	+82N	=54B	+58N	=31B	=42N	4.5	33.0	34.0	12.25	2038	+47.2
45	Slater-Jones, HenryCM	1978	AUS	−32N	=6B	=70N	−62B	−69N	+78B	+65N	+57B	=38N	4.5	32.5	34.5	16.50	2000	+7.6
46	Markovic, MilovanFM	2039	SRB	+79N	−25B	=80N	−15B	−49N	−42B	+78N	+69B	+59N	4.5	29.5	30.5	11.00	1925	-23.8
47	Mitrandzas, Athanasios	1966	GRE	−36B	+12N	+57B	−3N	=19B	+67N	−11B	−62N	=56B	4.0	40.5	43.5	17.75	2116	+33.6
48	Poleksic, Dusan	2031	SRB	+37N	−1B	−3B	+57N	−12B	+68N	−26B	−52N	+71N	4.0	40.5	43.5	14.50	2036	+1.8
49	Shaiduko, Sergei	1937	FID	=17B	−16N	−4B	+73N	+46B	−19N	+63B	=27N	F	4.0	40.5	43.0	15.75	2077	+28.4
50	Rashed Abubaker, AlhemeiriCM	1751	UAE	+42N	+31B	−32N	−37B	+21N	−14B	−18N	+54B	−27N	4.0	40.0	44.0	19.00	2030	+112.4
51	Bohati, Tamas	2214	HUN	+64B	=13N	−10B	+63N	−35B	+41N	−30B	−15N	=53B	4.0	39.0	42.5	16.50	1959	-58.2
52	Al Ibrahim, AbdulrahmanCM	1928	KUW	−9B	−3N	+79B	+56N	+77B	−13N	−55B	+48B	−31N	4.0	38.0	40.0	12.00	1996	+16.8
53	Finke, KelvinCM	1954	AUS	=62N	−22B	=6N	−21B	−18N	+79B	=69N	+58B	=51N	4.0	36.5	38.5	14.00	1984	+8.8
54	Antonova, NadezhdaWFM	2026	TJK	=4B	−2N	−65B	+75N	=68B	=44N	=56B	−50N	+79N	4.0	35.0	37.0	13.25	1866	-32.8
55	Voiteanu, Cristian-GabrielFM	2077	ROU	+71N	=15B	=20N	−61B	+80N	−33B	+52N	−26B	F	4.0	35.0	36.0	13.50	1982	-20.8
56	Petrovic, Mihajlo	2295	SRB	−23N	−35B	=69N	−52B	+81N	+71B	=54N	=59B	=47N	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.25	1918	-77.6
57	Cirkovic, Vuk	2062	SRB	+69N	−33B	−47N	−48B	−43N	+75B	+80B	−45N	+68B	4.0	29.5	30.5	9.00	1874	-77.4
58	Kanacki, Vuk	2033	SRB	=2B	+4N	−17B	−11N	=66B	=40N	−44B	−53N	+73B	3.5	41.5	44.0	16.75	1943	-45.2
59	Rybchenko, Oleksandr	2001	UKR	+6N	−32B	+31N	−7N	−28B	F	+68B	=56N	−46B	3.5	39.0	42.0	16.50	2056	+10.8
60	Al Maamari, Wafia DarwishWIM	1922	UAE	+70N	−8B	+18N	=38B	−36N	−23B	−42N	+77B	−41N	3.5	37.5	39.5	12.75	1996	+16.8
61	Zhdanov, Petr	1922	FID	+19B	=67N	=77B	+55N	=17B	−16N	−6B	F	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	14.75	2107	+33.2
62	Ribac, Dragoljub	2158	SRB	=53B	=68N	−64B	+45N	−29B	F	=43N	+47B	−18N	3.5	34.5	37.5	14.25	1910	-50.8
63	Skrobar, David	2027	CRO	−25N	+78B	=36N	−51B	+65N	−37B	−49N	+70B	−43N	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.75	1940	-18.8
64	Carrancho Dosal, Manuel	2026	ESP	−51N	+79B	+62N	+20B	−22N	=38B	F	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	13.25	2095	+14.2
65	Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak	1648	FID	−18N	=41B	+54N	−23B	−63B	=74N	−45B	=73N	+76B	3.5	31.5	33.5	10.50	1907	+95.2
66	Silva, Juliana Figueira TheophiloWFM	1911	BRA	=21N	−27B	=42N	=70B	=58N	−18B	+77B	−39N	F	3.0	34.5	36.5	10.25	1966	+21.2
67	Mafra, Kaiser LuizCM	2042	BRA	+78N	=61B	−2B	+68N	−25N	−47B	−15N	=71B	F	3.0	34.0	36.0	8.25	1866	-35.8
68	Asudani Ruhani Raj	1686	IND	+24N	=62B	−27N	−67B	=54N	−48B	−59N	+74B	−57N	3.0	32.0	34.0	10.75	1926	+82.0
69	Pavoni, Felipe Stevanin	1858	BRA	−57B	−74N	=56B	=72N	+45B	−39N	=53B	−46N	=70N	3.0	31.5	33.5	11.50	1935	+14.8
70	Dauer, Andre LeonardoCM	2106	BRA	−60B	=76N	=45B	=66N	+71B	−30N	−41B	−63N	=69B	3.0	30.0	32.0	9.25	1817	-68.0
71	Vlahovic, Milan	1891	SRB	−55B	=28N	−39B	+82B	−70N	−56N	+76B	=67N	−48B	3.0	29.5	30.5	7.00	1950	+10.4
72	Pantovic, Dragan M	2001	SRB	=16B	−5N	−37N	=69B	+76B	−26N	+73B	F	F	3.0	29.0	29.0	8.75	1998	-2.2
73	Popov, Aleksandr And	1839	FID	−31N	=42B	−41N	−49B	=79N	+81B	−72N	=65B	−58N	2.5	30.0	31.0	6.00	1720	-57.2
74	Dolovic, DuskoFM	2146	SRB	−20N	+69B	=30N	−35B	−41N	=65B	−40B	−68N	F	2.0	33.5	35.5	7.25	1709	-86.2
75	Melnikov, Evgeny	1863	FID	=5B	−17N	−28B	−54B	=78N	−57N	−79B	=76N	=81B	2.0	31.0	32.0	5.75	1690	-38.8
76	Milosevic, Lazar M	1859	SRB	−8N	=70B	=21N	−31B	−72N	=82B	−71N	=75B	−65N	2.0	31.0	32.0	5.75	1760	-39.6
77	Gavric, ZivojinCM	2044	SRB	+81N	=20B	=61N	−33B	−52N	−43B	−66N	−60N	F	2.0	29.5	29.5	5.50	1713	-68.6
78	Ramendra, Ranjan	1664	IND	−67B	−63N	−12B	=79N	=75B	−45N	−46B	+81N	F	2.0	27.5	28.5	3.00	1712	+2.4
79	Prabhat Kumar	1524	IND	−46B	−64N	−52N	=78B	=73B	−53N	+75N	F	−54B	2.0	26.5	27.5	4.25	1679	+20.8
80	Jakovljevic, Goran	1947	GER	F	−34N	=46B	=19N	−55B	−21B	−57N	F	F	1.0	30.0	30.0	5.00	1795	-40.0
81	Al Kalbani, WadimaWFM	1702	UAE	−77B	−24B	=82N	−44N	−56B	−73N	F	−78B	=75N	1.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	1613	-18.0
82	Brajic, DjordjeFM	2106	SRB	−29B	−43N	=81B	−71N	−44B	=76N	F	F	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	1.50	1589	-75.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rashed Abubaker, AlhemeiriCMUAE
+112.4
4.0 pts · #56
2Ivaschenko, AnnaWCMFID
+100.0
4.5 pts · #38
3Utkrisht TuliIND
+97.6
5.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Dolovic, DuskoFMSRB
-86.2
2.0 pts · #77
2Petrovic, MihajloSRB
-77.6
4.0 pts · #48
3Cirkovic, VukSRB
-77.4
4.0 pts · #52

Biggest upsets

R8+460 Elo gap
Asudani Ruhani Raj1686 beat FMDolovic, Dusko2146
R2+408 Elo gap
WCMIvaschenko, Anna1875 beat FMAsllani, Muhamet2283
R3+378 Elo gap
Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak1648 beat WFMAntonova, Nadezhda2026