Chess Festival tournament IM1
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Nov 2025 to 06 Dec 2025 in Brcko, Bosnia. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2243, and top seed was Miodrag R Savic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2428).
Deboushnik De (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 2272) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Miodrag R Savic (7.0) and Erkin Karaokcu (7.0). De won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Sreekarthika Velmurugan (WFM, 2066) beat Sandro Mikanovic (FM, 2281), a +215-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCM Deboushnik De led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
CM Deboushnik De held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
CM Deboushnik De drew with GM Miodrag R Savic (Black).
CM Deboushnik De 6 wins (R1–R6)GM Miodrag R Savic 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Erkin Karaokcu 3 wins (R4–R6)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇳CMDeboushnik De | 2272 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 28.75 | 37.5 | +99.2 | 2512 |
| 2 | 🇷🇸GMSavic, Miodrag R | 2428 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 26.50 | 38.0 | +2.0 | 2442 |
| 3 | 🇹🇷FMKaraokcu, Erkin | 2266 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 26.50 | 38.0 | +43.8 | 2460 |
| 4 | 🇸🇬WFMSreekarthika Velmurugan | 2066 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.50 | 40.5 | +41.4 | 2262 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸GMLajthajm, Borko | 2350 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 16.75 | 41.0 | -19.0 | 2188 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸IMMilosevic, Milos | 2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 13.75 | 41.0 | -11.9 | 2194 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳CMVihaan Karthikeya N | 2179 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 12.00 | 41.5 | -6.0 | 2170 |
| 7 | 🇧🇦FMRosic, Slavko S | 2133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 11.75 | 41.5 | +8.4 | 2175 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸IMSredojevic, Ivan | 2154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2.0 | 6.75 | 43.0 | -13.7 | 2032 |
| 10 | 🇧🇦FMMikanovic, Sandro | 2281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2.0 | 6.75 | 43.0 | -59.8 | 2018 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Deboushnik DeCMIND+99.27.5 pts · #1
- 2Karaokcu, ErkinFMTUR+43.87.0 pts · #3
- 3Sreekarthika VelmuruganWFMSGP+41.44.5 pts · #4
- 1Mikanovic, SandroFMBIH-59.82.0 pts · #10
- 2Lajthajm, BorkoGMSRB-19.04.0 pts · #5
- 3Sredojevic, IvanIMSRB-13.72.0 pts · #9
- R6+215 Elo gap
- R3+102 Elo gap