Chess Festival tournament IM2
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Dec 2025 to 13 Dec 2025 in Brcko, Bosnia. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2236, and top seed was Miodrag R Savic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2428).
Deboushnik De (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 2234) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Anton Sitnikov (6.0) and Dalibor Stojanovic (6.0). De shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Sreekarthika Velmurugan (WFM, 2018) beat Dejan Pikula (GM, 2262), a +244-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 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
CM Deboushnik De takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
CM Deboushnik De drew with GM Dalibor Stojanovic (Black).
CM Deboushnik De won 3 in a row (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 | 2234 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 25.50 | 36.0 | +96.9 | 2457 |
| 3 | 🇺🇦IMSitnikov, Anton | 2333 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 23.50 | 37.0 | +3.1 | 2351 |
| 2 | 🇧🇦GMStojanovic, Dalibor | 2402 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6.0 | 22.50 | 37.0 | +4.0 | 2434 |
| 4 | 🇷🇸GMSavic, Miodrag R | 2428 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | — | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 22.00 | 37.0 | +0.3 | 2414 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳FMApaar Saxena | 2176 | 0 | 0 | ½ | — | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 13.00 | 39.0 | +9.2 | 2220 |
| 6 | 🇸🇬WFMSreekarthika Velmurugan | 2018 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3.0 | 12.00 | 40.0 | +20.1 | 2135 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳FMAdvaitt Srikant Koduri | 2192 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 10.50 | 40.0 | -18.4 | 2116 |
| 9 | 🇷🇸GMPikula, Dejan | 2262 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 10.00 | 40.0 | -18.0 | 2109 |
| 7 | 🇸🇬Sanjay, Vasu | 2038 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 8.00 | 40.0 | +28.8 | 2154 |
| 10 | 🇧🇦FMMikanovic, Sandro | 2281 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2.0 | 8.00 | 41.0 | -61.0 | 2011 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Deboushnik DeCMIND+96.97.0 pts · #1
- 2Sanjay, VasuSGP+28.83.0 pts · #7
- 3Sreekarthika VelmuruganWFMSGP+20.13.0 pts · #6
- 1Mikanovic, SandroFMBIH-61.02.0 pts · #10
- 2Advaitt Srikant KoduriFMIND-18.43.0 pts · #8
- 3Pikula, DejanGMSRB-18.03.0 pts · #9
- R8+244 Elo gap
- R3+243 Elo gap
- R6+154 Elo gap