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Uljma Open 2025

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Uljma, Serbia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2001, and top seed was Alexandru-David Korcsek (🇷🇴 ROU, 2173).

Sebastian Kotrla (🇷🇸 SRB, 2144) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Daniel-Cristian Padurean (4.5) and Rakhim Makhsatuly (4.5). Kotrla won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Dejan Panic (1674) beat Alexandru-David Korcsek (2173), a +499-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Uljma, Serbia
Dates
04 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Alexandru-David Korcsek2173
Avg top 10
2,001
Participants
21
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×15
🇷🇴Romania×5
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Sebastian Kotrla led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Kotrla5.5Padurean4.5Makhsatuly4.5Petrovic4Korcsek3.5Balaban-Voia3.5
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Sebastian Kotrla never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sebastian Kotrla beat CM Daniel-Cristian Padurean (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Sebastian Kotrla won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sebastian Kotrla*
1
½
—
2CMDaniel-Cristian Padurean
0
*—
1
3Rakhim Makhsatuly
½
—*
1
4Lazar Petrovic—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kotrla, Sebastian2144SRB+18B+12N+2B+5N+9B=3B5.518.019.016.752315+18.2
2Padurean, Daniel-CristianCM2163ROU+8N+4B−1N=6B+5B+12N4.520.022.515.252177+4.2
3Makhsatuly, Rakhim1794KAZ=7N+21B+6B=9N+4B=1N4.519.519.513.502210+102.4
4Petrovic, Lazar2014SRB+16N−2N+15B+8B−3N+9B4.017.519.510.501926-8.8
5Milic, Ilija2015SRB+10B=13N+11B−1B−2N+14N3.518.521.09.751962-3.0
6Balaban-Voia, Alexandru2089ROU+15N=9B−3N=2N+10B=7B3.518.520.510.501956-14.6
7Korcsek, Alexandru-David2173ROU=3B−11N=10B+19N+14B=6N3.516.517.59.001899-33.2
8Marinca, Matteo-Ioan1709ROU−2B+16N+19B−4N=13B+18N3.514.015.05.251855+34.0
9Vaduva, Ion-Valentin1888ROU+20B=6N+13B=3B−1N−4N3.020.020.06.501817-15.2
10Jovanov, Novak1515SRB−5N=14B=7N+20B−6N+16B3.015.015.05.001748+44.8
11Panic, Dejan1674SRBF+7B−5N−14N+17B+13N3.014.014.08.001855+21.2
12Voina, Pau1880SRB+17N−1BF=13N+15B−2B2.516.516.55.251857-2.8
13Veljkovic, Vanja0SRB+14N=5B−9N=12B=8N−11B2.515.518.07.2517790.0
14Djuric, Djurica1852SRB−13B=10N+17N+11B−7N−5B2.515.517.56.501757-20.8
15Veljkovic, Lazar1639SRB−6B+20N−4N+16B−12N−17B2.014.014.02.001666-1.2
16Vasic, Nevena1501SRB−4B−8B+18N−15N+19B−10N2.013.514.52.001551+11.2
17Brankovic, Sebastian0SRB−12B+18N−14BF−11N+15N2.011.011.03.0016690.0
18Mikic, Veljko1658SRB−1N−17B−16BF+20N−8B1.013.013.00.00955-48.8
19Ljaljic, Jovan1634SRBFF−8N−7B−16N+20B1.09.09.00.00947-46.4
20Bogosavljev, Djuradj0SRB−9N−15BF−10N−18B−19N0.010.010.00.008670.0
21Roman, Jon0SRBF−3NFFFF0.04.54.50.009940.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets