S: Tumir mira 2025.

Round-RobinStandard

10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2508, and top seed was Sergey A. Fedorchuk (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2565).

Shreyas Royal (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2495) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Leon Livaic (6.0) and Luca Jr Moroni (5.5). Royal shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

Location

🇭🇷Zagreb, Croatia

Dates

05 Nov 2025 → 13 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Round-robin · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMSergey A. Fedorchuk2565

Avg top 10

2,508

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×9

IM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇭🇷Croatia×5

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇳🇴Norway×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
GMShreyas Royal
🇬🇧ENG·2495
7.0pts·2730perf+26.9
🥈
GMLeon Livaic
🇭🇷CRO·2550
6.0pts·2628perf+9.1
🥉
GMLuca Jr Moroni
🇮🇹ITA·2546
5.5pts·2584perf+4.9

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

GM Shreyas Royal led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Royal#1Livaic#2Moroni#3Palac#4Fedorchuk#5Stevic#6Postny#7Zelcic#8Kozul#9Kaasen#10

R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Nov

GM Shreyas Royal takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R6 · DECISIVE LEAD10 Nov

GM Shreyas Royal opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Leon Livaic); the title is out of reach before R9.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Shreyas Royal beat GM Leon Livaic (Black).

Cross-table

#	Player	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	SB	Bh	Δ Elo	Perf
1	🇬🇧GMRoyal, Shreyas	2495	*	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7.0	29.00	38.0	+26.9	2730
2	🇭🇷GMLivaic, Leon	2550	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6.0	23.25	39.0	+9.1	2628
3	🇮🇹GMMoroni, Luca Jr	2546	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	5.5	22.50	39.5	+4.9	2584
4	🇭🇷GMPalac, Mladen	2456	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	4.5	20.00	40.5	+7.1	2514
6	🇭🇷GMStevic, Hrvoje	2515	1	½	0	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	4.0	19.25	41.0	-5.9	2464
5	🇺🇦GMFedorchuk, Sergey A.	2565	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4.0	17.00	41.0	-12.9	2459
7	🇮🇱GMPostny, Evgeny	2533	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	4.0	17.00	41.0	-8.6	2462
8	🇭🇷GMZelcic, Robert	2449	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	4.0	16.00	41.0	+3.1	2472
9	🇭🇷GMKozul, Zdenko	2495	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	3.5	12.75	41.5	-8.1	2430
10	🇳🇴IMKaasen, Tor Fredrik	2477	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	2.5	10.25	42.5	-15.6	2346

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Royal, ShreyasGMENG
+26.9
7.0 pts · #1
2Livaic, LeonGMCRO
+9.1
6.0 pts · #2
3Palac, MladenGMCRO
+7.1
4.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Kaasen, Tor FredrikIMNOR
-15.6
2.5 pts · #10
2Fedorchuk, Sergey A.GMUKR
-12.9
4.0 pts · #5
3Postny, EvgenyGMISR
-8.6
4.0 pts · #7