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Rejting turnir "NIS 2025"

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13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Nis, Serbia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1870, and top seed was Zoran S Nikolic (🇷🇸 SRB, 2037).

Mladen D Popovic (🇷🇸 SRB, 2028) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Zoran S Nikolic (7.0) and Pavel Krstevski (6.5). Popovic won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Vladimir Krstevski (1692) beat Zoran S Nikolic (2037), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Nis, Serbia
Dates
25 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸Zoran S Nikolic2037
Avg top 10
1,870
Participants
13
Federations · 4 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×9
🇲🇰North Macedonia×2
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Mladen D Popovic led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Popovic7.5Nikolic7Krstevski6.5Jankovic5Veljkovic4Kostic4
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Mladen D Popovic held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mladen D Popovic lost to Zoran S Nikolic (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mladen D Popovic 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)Zoran S Nikolic 6 wins (R4–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mladen D Popovic*
0
½
1
2Zoran S Nikolic
1
*
½
1
3Pavel Krstevski
½
½
*
0
4Uros Jankovic
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Popovic, Mladen D2028SRB+8B+13N+11B=3N+4B−2N+7N+5B+9B7.535.535.525.252095+15.2
2Nikolic, Zoran S2037SRB=3N=6B−9N+5N+13B+1B+4N+8B+7B7.038.038.029.252032+2.2
3Krstevski, Pavel1806MKD=2B+8N+7B=1B+6N−4N=5B+9N+10B6.538.541.026.751995+91.2
4Jankovic, Uros1932SRB+12NF+6BF−1N+3B−2B+10N+8N5.032.532.518.001965+10.6
5Veljkovic, Lazar1639SRB−7N=12B+8N−2B+9N=10B=3N−1N=6B4.038.540.014.251765+24.4
6Kostic, Dusan B1920SRB+10B=2N−4N+9B−3B−8N+12B−7N=5N4.036.037.513.001723-84.0
7Paunovic, Lazar1945SRB+5B−11N−3N+10BF+13N−1B+6B−2N4.033.533.510.501797-25.0
8Perunovic, Ljubivoje1746SRB−1N−3B−5B+12N+10N+6B=9B−2N−4B3.540.041.59.751715-9.8
9Krstevski, Vladimir1692MKD−11B+10N+2B−6N−5B+12B=8N−3B−1N3.537.038.512.751723+3.4
10Kichukova, Eva1523BUL−6N−9B+12N−7N−8B=5N+13B−4B−3N2.532.032.03.501528-6.8
11Jevremovic, Filip1953AUT+9N+7B−1NFFFFFF2.015.015.07.502013+10.8
12Manasijev, Manolca1577SRB−4B=5N−10B−8BF−9N−6NF+13B1.522.522.52.001341-53.2
13Nikolic, Danijel0SRBF−1BFF−2N−7B−10NF−12N0.026.026.00.0010220.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets