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SAHOVSKI TROFEJ NOVOG SADA 2025

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Dec 2025 to 17 Dec 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2156, and top seed was Sinisa Drazic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2284).

Pavel Kapustin (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2218) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Sinisa Drazic (6.5) and Dejan Leskur (6.0). Kapustin shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Oksana Guseva (1881) beat Nikola Elez (2128), a +247-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Novi Sad, Serbia
Dates
11 Dec 2025 → 17 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸GMSinisa Drazic2284
Avg top 10
2,156
Participants
25
Titled players · 7
GM×1
IM×1
FM×5
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×24
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMPavel Kapustin
    🇷🇸SRB·2218
    6.5pts·2269perf+28.0
  • 🥈
    GMSinisa Drazic
    🇷🇸SRB·2284
    6.5pts·2345perf+5.7
  • 🥉
    IMDejan Leskur
    🇷🇸SRB·2203
    6.0pts·2216perf+3.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Kapustin takes lead
Drazic6.5Kapustin6.5Leskur6Elez5Petrusic5Dvornic5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE16 Dec

FM Pavel Kapustin takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Kapustin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Sinisa Drazic beat FM Pavel Kapustin (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMSinisa Drazic*
1
½
—
2FMPavel Kapustin
0
*
½
—
3IMDejan Leskur
½
½
*—
4Nikola Elez———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kapustin, PavelFM2218SRB+8B+4N−2B+11N+9B=3N+6N+10B−5B6.540.544.530.002269+28.0
2Drazic, SinisaGM2284SRB+25N+9B+1NF=3B+6B−10N+13B+8N6.534.534.527.502345+5.7
3Leskur, DejanIM2203SRB=18N=5B+24B+22N=2N=1B=8N=9B+10N6.035.036.021.252216+3.0
4Bojkovic, SlobodanFM2074SRB+15N−1BF=5N+11B=8B−9N+20B+12N5.034.034.018.252106+7.2
5Dvornic, MladenFM2275SRBF=3NF=4B=14N+15B=13N+17B+1N5.031.031.022.002220-5.2
6Petrusic, Velimir2035SRB+21N+22N+13B+19BF−2N−1B+8B−9N5.031.031.013.502148+25.2
7Elez, Nikola2128SRB−19BF=14N+12B−17N=16N+21B+18B+13N5.024.024.015.002033-17.2
8Jovic, StevanFM2026SRB−1N+12B=22B+24N+18B=4N=3B−6N−2B4.537.038.013.752054+7.2
9Brajic, MilojeFM2095SRBF−2N+21B+18B−1NF+4B=3N+6B4.537.037.017.002172+17.6
10Kovacic, Vlastimir2043SRB+23BF−18N+17BF+14N+2B−1N−3B4.029.529.514.502101+12.4
11Tadic, Aleksandar1892SRB−13N+15B+20N−1B−4N+23B−18N−16N+21B4.028.029.58.501885-2.6
12Vranes, Jovan1891SRBF−8N+25B−7NF+24B+14B+19N−4B4.026.526.57.502047+29.4
13Ubiparip, Zivko2097SRB+11BF−6N+16BF+19N=5B−2N−7B3.531.531.512.502065-6.0
14Aliabiev, Boris2085RUS=17B−19N=7B+21N=5B−10B−12NF+23N3.526.526.59.501899-36.0
15Ilincic, Momir1821SRB−4B−11NFF+24B−5N=16B+23N+18N3.522.522.56.751927+17.0
16Petrovic, Vladan1915SRB−22B+23NF−13NF=7B=15N+11B=17N3.522.022.011.251946+5.4
17Guseva, Oksana1881SRB=14N=25BF−10N+7B=20BF−5N=16B3.025.025.09.752000+18.8
18Vujevic, Tomislav1979SRB=3BF+10B−9N−8NF+11B−7N−15B2.531.531.511.001928-10.6
19Adamovic, Nikola1929SRB+7N+14BF−6NF−13B=20N−12BF2.523.023.09.501961+8.0
20Jovicic, Jovan1873SRBF−24N−11BF+22B=17N=19B−4NF2.017.517.54.251805-11.0
21Popadic, Filip1673SRB−6BF−9N−14B=23NF−7N+24B−11N1.524.524.51.751706+0.7
22Veljkovic, Vojislav2099SRB+16N−6B=8N−3B−20NFFFF1.524.024.05.751861-31.6
23Rybintseva, Oksana1704SRB−10N−16BFF=21B−11N+24N−15B−14B1.521.021.01.751646-23.2
24Pjetlovic, Petar1703SRBF+20B−3N−8B−15N−12N−23B−21NF1.023.023.02.001561-22.6
25Ristic, Stefan2034SRB−2B=17N−12NFFFFFF0.515.515.51.501746-21.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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