NSK ARENA 003-a
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Top 10 Elo average was 1679, and top seed was Filip Popadic (🇷🇸 SRB, 1741).
Adrian Momic Gose (🇷🇸 SRB, 1618) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Eseniia Vesetskaia (4.0) and Gabriel Melih (2.5). Momic Gose shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Eseniia Vesetskaia (1600) beat Filip Popadic (1741), a +141-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsEseniia Vesetskaia led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Eseniia Vesetskaia held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.
Eseniia Vesetskaia lost to Adrian Momic Gose (White).
Eseniia Vesetskaia 3 wins (R1–R3)Adrian Momic Gose 4 wins (R2–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇷🇸Momic Gose, Adrian | 1618 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 8.50 | 11.0 | +80.4 | 1931 |
| 1 | 🇷🇸Vesetskaia, Eseniia | 1600 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.00 | 11.0 | +85.2 | 1934 |
| 3 | 🇷🇸Melih, Gabriel | 1721 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.00 | 12.5 | -13.2 | 1670 |
| 4 | 🇷🇸Popadic, Filip | 1741 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.0 | 3.25 | 13.0 | -40.4 | 1594 |
| 5 | 🇷🇸Marinkovic, Vukasin | 1696 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1.5 | 3.00 | 13.5 | -46.0 | 1526 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸Aprelikov, Sava | 1697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0 | 1.75 | 14.0 | -66.0 | 1435 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vesetskaia, EseniiaSRB+85.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Momic Gose, AdrianSRB+80.44.0 pts · #2
- 3Melih, GabrielSRB-13.22.5 pts · #3
- 1Aprelikov, SavaSRB-66.01.0 pts · #6
- 2Marinkovic, VukasinSRB-46.01.5 pts · #5
- 3Popadic, FilipSRB-40.42.0 pts · #4
- R1+141 Elo gap
- R5+123 Elo gap
- R3+121 Elo gap