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ARENA OPEN 1 NSK

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia. 5 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2083, and top seed was Leonid Ivanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, 2179).

Ognjen Radic (🇷🇸 SRB, 1865) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Leonid Ivanovic (4.0) and Artur Gatin (4.0). Radic won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Artur Gatin (1678) beat Andjelko Dragojlovic (IM, 2093), a +415-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Novi Sad, Serbia
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸Leonid Ivanovic2179
Avg top 10
2,083
Participants
24
Titled players · 5
GM×1
IM×2
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×19
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
2
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Gatin4Popchev4Ivanovic4Radic4Ivanovic3.5Kostic3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Radic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Milko Popchev 3 wins (R1–R3)Leonid Ivanovic 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Artur Gatin*———
2GMMilko Popchev—*——
3Leonid Ivanovic——*
1
4Ognjen Radic——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Radic, Ognjen1865SRB−2N+18B+13N+19N+5B4.011.513.09.002207+83.6
2Ivanovic, Leonid2179SRB+1B−14N+16B+8N+15N4.010.512.510.502211+10.8
3Gatin, Artur1678SRB=10N+9B=12B+11N+8B4.010.012.510.002200+122.0
4Popchev, MilkoGM2162BUL+19N+13B+22B=5N=12N4.09.510.57.502222+3.9
5Kostic, FilipIM2121SRB+16B+20N+14B=4B−1N3.512.013.07.002115+1.2
6Ivanovic, Longin1647SRB−13N=19B+10N+17B+9N3.59.010.57.752006+89.2
7Niharika ChallaWCM1961IND+23B−8N+24N−15B+13N3.06.56.52.001936-0.2
8Dragojlovic, AndjelkoIM2093SRB+17N+7B=15N−2B−3N2.513.015.06.001936-8.7
9Strbac, Nemanja1689SRB+11B−3N+20B=14N−6B2.512.013.04.501884+42.8
10Aliabiev, Boris2033RUS=3B−11N−6B+24N+19B2.511.511.53.501715-30.2
11Notaros, KrasojeFM2077SRB−9N+10B+17N−3B=14B2.511.013.05.501836-13.4
12Mladenovic, Dusan1926SRB+21N=15B=3NF=4B2.511.012.06.001976+4.0
13Suvara, Filip2004SRB+6B−4N−1B+16N−7B2.014.516.55.501812-48.8
14Pasula, Milos2026SRBF+2B−5N=9B=11N2.012.512.56.502017+0.8
15Adamovic, Nikola2085SRBF=12N=8B+7N−2B2.012.014.05.502040-9.6
16Predarski, Stefan1786SRB−5N+21B−2N−13B+23N2.010.510.51.001751-11.2
17Pavlovic, Radivoj1759SRB−8B+23N−11B−6N+21B2.09.59.51.001629-14.8
18Lipai, Vjaceslav1723SRBF−1N−19B+23N+24B2.07.57.50.001589-10.2
19Solak, Rade1805SRB−4B=6N+18N−1B−10N1.514.016.03.751736-11.4
20Divljan, Borisa1990BIHF−5B−9N+21BF1.08.08.01.001105-23.4
21Islek, Kumsal0TUR−12B−16N+23B−20N−17N1.07.57.50.0015470.0
22Stankovic, Andrea2052SRBF+24B−4NFF1.07.57.50.001362-14.0
23Pletel, Nina1473SRB−7N−17B−21N−18B−16B0.09.010.00.00985-22.8
24Stankovic, Andrej A0SRBF−22N−7B−10B−18N0.08.58.50.0011410.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets