18. Sombor open
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2026 in Sombor, Serbia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1943, and top seed was Drago Kurcubic (🇷🇸 SRB, 2187).
Robert Travica (🇷🇸 SRB, 2017) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Drago Kurcubic (7.0) and Igor Vujnovic (6.5). Travica won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ana Basaric (1550) beat Budimir Zakula (1825), a +275-point gap.
Location
🇷🇸Sombor, Serbia
Dates
11 Mar 2026 → 30 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×33
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsRobert Travica led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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4
2
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R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Robert Travica never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Robert Travica beat Drago Kurcubic (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Robert Travica 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Drago Kurcubic 4 wins (R1–R4)Miroslav Lalic 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Robert Travica | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Drago Kurcubic | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Miroslav Lalic | ½ | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4Igor Vujnovic | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travica, Robert | 2017 | SRB | +19N | +9B | +14N | +15B | +2N | =4B | +3N | +5B | +8N | 8.5 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 45.75 | 2350 | +54.0 |
| 2 | Kurcubic, Drago | 2187 | SRB | +17B | +8N | +5B | +4N | −1B | =3B | +6N | =10N | +13B | 7.0 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 38.25 | 2092 | -14.4 |
| 3 | Vujnovic, Igor | 1938 | SRB | +24B | −7N | +16N | +9B | +5B | =2N | −1B | +6N | +4N | 6.5 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 35.00 | 2038 | +21.4 |
| 4 | Lalic, Miroslav | 1919 | SRB | +22B | +33N | +7B | −2B | +15N | =1N | +17B | +16N | −3B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 28.75 | 2038 | +24.8 |
| 5 | Ivosevic, Nikola | 1915 | SRB | +6N | +13B | −2N | +10B | −3N | +19B | +14N | −1N | +11B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 29.00 | 2000 | +20.4 |
| 6 | Radanov, Nenad | 1655 | SRB | −5B | +31N | =11B | +21N | +12B | +7N | −2B | −3B | +15N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 45.0 | 23.00 | 1932 | +125.2 |
| 7 | Delija, Dragan | 1867 | SRB | +32N | +3B | −4N | +20B | =14N | −6B | −16B | +19N | +10B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 23.25 | 1917 | +12.2 |
| 8 | Stojkovic, Andreja | 1870 | CRO | +35B | −2B | −20N | +11N | +26B | −17N | +22B | +18N | −1B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 16.50 | 1810 | -13.2 |
| 9 | Stefanac, Marko | 1861 | SRB | +23B | −1N | +24B | −3N | =17B | −18N | =21N | +27B | +20N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 19.25 | 1804 | -11.4 |
| 10 | Gajcin, Sinisa | 1790 | SRB | +26N | −14B | +29N | −5N | +23B | +20B | =12N | =2B | −7N | 5.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 19.00 | 1839 | +9.0 |
| 11 | Pek, Istvan | 1831 | GER | −16N | +25B | =6N | −8B | =29N | +27B | +20N | +12B | −5N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 19.75 | 1829 | +0.8 |
| 12 | Stojanovski, Branko | 1929 | SRB | +20N | −15B | =19N | +18B | −6N | +29B | =10B | −11N | +24B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 19.00 | 1780 | -33.8 |
| 13 | Zakula, Budimir | 1825 | SRB | +34B | −5N | −22B | −23N | +28B | +26N | +25B | +14B | −2N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 15.00 | 1723 | -19.8 |
| 14 | Kovacs, Attila F | 1914 | SRB | +29B | +10N | −1B | =17N | =7B | +22N | −5B | −13N | =18B | 4.5 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 18.25 | 1804 | -25.6 |
| 15 | Knezevic, Janko | 1833 | SRB | +31B | +12N | +21B | −1N | −4B | =16N | =18B | =17N | −6B | 4.5 | 43.0 | 44.5 | 17.25 | 1787 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Kovacic, Budimir | 0 | SRB | +11B | =21N | −3B | F | =19N | =15B | +7N | −4B | +17N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 21.25 | 1864 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Babac, Zoran | 1772 | SRB | −2N | +32B | +34N | =14B | =9N | +8B | −4N | =15B | −16B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 39.0 | 14.00 | 1876 | +17.6 |
| 18 | Sasic, Miodrag | 1698 | SRB | F | +30N | =33B | −12N | +21B | +9B | =15N | −8B | =14N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 16.25 | 1877 | +38.4 |
| 19 | Cuk, Bogdan | 1769 | SRB | −1B | +35N | =12B | +22N | =16B | −5N | +23B | −7B | −21N | 4.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 12.75 | 1760 | +13.2 |
| 20 | Bakula, Milan | 1707 | SRB | −12B | +23N | +8B | −7N | +24B | −10N | −11B | +22N | −9B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 17.00 | 1752 | +10.8 |
| 21 | Sakic, Radislav | 1876 | SRB | +25N | =16B | −15N | −6B | −18N | F | =9B | +23N | +19B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 16.75 | 1703 | -30.0 |
| 22 | Kelic, Dusan | 1703 | SRB | −4N | +28B | +13N | −19B | +27N | −14B | −8N | −20B | +30N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 13.00 | 1686 | -4.0 |
| 23 | Basaric, Ana | 1550 | SRB | −9N | −20B | +28N | +13B | −10N | +31B | −19N | −21B | +29N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 11.50 | 1667 | +49.6 |
| 24 | Horvat, Stipan | 1756 | SRB | −3N | +27B | −9N | +31B | −20N | −25B | +32N | +29B | −12N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 8.00 | 1648 | -48.4 |
| 25 | Radanov, Uros | 1608 | SRB | −21B | −11N | +30B | −26N | +34B | +24N | −13N | +31B | F | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 8.00 | 1708 | +30.0 |
| 26 | Sarcanski, Miroslav | 0 | SRB | −10B | F | +32N | +25B | −8N | −13B | =29N | F | =28B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 8.00 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Stanic, Nikola | 1541 | SRB | −33B | −24N | +35B | +30N | −22B | −11N | F | −9N | +31B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.50 | 1605 | +18.8 |
| 28 | Siladjev, Nemanja | 1535 | SRB | F | −22N | −23B | F | −13N | =32B | +30N | +34B | =26N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.75 | 1485 | -15.2 |
| 29 | Stojanovic, Mihajlo J | 1647 | SRB | −14N | F | −10B | +34N | =11B | −12N | =26B | −24N | −23B | 2.0 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 4.50 | 1394 | -55.6 |
| 30 | Mitrovic, Nenad Dj | 1530 | SRB | F | −18B | −25N | −27B | F | +34N | −28B | +32N | −22B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2.00 | 1334 | -54.8 |
| 31 | Kokai, Lea | 1430 | SRB | −15N | −6B | F | −24N | =32B | −23N | +34B | −25N | −27N | 1.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 1.25 | 1221 | -48.0 |
| 32 | Garai, Marko | 1565 | SRB | −7B | −17N | −26B | F | =31N | =28N | −24B | −30B | =34N | 1.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 2.50 | 1375 | -56.0 |
| 33 | Mandaric, Petar | 1859 | SRB | +27N | −4B | =18N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.25 | 1718 | -10.0 |
| 34 | Nikolic, Branimir S | 0 | SRB | −13N | F | −17B | −29B | −25N | −30B | −31N | −28N | =32B | 0.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.75 | 1170 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Kovacic, Borislav Z | 1567 | SRB | −8N | −19B | −27N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 910 | -38.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Radanov, NenadSRB+125.25.5 pts · #7
- 2Travica, RobertSRB+54.08.5 pts · #1
- 3Basaric, AnaSRB+49.64.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Garai, MarkoSRB-56.01.5 pts · #31
- 2Stojanovic, Mihajlo JSRB-55.62.0 pts · #33
- 3Mitrovic, Nenad DjSRB-54.82.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R4+275 Elo gap
- R5+274 Elo gap
- R4+221 Elo gap