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Montenegro Individual Women Championship 2026

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2026 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Top 10 Elo average was 1465, and top seed was Mateja Popovic (🇲🇪 MNE, 1948).

Mateja Popovic (🇲🇪 MNE, 1948) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Kira Popova (6.0) and Katarina Djukic (4.5). Popovic won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Dusica Petrusic (1560) beat Sofija Milovic (1685), a +125-point gap.

Location
🇲🇪Podgorica, Montenegro
Dates
27 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇪Mateja Popovic1948
Avg top 10
1,465
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇪Montenegro×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Mateja Popovic led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Popovic#1Popova#2Djukic#3Petrusic#4Zlokovic#5Bajic#7Milovic#6#8
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Mateja Popovic held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mateja Popovic drew with Kira Popova (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mateja Popovic 6 wins (R1–R6)Kira Popova 4 wins (R1–R4)Katarina Djukic 4 wins (R2–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇲🇪Popovic, Mateja1948*½1111116.517.5020.5+8.62043
2🇲🇪Popova, Kira1776½*1½11116.015.7521.0+44.41930
3🇲🇪Djukic, Katarina173300*½11114.58.0022.5-1.61721
4🇲🇪Petrusic, Dusica15600½½*½½114.09.0023.0+38.01693
5🇲🇪Zlokovic, Nadja1530000½*1012.54.0024.5-12.81502
7🇲🇪Bajic, Marija1484000½0*½12.02.7525.0-20.01422
6🇲🇪Milovic, Sofija168500001½*—1.53.5025.5-65.21479
8FIDE 165116890000000—*0.00.0027.00.0872

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets