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Jubilarni Open sks Anpasan

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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Novi, Serbia. 5 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1993, and top seed was Milko Popchev (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2176).

Niharika Challa (🇮🇳 IND, WFM, 1961) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Milko Popchev (7.0) and Boris Aliabiev (7.0). Challa shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jovan Popov (1847) beat Andjelko Dragojlovic (IM, 2086), a +239-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Novi, Serbia
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬GMMilko Popchev2176
Avg top 10
1,993
Participants
23
Titled players · 5
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇷🇸Serbia×19
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Niharika Challa led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Challa7.5Popchev7Aliabiev7Vujevic6Gatin5Notaros4.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Niharika Challa held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Niharika Challa beat GM Milko Popchev (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+4 wins

WFM Niharika Challa posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 4 in a row (R5–R8) — total 7 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMNiharika Challa*
1
0
1
2GMMilko Popchev
0
*
½
½
3Boris Aliabiev
1
½
*
0
4Tomislav Vujevic
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Niharika ChallaWFM1961IND+13B+12N+11B−3N+2N+4B+5N+9B=7B7.541.044.535.252188+48.8
2Popchev, MilkoGM2176BUL+17B+8N=3B+7N−1B+11N+6B=4B+5N7.042.545.531.502126-3.7
3Aliabiev, Boris1954RUS+23N+5B=2N+1B−4N+9B+8B=6N+16B7.042.042.030.252156+45.8
4Vujevic, Tomislav1906SRB−5N+16B+18N+17B+3B−1N+14B=2N=6B6.040.543.024.752033+30.6
5Gatin, Artur1758SRB+4B−3N−8B+21N+20B+10N−1B+11N−2B5.041.543.017.001921+71.6
6Notaros, KrasojeFM2077SRB=15BF+12N=8B=14N+13B−2N=3B=4N4.538.538.519.251965-10.5
7Milenkovic, Zoran1885SRBF=14B+20N−2B−9N+12B+11B=8N=1N4.536.036.016.751976+19.6
8Avram, Veso1894SRB+18B−2B+5N=6NF+16B−3N=7B=19B4.536.036.016.251918+5.4
9Dragojlovic, AndjelkoIM2086SRB−11N+23B=14N+20B+7B−3N+10B−1NF4.532.032.012.251937-13.9
10Divljan, Borisa1990BIH+16N−11B−17N+15B+19N−5B−9N=13B=14N4.029.532.012.501805-42.4
11Popov, Jovan1847SRB+9B+10N−1N+13BF−2B−7N−5B=12N3.539.539.513.751892+7.2
12Mihailovic, Milos1855SRB+21N−1B−6B−16N+18B−7N+13NF=11B3.530.530.59.251766-19.2
13Rybintseva, Oksana1765SRB−1NF+15B−11N+21B−6N−12B=10N+20N3.530.030.09.001800+10.8
14Avram, SretkoFM2004SRB+19B=7N=9BF=6BF−4N=16N=10B3.529.029.012.751920-14.6
15Todorovic, Predrag1824SRB=6N−20B−13N−10NF+18B+17B−19N+21B3.523.523.59.251742-18.0
16Molnar, Atila1743SRB−10B−4NF+12B+17N−8N=19B=14B−3N3.034.034.09.501815+25.6
17Vukovic, Cvetko1855SRB−2N+21B+10B−4N−16B=19N−15N=20B−18N3.030.532.07.751678-42.2
18Ivanovic, Longin1648SRB−8NF−4BF−12N−15N+20B=21N+17B2.526.526.55.751687+10.0
19Sidjimoski, Dimitrija1756SRB−14NFFF−10B=17B=16N+15B=8N2.524.024.08.751828+20.0
20Borbas, Petar1641SRB=22B+15N−7B−9N−5N−21B−18N=17N−13B2.028.028.55.251562-19.0
21Musaev, Artur1548SRB−12B−17NF−5B−13N+20NF=18B−15N1.523.023.03.251534-5.2
22Kostic, Stefan S1719SRB=20NFFFFFFFF0.52.02.01.001641-2.2
23Ilincic, Momir1823SRB−3B−9NFFFFFFF0.014.514.50.001219-10.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets