31st Montenegro Youth Championship - U15
23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Apr 2026 to 13 Apr 2026 in Petrovac, Montenegro. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Kira Popova (🇲🇪 MNE, 1776).
Toman Peric (🇲🇪 MNE, 1700) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Kira Popova (7.0) and Sofija Milovic (6.0). Peric shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ilija Novakovic (1464) beat Kira Popova (1776), a +312-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Stefan Mihajlovic takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Peric takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).
Toman Peric drew with Kira Popova (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Toman Peric | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Kira Popova | ½ | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Sofija Milovic | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Ilija Novakovic | — | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peric, Toman | 1700 | MNE | +17N | +12B | =5N | +3B | =2N | +9B | =8N | +6B | =4N | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 35.25 | 1839 | +46.4 |
| 2 | Popova, Kira | 1776 | MNE | +10B | −7N | +17B | +12N | =1B | =6N | +4B | +5B | +3N | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 35.25 | 1737 | -7.2 |
| 3 | Milovic, Sofija | 1685 | MNE | +14B | +13N | +8B | −1N | −5N | +15B | +9N | +18B | −2B | 6.0 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 24.50 | 1635 | -16.4 |
| 4 | Palkhouski, Hleb | 0 | MNE | +6B | −9N | +10B | +8N | +7B | −5B | −2N | +15N | =1B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 28.50 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mihajlovic, Stefan | 1575 | MNE | +20B | +23N | =1B | +7N | +3B | +4N | −6B | −2N | −8B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 45.5 | 24.00 | 1583 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Pesic, Damjan | 1671 | MNE | −4N | +11B | +19N | +15B | =9N | =2B | +5N | −1N | =7B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1639 | -8.0 |
| 7 | Novakovic, Ilija | 1464 | MNE | +21N | +2B | =9N | −5B | −4N | +10B | =12N | +8B | =6N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 27.25 | 1695 | +96.0 |
| 8 | Potpara, Andrija | 1542 | MNE | +16N | +15B | −3N | −4B | +14N | +19B | =1B | −7N | +5N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 22.50 | 1579 | +9.6 |
| 9 | Vujacic, Ognjen | 1507 | MNE | =11N | +4B | =7B | +14N | =6B | −1N | −3B | =10N | +13B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 23.75 | 1446 | -17.6 |
| 10 | Samardzic, Matija | 1453 | MNE | −2N | +16B | −4N | =11B | +23N | −7N | +13B | =9B | +20N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 15.75 | 1309 | -21.2 |
| 11 | Radovic, Antonija | 0 | MNE | =9B | −6N | =20B | =10N | =13B | −18N | +22N | =12B | +23N | 4.5 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 13.25 | 1383 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Trubina, Amelija | 1507 | MNE | +22B | −1N | +13B | −2B | −19N | +20N | =7B | =11N | −14B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 13.50 | 1374 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Popovic, Bogdan | 0 | MNE | +18N | −3B | −12N | =16B | =11N | +14B | −10N | +17B | −9N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 13.50 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kapidani, Hadi | 0 | MNE | −3N | +21B | +18N | −9B | −8B | −13N | +16B | F | +12N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 12.50 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sredanovic, Marko | 1472 | MNE | +19B | −8N | +23B | −6N | +21B | −3N | F | −4B | =18N | 3.5 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 7.25 | 1415 | -16.0 |
| 16 | Poperechnyi, Grigorii | 0 | MNE | −8B | −10N | +22B | =13N | −17B | F | −14N | +23B | +21B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 7.50 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Banovic, Andrija | 0 | MNE | −1B | +22N | −2N | −19B | +16N | +21B | F | −13N | F | 3.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 8.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sljivic, Neda | 1524 | MNE | −13B | +20N | −14B | −21N | F | +11B | F | −3N | =15B | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 8.75 | 1246 | -41.2 |
| 19 | Zekovic, Milos | 0 | MNE | −15N | F | −6B | +17N | +12B | −8N | F | =20B | −22N | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 8.25 | 1355 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 16513541 | 0 | — | −5N | −18B | =11N | =23B | +22N | −12B | F | =19N | −10B | 2.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 6.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Shevtsova, Varvara | 1400 | MNE | −7B | −14N | F | +18B | −15N | −17N | =23B | +22B | −16N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5.00 | 1362 | -5.6 |
| 22 | FIDE 16513410 | 0 | — | −12N | −17B | −16N | F | −20B | +23N | −11B | −21N | +19B | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.50 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 16513550 | 0 | — | F | −5B | −15N | =20N | −10B | −22B | =21N | −16N | −11B | 1.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 2.50 | 1153 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Novakovic, IlijaMNE+96.05.5 pts · #1
- 2Peric, TomanMNE+46.47.0 pts · #2
- 3Potpara, AndrijaMNE+9.65.5 pts · #8
- 1Sljivic, NedaMNE-41.22.5 pts · #19
- 2Samardzic, MatijaMNE-21.25.0 pts · #18
- 3Trubina, AmelijaMNE-19.24.0 pts · #20
- R2+312 Elo gap
- R4+124 Elo gap
- R5+110 Elo gap