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31st Montenegro Youth Championship - U15

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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.

Location
🇲🇪Petrovac, Montenegro
Dates
08 Apr 2026 → 13 Apr 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
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇪Kira Popova1776
Avg top 10
1,596
Participants
23
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇪Montenegro×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Mihajlovic takes leadPeric takes lead
Peric7Popova7Milovic6Novakovic5.5Palkhouski5.5Pesic5.5— ex-leaders:Mihajlovicled R5–R6, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Apr

Stefan Mihajlovic takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Peric takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Toman Peric drew with Kira Popova (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Toman Peric*
½
1
2Kira Popova
½
*
1
0
3Sofija Milovic
0
0
*
4Ilija Novakovic
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Peric, Toman1700MNE+17N+12B=5N+3B=2N+9B=8N+6B=4N7.044.047.035.251839+46.4
2Popova, Kira1776MNE+10B7N+17B+12N=1B=6N+4B+5B+3N7.044.047.035.251737-7.2
3Milovic, Sofija1685MNE+14B+13N+8B1N5N+15B+9N+18B2B6.041.544.024.501635-16.4
4Palkhouski, Hleb0MNE+6B9N+10B+8N+7B5B2N+15N=1B5.546.049.528.5016130.0
5Mihajlovic, Stefan1575MNE+20B+23N=1B+7N+3B+4N6B2N8B5.544.545.524.001583+0.4
6Pesic, Damjan1671MNE4N+11B+19N+15B=9N=2B+5N1N=7B5.543.546.024.751639-8.0
7Novakovic, Ilija1464MNE+21N+2B=9N5B4N+10B=12N+8B=6N5.543.045.527.251695+96.0
8Potpara, Andrija1542MNE+16N+15B3N4B+14N+19B=1B7N+5N5.540.543.022.501579+9.6
9Vujacic, Ognjen1507MNE=11N+4B=7B+14N=6B1N3B=10N+13B5.043.047.023.751446-17.6
10Samardzic, Matija1453MNE2N+16B4N=11B+23N7N+13B=9B+20N5.037.538.515.751309-21.2
11Radovic, Antonija0MNE=9B6N=20B=10N=13B18N+22N=12B+23N4.530.531.513.2513830.0
12Trubina, Amelija1507MNE+22B1N+13B2B19N+20N=7B=11N14B4.037.039.013.501374-19.2
13Popovic, Bogdan0MNE+18N3B12N=16B=11N+14B10N+17B9N4.035.037.513.5012950.0
14Kapidani, Hadi0MNE3N+21B+18N9B8B13N+16BF+12N4.033.033.012.5015280.0
15Sredanovic, Marko1472MNE+19B8N+23B6N+21B3NF4B=18N3.533.034.07.251415-16.0
16Poperechnyi, Grigorii0MNE8B10N+22B=13N17BF14N+23B+21B3.527.027.07.5013400.0
17Banovic, Andrija0MNE1B+22N2N19B+16N+21BF13NF3.032.032.08.0015000.0
18Sljivic, Neda1524MNE13B+20N14B21NF+11BF3N=15B2.529.529.58.751246-41.2
19Zekovic, Milos0MNE15NF6B+17N+12B8NF=20B22N2.528.528.58.2513550.0
20FIDE 1651354105N18B=11N=23B+22N12BF=19N10B2.527.027.06.007150.0
21Shevtsova, Varvara1400MNE7B14NF+18B15N17N=23B+22B16N2.525.025.05.001362-5.6
22FIDE 16513410012N17B16NF20B+23N11B21N+19B2.023.523.53.506540.0
23FIDE 165135500F5B15N=20N10B22B=21N16N11B1.029.029.02.5011530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets