{"id":9245,"date":"2025-02-11T00:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessbd.com\/?p=9245"},"modified":"2025-02-11T00:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:20:18","slug":"77th-montenegrin-championship-nikita-petrov-defends-his-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/?p=9245","title":{"rendered":"77th Montenegrin Championship: Nikita Petrov defends his title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GM Nikita Petrov successfully defended his national title, winning the 2025 Montenegrin Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Held at the National Library &#8220;Radosav Ljumovi\u0107&#8221;, the 11-round Swiss tournament with classical time control took place from January 31 to February 9 in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. The event featured 50 of the country\u2019s strongest players, including five Grandmasters and five International Masters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/chessbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-15.png 1000w, https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-15-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-15-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Top-seeded Petrov took the lead at the tournament\u2019s midpoint and maintained a half-point advantage over FM Nemanja Vuk\u010devi\u0107 heading into the final round. After Vuk\u010devi\u0107 made a quick draw against Peko \u0110urovi\u0107, Petrov (pictured below, left)\u00a0needed only a half-point against Veljko \u0160\u0107eki\u0107 to clinch the title. However, he was not content with settling for less and defeated \u0160\u0107eki\u0107, finishing clear first with an impressive 9.5\/11. The champion scored eight wins, conceding only three draws throughout the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/chessbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-16.png 1000w, https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-16-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/chessbangladesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-16-768x558.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighth-seeded Nemanja Vuk\u010devi\u0107 remained in contention for gold until the very end and secured silver with 8.5\/11, gaining an impressive 46 rating points and securing an IM norm. GM Denis Kadri\u0107 won his final-round game to complete the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mateja Popovic became the most successful lady, while Ilija Milovi\u0107 was the best youngster in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final standings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Petrov, Nikita<\/td><td>2585<\/td><td>9\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>FM<\/td><td>Vukcevic, Nemanja<\/td><td>2312<\/td><td>8\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Kadric, Denis<\/td><td>2551<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>FM<\/td><td>Djurovic, Peko<\/td><td>2265<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>FM<\/td><td>Sukovic, Andrej<\/td><td>2264<\/td><td>7\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>GM<\/td><td>Nikcevic, Nebojsa<\/td><td>2333<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Kalezic, Blazo<\/td><td>2382<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Podlesnik, Bogdan<\/td><td>2288<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Vujosevic, Vladimir<\/td><td>2250<\/td><td>6\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>IM<\/td><td>Tomic, Aleksandar<\/td><td>2309<\/td><td>6\u00bd<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr1100306.aspx?lan=11&amp;art=1&amp;rd=11&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30\">Complete final standings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sahcg.me\/\">\u0160ahovski savez Crne Gore Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM Nikita Petrov successfully defended his national title, winning the 2025 Montenegrin Championship. 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