U osmom kolu lider turnira, ukrajinski velemajstor Egor Bogdanov savladao je slovenačkog šahistu FM Davida Stevanića i sa poenom prednosti se izdvojio uoči poslednjeg kola. U devetom kolu dovoljan mu je remi protiv indijskog šahiste IM Nitina S, za trijumf na turniru. IM Nitin S. se nalazi u grupi od 6 igrača sa 5,5 poena i pobjedom bi mogao da stigne vodećeg po broju poena. Naši velemajstori Dragiša Blagojević i Milan Draško imaju po 5 poena, dok velemajstor Stefan Đurić ima 4,5 poena.
Rezultati 8.kola 2025/12/19 u 15,00
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Result | Black | Rtg | |||
| 1 | GM | Bogdanov, Egor | 2502 | 1 – 0 | FM | Stevanic, David | 2354 | |
| 2 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2413 | ½ – ½ | IM | Nitin, S. | 2341 | |
| 3 | CM | Jagreet, Misra | 2269 | 1 – 0 | GM | Blagojevic, Dragisa | 2446 | |
| 4 | NM | Radenic, Filip | 2261 | 1 – 0 | IM | Rogulj, Branko | 2246 | |
| 5 | MK | Mandalinic, David | 2127 | 1 – 0 | GM | Djuric, Stefan | 2230 | |
| 6 | IM | Larkin, Vladyslav | 2478 | 1 – 0 | Danicic, Anze | 2014 | ||
| 7 | Boggarapu, Kritan | 1980 | ½ – ½ | FM | Sundac, Ivano *) | 2292 | ||
| 8 | Aljo, Johan | 2031 | 0 – 1 | GM | Drasko, Milan | 2311 | ||
| 9 | CM | Petrus, Adrian | 2086 | 1 – 0 | CM | Tomljanovic, Ivano | 2094 | |
| 10 | Arun, Nitish | 2163 | 1 – 0 | CM | Novak, Ratko | 2020 | ||
| 11 | Zuzek, Bor | 2011 | ½ – ½ | Darshan, G | 2066 | |||
| 12 | Glas, Bruno | 2056 | 0 – 1 | Feigin, Daniel | 1885 | |||
| 13 | II | Juranovic, Ljudevit | 1900 | ½ – ½ | Mestek, Igor | 2054 | ||
| 14 | Nikhil, T L | 1872 | 0 – 1 | CM | Ivancic, Ivan | 1990 | ||
| 15 | WFM | Arya, G Mallar | 2101 | 0 – 1 | Mihic, Adam | 1890 | ||
| 16 | Bagdia, Shourya | 1686 | ½ – ½ | MK | Kolednjak, Tomislav | 2092 | ||
| 17 | I | Haidinger, Erik | 1937 | ½ – ½ | WCM | Drishtee, Ghosh | 2021 | |
| 18 | II | Maksic, Vedran | 1896 | 0 – 1 | I | Grgurevic, Benjamin | 2008 | |
| 19 | II | Bedekovic, Jakov | 1929 | 0 – 1 | I | Kresic, Vid | 1917 | |
| 20 | Ramesh Nair, Advait | 1812 | 1 – 0 | II | Kaselic, Noa | 1729 | ||
| 21 | Hlebec, Jure | 1773 | 1 – 0 | Mihic, Peter | 1872 |
Stanje posle 8.kola
| Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | |
| 1 | GM | Bogdanov, Egor | UKR | 2502 | 6,5 | ||
| 2 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | IND | 2413 | 5,5 | ||
| 3 | IM | Nitin, S. | IND | 2341 | 5,5 | ||
| 4 | NM | Radenic, Filip | CRO | 2261 | 5,5 | ||
| 5 | FM | Stevanic, David | SLO | 2354 | 5,5 | ||
| 6 | MK | Mandalinic, David | U20 | CRO | 2127 | 5,5 | |
| 7 | CM | Jagreet, Misra | U16 | IND | 2269 | 5,5 | |
| 8 | GM | Drasko, Milan | S60 | MNE | 2311 | 5 | |
| 9 | GM | Blagojevic, Dragisa | MNE | 2446 | 5 | ||
| 10 | IM | Larkin, Vladyslav | UKR | 2478 | 5 | ||
| 11 | IM | Rogulj, Branko | S60 | CRO | 2246 | 4,5 | |
| 12 | Arun, Nitish | U16 | IRL | 2163 | 4,5 | ||
| 13 | Boggarapu, Kritan | U16 | SCO | 1980 | 4,5 | ||
| 14 | GM | Djuric, Stefan | S60 | SRB | 2230 | 4,5 | |
| 15 | FM | Sundac, Ivano | U20 | CRO | 2292 | 4,5 | |
| 16 | CM | Petrus, Adrian | U16 | CRO | 2086 | 4,5 | |
| 17 | Feigin, Daniel | U16 | KOR | 1885 | 4,5 | ||
| 18 | Darshan, G | U16 | IND | 2066 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Danicic, Anze | U16 | SLO | 2014 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Aljo, Johan | U16 | CAN | 2031 | 4 |
Parovi 9.kola 2025/12/20 u 10,00
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | |||
| 1 | IM | Nitin, S. | 2341 | 5½ | 6½ | GM | Bogdanov, Egor | 2502 | ||
| 2 | MK | Mandalinic, David | 2127 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2413 | ||
| 3 | FM | Stevanic, David | 2354 | 5½ | 5½ | CM | Jagreet, Misra | 2269 | ||
| 4 | GM | Blagojevic, Dragisa | 2446 | 5 | 5½ | NM | Radenic, Filip | 2261 | ||
| 5 | GM | Drasko, Milan | 2311 | 5 | 5 | IM | Larkin, Vladyslav | 2478 | ||
| 6 | IM | Rogulj, Branko | 2246 | 4½ | 4½ | Arun, Nitish | 2163 | |||
| 7 | CM | Tomljanovic, Ivano | 2094 | 4 | 4½ | FM | Sundac, Ivano *) | 2292 | ||
| 8 | GM | Djuric, Stefan | 2230 | 4½ | 4½ | Boggarapu, Kritan | 1980 |
Bogdanov,Egor (2502) – Stevanic,David (2354) [C42]
ADVENTSKI Å AHOVSKI FESTIVAL 2025- CRIKV Hotel Marina Selce, Emila Anti (8), 19.12.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Qd3 Nd7 9.0–0–0 c6 10.h4 Qa5 11.Qe4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qf3 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 f5 16.Bf4 Qe6 17.Re3 Qf7 18.Kb1 Rfe8 19.h5 d5 20.Rhe1 Bc5 21.Re5 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Bd6 23.Re1 Bxf4 24.Qxf4 Qxh5 25.Qc7 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.a4 Qe1+ 28.Ka2 Qxf2 29.Qc8+ Kf7 30.Qxb7+ Kf8 31.Qxc6 Qxg2 32.Qa8+ Ke7 33.Qxa7+ Kd6 34.Qb6+ Kd7 35.Qb7+ Kd6 36.a5 Qxc2 37.Qb4+ Kc6 38.a6 Qe4 39.Qb7+ Kc5 40.Ka3 Qb1 41.b4+ Kd6 42.Qb6+ Kd7 43.Qb5+ Ke6 44.Qc6+ Ke5 45.Ka4 Qa2+ 46.Kb5 f4 47.Qe8+ Kf5 48.Kb6 f3
49.a7 g5 50.a8Q Qxa8 51.Qxa8 Ke4 52.c4 Kf4 53.Qxd5 f2 54.Qg2 1–0
Radenic,Filip (2261) – Rogulj,Branko (2246) [A67]
ADVENTSKI Å AHOVSKI FESTIVAL 2025- CRIKV Hotel Marina Selce, Emila Anti (8), 19.12.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Be2 a6 10.a4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.Nf3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qxe4 14.0–0 Nf6 15.c4 Bf5 16.Ra3 0–0 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Nh4 Qe4 20.Bb2 Nbd7 21.Re1 Qxc4 22.Nxf5 Rfe8 23.Rae3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Kf8 25.Bxf6 Nxf6
26.Qa1 1–0
Lijepu matnu mrežu „ispleo“ je velemajstor Milan Draško protiv kanadskog šahiste Johana Aljo-a:
Aljo,Johan (2031) – Drasko,Milan (2311) [E14]
ADVENTSKI Å AHOVSKI FESTIVAL 2025- CRIKV Hotel Marina Selce, Emila Anti (8), 19.12.2025
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 0–0 8.Be2 d6 9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.0–0 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 Kf8 13.Rac1 c5 14.Qc3 Rac8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.b5 Nb6 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.a4 f5 19.a5 Nd7 20.Nd2 Ng5 21.f3 Nf6 22.Nf1 e5 23.Qc2 g6 24.f4 Nf7 25.h3 Re8 26.Re1 Qc7 27.a6 Ba8 28.Nd2 Re6 29.Bf3 Bxf3 30.Nxf3 Rce8 31.Qf2 Ne4 32.Qh4 Kg8 33.g4 fxg4 34.hxg4
34…g5 35.Qh2 gxf4 36.exf4 exf4 37.Qxf4 Qe7 38.Kg2 Rf8 39.Qe3 Nfg5 40.Nxg5 Nxg5 41.Qc3
41…Re2+ 42.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 43.Kh1 Qe4+ 44.Kg1 Qxg4+ 45.Kh1 Qe4+ 46.Kg1 Nf3+ 47.Kh1 Qh4+ 48.Kg2 Qg4+ 49.Kf2 Nd4+
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