{"id":1346,"date":"2026-05-25T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:02:44","slug":"milan-jovanovic-ponovo-na-vrhu-trijumf-u-valjevu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/objave\/milan-jovanovic-ponovo-na-vrhu-trijumf-u-valjevu\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan Jovanovi\u0107 on Top Again \u2013 Triumph in Valjevo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the tournament held from May 22 to 24, 2026, in Valjevo, Milan Jovanovi\u0107 confirmed that he is currently in peak form on the Serbian backgammon scene, winning the 6th Valjevo Backgammon Open with an impressive record of 10 wins and only a single loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The starting list featured 38 players from Serbia, North Macedonia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bulgaria. The tournament was played under a pure Swiss system with a triple-elimination rule\u2014where every loss is costly, but players get a genuine chance to showcase their skills to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Particularly striking was the battle of Erduan Jablani\u010danin, the 2025 Serbian champion, who found himself on the brink of elimination as early as the third round after suffering two consecutive losses at the very start of the tournament. However, the experience and class of the champion shone through; Jablani\u010danin bounced back to finish the tournament in 13th place with four wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jovanovi\u0107’s most dangerous rival was Suad Rujevi\u0107, who looked unstoppable for a long time. He started with five consecutive wins and only faltered for the first time in the sixth round, precisely against Jovanovi\u0107. The two players continued to trade places at the top of the standings, with Jovanovi\u0107 also defeating Sava Nada\u017edin twice along the way. Before the start of the 11th round, only two players remained at the top of the table\u2014Jovanovi\u0107 and Rujevi\u0107, each with just one loss. Jovanovi\u0107 left no room for drama, defeating Rujevi\u0107 in both the 11th and 12th rounds to secure the title in the most convincing way possible. Third place went to Goran Meloski from North Macedonia with a 6-3 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milan Jovanovi\u0107 takes home the trophy from Valjevo just two weeks after winning the title in Novi Sad. If this is a sign of a championship season to come, the rest of the calendar promises a thrilling competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On an interesting note, Milan also organized this tournament. Some have to work, and some have to win. He decided to do both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the tournament held from May 22 to 24, 2026, in Valjevo, Milan Jovanovi\u0107 confirmed that he is currently in peak form on the Serbian backgammon scene, winning the 6th Valjevo Backgammon Open with an impressive record of 10 wins and only a single loss. The starting list featured 38 players from Serbia, North Macedonia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1621,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions\/1621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backgammon.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}