The 55th edition of the Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade took place from 2-10 March as a 10-player round-robin event.
IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Poland, 2374) triumphed in the championship scoring unbeaten 7.5 points. Maltsevskaya emerged in the leading position after five played rounds with a perfect score, and successfully maintained the leading position until the end. With a victory in the last round against WIM Sandra Djukic (Serbia, 2127), Aleksandra Maltsevskaya secured the sole first position.
WFM Elif Mehmed (Serbia, 2194) and WGM Lu Miaoyi (China, 2397) scored 7 points each to share 2-3 place. 20-year-old Elif Mehmed had an amazing performance to earn her final WGM norm, and thanks to better tiebreaks finished second. The top-seeded Lu Miaoyi came third.
The Closing ceremony took place yesterday with the attendance of legendary Serbian International Master Alisa Maric. Detailed information about the event can be found here / chess-results. Photos by Belgrade Chess Federation Facebook
Final rankings – Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2374 | 7.5 |
| 2 | WFM | Mehmed, Elif | SRB | 2194 | 7 |
| 3 | WGM | Lu, Miaoyi | CHN | 2392 | 7 |
| 4 | WGM | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | UKR | 2261 | 4.5 |
| 5 | WIM | Kubicka, Anna | POL | 2278 | 4.5 |
| 6 | WGM | Xu, Yuanyuan | CHN | 2288 | 4 |
| 7 | IM | Kulkarni, Bhakti | IND | 2372 | 3.5 |
| 8 | WIM | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | SRB | 2214 | 3.5 |
| 9 | WIM | Djukic, Sandra | SRB | 2127 | 2 |
| 10 | WFM | Vujovic, Vera | SRB | 2175 | 1.5 |
