GM Eltaj Safarli wins Serbia Chess Open 2024

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The 4th edition of the Serbia Chess Open finished yesterday in Belgrade. The event featured more than 10 tournaments and 30.000 euros in prizes, with the Masters tournament main on the programme.

GM Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan, 2600) emerged as the sole winner of the Masters section scoring unbeaten 7.5/9 points. He finished a full point ahead of eight players who tied for second place, clinching the money prize of 5.000 euros.

IM Ariel Erenberg (Israel, 2493) had the best tiebreak criteria finishing second, GM Sabino Brunello (Italy, 2506) was third, GM Andreas Kelires (Greece, 2516) came fourth, IM Bojan Maksimovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2488) finished fifth, GM Denis Makhnev (Kazakhstan, 2545) ended sixth, GM Ferenc Berkes (Hungary, 2612) came seventh, IM Aswath S (India, 2371) was eight and IM Suresh Harsh (India, 2415) was the last one in the group.

WCM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (Mongolia, 2125) had a fantastic tournament and scored 5.5 points to be the best-ranked female player. She earned 64.8 elo points, and performed with 2397 rating to win WGM norm. WGM Josefine Heinemann (Germany, 2279) and WGM Marina Gajcin (Serbia, 2305) scored 5 points each, but Heinemann had slightly better tiebreaks to be second women player, and Gajcin won third place.

Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Safarli, Eltaj		AZE	2600	7.5
2	IM	Erenberg, Ariel		ISR	2493	6.5
3	GM	Brunello, Sabino		ITA	2506	6.5
4	GM	Kelires, Andreas		GRE	2516	6.5
5	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan		BIH	2488	6.5
6	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2545	6.5
7	GM	Berkes, Ferenc		HUN	2612	6.5
8	IM	Aswath, S		IND	2371	6.5
9	IM	Harsh, Suresh		IND	2415	6.5
10	GM	Balakrishnan, Praveen		USA	2503	6
11	IM	Mardov, Dimitar		USA	2484	6
12	FM	Bykov, Egor		RUS	2424	6
13	GM	Markus, Robert		SRB	2595	6
14	CM	Bharadia, Yash		IND	2176	6
15	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh		MGL	2418	6
16	GM	Dragnev, Valentin		AUT	2557	6
17		Bhattacharyya, Soham		IND	2477	6
18	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan		SRB	2536	6
19	IM	Radovanovic, Mihajlo		SRB	2438	6
20	FM	Culum, Sanjin		BIH	2390	5.5
21	IM	Wang, Shixu B		CHN	2422	5.5
22	FM	Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl		IRI	2283	5.5
23	GM	Priasmoro, Novendra		INA	2513	5.5
24	FM	Rohit, S		IND	2363	5.5
25	FM	Zhukov, Anton		FID	2237	5.5
26	IM	Polschikov, Alexey		RUS	2376	5.5
27	IM	Uskov, Artem		FID	2443	5.5
28	IM	Pang, Tao		CHN	2494	5.5
29	FM	Tulchynskyi, Feliks		UKR	2206	5.5
30	FM	Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt		MGL	2402	5.5
31	FM	Orujov, Farid		AZE	2243	5.5
32	AIM	Vershinin, Igor		RUS	2092	5.5
33		Akhmedov, David		FID	2263	5.5
34	GM	Atalik, Suat		SRB	2456	5.5
35	FM	Apoorv, Kamble		IND	2269	5.5
36	FM	Tudor, Henry Edward		ROU	2403	5.5
37	FM	Veljanoski, Andrej		MKD	2291	5.5
38	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek		KAZ	2476	5.5
39	GM	Damljanovic, Branko		SRB	2364	5.5
40	CM	Bauer, Thomas		AUT	2164	5.5
41	WCM	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	w	MGL	2125	5.5
42		Xu, Junwei		CHN	2138	5.5
43	IM	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi		INA	2370	5
44		Bukreev, Stanislav		RUS	2195	5
45	GM	Ivanov, Mikhail M		SRB	2252	5
46	GM	Todorovic, Goran M		SRB	2288	5
47		Jiang, Qinyu		CHN	2246	5
48	FM	Khripachenko, Alexander		FID	2341	5
49		Wang, Yanbin		CHN	2435	5
50	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	w	GER	2279	5
51	WGM	Gajcin, Marina	w	SRB	2305	5
52	IM	Pasti, Aron		HUN	2401	5
53	FM	Nurgaliyev, Sauat		KAZ	2354	4.5
54		Li, Guohao		CHN	2331	4.5
55	FM	Korshunov, Sergey And.		FID	2361	4.5
56	FM	Krivenko, Sergei		FID	2268	4.5
57		Arnav, Maheshwari		IND	2328	4.5
58		Xi, Qi		CHN	2209	4.5
59	IM	Filip, Lucian-Ioan		ROU	2346	4.5
60		Vasilkov, Nikolay		FID	2066	4.5
61	FM	Albers, Sasa		NED	2309	4.5
62	FM	Ernst, Robert		AUT	2292	4.5
63	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa		IND	2277	4.5
64	AFM	Zlatkov, Anton		MKD	2301	4.5
65	IM	Nie, Xinyang		CHN	2395	4.5
66	FM	Ciolek, Andreas		GER	2277	4.5
67		Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos		GRE	2225	4.5
68		Gagic, Milan A		SRB	2280	4.5
69	FM	Filip, Andrei		ROU	2325	4.5
70	FM	Popovic, Dragan B		SRB	2159	4.5
71	GM	Zajic, Milan		SRB	2453	4.5
72	FM	Rahman, Masruri		INA	2318	4.5
73	FM	Anand, Batsukh		MGL	2264	4.5
74		Tsarsitalidis, Christos		GRE	2210	4.5
75	FM	Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.		HUN	2357	4.5
76		Dumbelovic, Novak		SRB	2044	4.5
77	CM	Willy, Stephen		USA	2148	4.5
78	WFM	Mehmed, Elif	w	SRB	2269	4.5
79		Cao, Qingfeng		CHN	2189	4.5
80	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	w	GER	2223	4.5
81	WFM	Vujovic, Vera	w	SRB	2135	4.5
82		Koudounis, Vasileios		GRE	2217	4.5
83	FM	Selbes, Tamer Tarik		TUR	2183	4
84	FM	Omorjan, Dejan		SRB	2303	4
85	CM	Yilmaz, Baver		TUR	2280	4
86	FM	Alexiadis, Hristos		GRE	2378	4
87		Lupolov, Boris		RUS	2097	4
88	WIM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	w	SRB	2216	4
89		Popvasilev, Kaloyan		GER	2252	4
90	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	w	GEO	2169	4
91		Krunic, Dusan		SRB	2132	4
92	FM	Durucay, Uygar		TUR	2164	4
93		Pranav, K P		IND	2243	3.5
94	FM	Stankovic, Boris		SRB	2304	3.5
95	FM	Averin, Nikolay		FID	2223	3.5
96	CM	Shogdzhiev, Roman		FID	2044	3.5
97		Alok, Sinha		IND	2245	3.5
98		Kovac, Petar		CRO	2267	3.5
99	CM	Todev, Simeon		BUL	2138	3.5
100	CM	Mijatovic, Dusan		SRB	2141	3.5
101	FM	Carnic, Srdjan		SRB	2229	3.5
102	FM	Martic, Ivan		SRB	2273	3.5
103		Sperat Czar, Nicolas		FRA	2153	3.5
104		Kutanjac, Aleksandar		SRB	2094	3.5
105		Stefanovic, Bosko		SRB	2073	3.5
106		Ivanovic, Leonid		SRB	2078	3.5
107	IM	Andrijevic, Milan		SRB	2109	3.5
108		Ciocani, Iosif		ROU	2133	3.5
109	IM	Dragojlovic, Andjelko		SRB	2106	3.5
110	WFM	Mihelic, Vesna	w	SLO	2151	3.5
111	WFM	Khuslen, Erdenebayar	w	MGL	2139	3.5
112		Li, Panru	w	CHN	2095	3.5
113		Hu, Jiani	w	CHN	2139	3
114		Doraszelski, Alexander		GER	2250	3
115	IM	Masic, Predrag		SRB	2176	3
116		Colev, Ivor		CRO	2131	3
117		Savic, Nemanja		SRB	2110	3
118		Pasti, Zsombor		HUN	2039	3
119	CM	Khakhinov, Ilya		RUS	2236	3
120		Petrusic, Velimir		SRB	2080	2.5
121		Kanizaj, Benjamin		CRO	2110	2.5
122	WFM	Grozdanovic, Anastasia	w	SRB	2035	2.5
123	CM	Sahin, Sarp		TUR	2187	2.5
124	WGM	Eric, Jovana	w	SRB	2181	2.5
125	IM	Rozen, Eytan		ISR	2495	2.5
126	IM	Kushagra, Mohan		IND	2367	2
127		Leskovac, Nikola		SRB	2188	2
128	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	w	AUT	2053	2
129	FM	Plichta, Kamil		POL	2401	2
130		Vujatovic, Irina	w	SRB	1995	2
131		Phatak, Aanjaneya		IND	2189	1.5
132		Brankovic, Vladislav		SRB	2148	1.5
133		Mijic, Sara	w	SRB	1978	1.5
134		Pasula, Milos		SRB	1968	1.5
135	FM	Spasic, Petar		SRB	2356	1.5
136	FM	Jocev, Milan		SRB	2247	1.5
137	WGM	Zakurdjaeva, Irina	w	RUS	2175	0.5
138	FM	Spiric, Igor		SRB	2216	0
139	GM	Pap, Misa		SRB	2399	0