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.
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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.
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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 |