GM Momchil Petkov wins Skopje Chess Open 2024

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The 2024 edition of the traditional Skopje Chess Open took place from 11-17 December in North Macedonia’s capital. The event gathered nearly 100 players from 16 countries who competed for the prize fund of 10.300 EUR.

After nine played rounds, as many as four players tied for the top scoring 7 points each: GM Momchil Petkov (Bulgaria, 2545), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Ukraine, 2546), GM Denis Kadric (Montenegro, 2544), and GM Radoslav Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 2468). Having the best tiebreaks criteria, 19-year-old GM Momchil Petkov won the event, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy came second, GM Denis Kadric was third, and GM Radoslav Dimitrov finished fourth.

The best-ranked female player in the field was WGM Fiona Sieber (Germany, 2236) who scored 6 points and had slightly better tiebreaks WGM Victoria Radeva (Bulgaria, 2275) who had the same score.

Skopje Chess Open 2024 – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Petkov, Momchil		BUL	2545	7
2	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2546	7
3	GM	Kadric, Denis		MNE	2544	7
4	GM	Dimitrov, Radoslav		BUL	2468	7
5	GM	Petrov, Martin		BUL	2548	6.5
6	GM	Safarli, Eltaj		AZE	2610	6.5
7	GM	Annaberdiyev, Meylis		TKM	2442	6
8	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		FID	2385	6
9	IM	Fromm, Marius		GER	2459	6
10	GM	Georgiev, Kiril		BUL	2537	6
11	GM	Arnaudov, G. Petar		BUL	2401	6
12	WGM	Sieber, Fiona	w	GER	2236	6
13	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	w	BUL	2275	6
14	FM	Ilic, Ljubomir		MKD	2076	6
15	FM	Zlatkov, Anton		MKD	2324	6
16	GM	Zajic, Milan		SRB	2392	6
17	FM	Veljanoski, Andrej		MKD	2304	6
18	FM	Stanojevic, Ilija		SRB	2249	6
19	FM	Tsaknakis, Zisis		GRE	2262	5.5
20		Akkara, Omer		TUR	2111	5.5
21	IM	Nikolovski, Nikola		MKD	2407	5.5
22		Nikolovski, Kiril		MKD	1950	5.5
23	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	w	BUL	2281	5.5
24	CM	Gokturk, Murat Kutay		TUR	1944	5.5
25		Kurdas, Halil Ibrahim		TUR	1907	5.5
26		Lednicky, Martin		SVK	2060	5.5
27		Sakmak, Kutay		TUR	2176	5
28		Dal, Emir Saygin		TUR	1884	5
29		Karaalioglu, Zeynel Mansur		TUR	1930	5
30		Oner, Cinar		TUR	1976	5
31		Zhezhovska, Monika	w	MKD	1981	5
32		Skodras, Marios Konstantinos		GRE	2017	5
33		Cirkovic, Vuk		SRB	2071	5
34		Zhukovskyi, Oleksandr		UKR	2199	4.5
35	CM	Unsal, Gorkem		TUR	2043	4.5
36	IM	Reprintsev, Alexander		UKR	2230	4.5
37	CM	Stoimenidis, Dimitrios		GRE	2231	4.5
38		Androutsopoulos.-Agiotatos, Vasil		GRE	2138	4.5
39	CM	Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo		UKR	2189	4.5
40	CM	Bregu, Riza		ALB	2128	4.5
41		Tezcan, Alper		TUR	2057	4.5
42	WFM	Karaivanova, Petya	w	BUL	1939	4.5
43		Simsek, Ayaz		TUR	1889	4.5
44		Ucoluk, Umut		TUR	1991	4.5
45		Toliopoulos, Konstantinos		GRE	1971	4.5
46	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	w	ROU	2063	4.5
47	FM	Kralevski, Aleksander		MKD	2028	4.5
48		Ozen, Ilhami Goktug		TUR	1829	4.5
49		Asici, Poyraz Efe		TUR	1853	4.5
50		Marzakov, Mihail		BUL	1997	4.5
51	CM	Vreljanski, Dragomir		SRB	2022	4.5
52	FM	Popovic, Milan S		SRB	2342	4
53		Andreev, Simeon		BUL	1932	4
54		Midem, Ismail Eren		TUR	1827	4
55		Spasov, Aleksandar		MKD	1894	4
56		Manova, Ivana	w	MKD	2059	4
57		Burns, Michael		MKD	1907	4
58		Mantazis, Georgios Rafail		GRE	1930	4
59		Aydemir, Umut		TUR	1972	4
60		Ozen, Sadettin Alperen		TUR	2007	4
61		Aker, Meric Zeynel		TUR	1760	4
62		Hristovski, Srdzan		MKD	2029	4
63		Ninios, Georgios		GRE	1886	4
64		Petrov, Georgi		MKD	2112	4
65	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	w	GRE	2298	3.5
66		Nikolic, Matija		SRB	1951	3.5
67		Vanden Bussche, Steven		BEL	2049	3.5
68		Chaerle, Josse		BEL	2024	3.5
69		Karakurt, Mirac		TUR	1672	3.5
70		Eftovska, Lea	w	MKD	1810	3.5
71		Jankov, Saso		MKD	2014	3.5
72		Sen, Ali Emre		TUR	1733	3.5
73		Engel, Ecrin Tuana	w	TUR	1721	3.5
74		Margaritis, Ioannis M		GRE	1933	3
75		Ouzounis, Konstantinos Kyr		GRE	1929	3
76		Oz, Ege		TUR	1892	3
77		Ivanov, Andrey		MKD	1803	3
78		Nikolovski, David		MKD	1941	3
79		Tabakovski, Dino		MKD	1911	3
80		Oner, Mert Mirac		TUR	1812	3
81		Pirvulescu, Adrian		ROU	1948	3
82		Tashevski, Atanas		MKD	1938	3
83		Zhezhov, Emil		MKD	1772	3
84		Stefanoski, Daniel		MKD	1823	2.5
85		Krstevski, Pavel		MKD	1819	2.5
86	IM	Risteski, Emil		MKD	2378	2.5
87		Bursali, Ela	w	TUR	1652	2.5
88		Kesidis, Odyseas		GRE	2241	2.5
89		Mihailidou, Magdalini	w	GRE	1902	2.5
90	WCM	Ivanova, Dilyana	w	BUL	1825	2
91		Padjen, Zdenko		CRO	1861	2
92		Stoilkovski, Jordan		MKD	1768	1
93	GM	Grigorov, Grigor		BUL	2497	0.5
		Petreski, Leonid		MKD	2170	0.5
95	WIM	Muetsch, Annmarie	w	BEL	2247	0
	CM	Deveci, Huseyin Said		TUR	2225	0
	CM	Aliyev, Elnur		AZE	2079	0