Serbia Chess Championships

Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:53

Chess club "Radnicki" and City of Kragujevac are organizing the 2010 Serbia Chess Championship for men, which will be held from 18th April to 1st May in Hotel "Sumarice", Kragujevac. 14 players will compete in the round-robin tournament for the title of the national champion and 4000 EUR prize fund. In addition, each player will be provided with 130-210 EUR for expenses, depending on the rating. The 2008 and 2009 champion GM Ivan Ivanisevic will not be defending the crown, and other high rated players, like GM Bojan Vuckovic, GM Robert Markus and GM Mihajlo Stojanovic, have canceled participation. Players: GM Perunovic Milos 2574 (champion in 2005 and 2007) GM Sedlak Nikola 2570 GM Solak Dragan 2553 GM Damljanovic Branko 2550 (champion 1991, joint in 2001, and 2006) GM Drazic Sinisa 2545 GM Pavlovic Milos 2540 (champion 2002) GM Pikula Dejan 2535 (joint champion 2001) GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2531 IM Tadic Branko 2524 GM Savic Miodrag R 2522 GM Lajthajm Borko 2504 FM Saric Sinisa 2444 (replacing GM Dusan Popovic) IM Govedarica Radovan 2395 Krstic Petar 2348 (Serbia junior champion 2009) The City of Pancevo and IO Miladin Mitrovic are organizing the 2010 Serbia Chess Championship for women, which will take place on 20-30th April in the Army Club in Pancevo. 12 players will play the round-robin tournament. The prize fund is 2200 EUR. Serbia's top rated female players IM Alisa Maric are IM Natasa Bojkovic are not competing. The talented Sandra Djukic is defending the last year's title. Players: WGM Chelushkina Irina 2319 WIM Rakic Marija 2306 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 2301 WGM Benderac Ana 2299 WIM Drljevic Ljilja 2248 Djukic Sandra 2214 WFM Eric Jovana 2183 (winner of the 42nd Belgrade International Women Chess Tournament) WIM Petrovic Marija 2182 Tadic Katarina 2152 WFM Mladenovic Jelena 2118 Miladinovic Lena 2038 Tomin Ksenija 1883