Turkish Grandmaster Suat Atalik lifted the winner’s trophy in the main section of the Silver Lake Chess Festival after edging GM Dusan Popovic on tie-break.
The two players finished on 7,0/9 points each, leaving Grandmasters Aleksandar Kovacevic and Branko Damljanovic half a point behind.
In the B section reserved for U2100 players Valentin Mitev (BUL 1736) was the convincing winner with 7,5/9 points.
Stefan Tomic and Aleksandar Nikolic shared the first place in Open C – U1700 section with 8,0/10 points each. Full standings for all sections below.
The Chess Festival “Silver Lake 2015″ was held from 20-28th June, 2015, on Silver Lake, Serbia.
The Festival was organized by the Branicevo Chess Union, Chess Club VGSK, municipality Veliko Gradište and Danubia Hotels. A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held concurrently with the tournaments.
A total of 208 participants and as many family members and trainers attended the event, greatly contributing to the touristic season of Veliko Gradište.
Replay games with analysis / Official website
Open A final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2551 – 7
2. GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2498 – 7
3. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2487 – 6.5
4. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2565 – 6.5
5. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2509 – 6
6. Ketzetzis Georgios GRE 2253 – 6
7. GM Smith Bryan G USA 2481 – 6
8. GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2469 – 6
9. GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2399 – 6
10. GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2467 – 6
11. GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2441 – 5.5
12. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2343 – 5.5
13. Radovanovic Nikola SRB 2421 – 5.5
14. IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2425 – 5.5
15. IM Saric Sinisa SRB 2432 – 5.5
16. IM Gazik Igor SVK 2320 – 5.5
17. IM Sertic Rudolf CRO 2369 – 5
18. Besedes Danilo SRB 2134 – 5
19. FM Gazik Viktor SVK 2452 – 5
20. GM Bogdanovski Vlatko MKD 2412 – 5
21. FM Dudukovic Nikola SRB 2364 – 5
22. GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2368 – 5
23. FM Cerovic Danilo SRB 2364 – 5
24. IM Markovic Zoran S SRB 2362 – 5
25. FM Sorgic Dragan SRB 2198 – 5
Leave a Reply