The 26th Belgrade International Open Championship (Belgrade Trophy) was held from 24th November to 2nd December in Obrenovac, near Belgrade. 178 players competed in the nine round Swiss event.
Grandmasters Tamir Nabaty (Israel) and Dalibor Stojanovic (BIH) emerged victorious in their last round matches against GM Miodrag Savic and GM Branko Damljanovic respectively to share the first place with 7,5 points each.
Nabaty counted a slightly better tie-break and is awarded with the winner’s trophy.
The talented junior Marko Nenezic finished undefeated with 6,5 points to earn an IM norm. Ivan Sarenac lost in the final round to GM Peter Drenchev but he won the IM norm nevertheless.
Final standings (top 20):
1. GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2569 – 7.5
2. GM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2488 – 7.5
3. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2595 – 7
4. GM Kislinsky Alexey CZE 2556 – 7
5. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2490 – 7
6. GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2479 – 7
7. IM Enchev Ivajlo BUL 2411 – 6.5
8. GM Ermenkov Evgenij BUL 2421 – 6.5
9. Nenezic Marko SRB 2378 – 6.5
10. GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2459 – 6.5
11. FM Skurikhin Dmitrij RUS 2354 – 6.5
12. FM Lukovic Vladimir SRB 2352 – 6.5
13. GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2418 – 6.5
14. Savicevic Vlatko SRB 2310 – 6.5
15. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2576 – 6
16. Sarenac Ivan SRB 2383 – 6
17. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2530 – 6
18. FM Posedaru Bogdan ROU 2315 – 6
19. GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2442 – 6
20. IM Andrijevic Milan SRB 2351 – 6
Impressive.