The Individual Chess Championships of Central Serbia were held on 18-24 February 2013 in Pozarevac, Serbia.
There was an Open section and a Women’s section. Both groups were played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings.
Grandmasters Miroslav Markovic and Miodrag R Savic shared the first place in the Open section with 7,0/9 points each and qualified for the Final of Serbian Championships which will be held in May.
Thanks to the better tie-break Markovic took the winner’s trophy and repeated the last year’s success. Markovic was Yugoslav champion in 1998 and formerly rated among the top 100 players in the world.
The Women’s section featured 10 players. WGM Ana Benderac 2226 emerged winner with 7,5 points. WIM Sandra Djukic 2131 is second with 7,0 points and also qualifies for the Final of Serbian Championships.
Chief Arbiter was IA Slavisa Mickovic.
Final standings (Open):
1 GM Markovic Miroslav SRB 2486 – 7
2 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2534 – 7
3 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2473 – 6.5
4 GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2489 – 6
5 FM Dudukovic Nikola SRB 2299 – 6
6 FM Sorgic Dragan SRB 2239 – 6
7 Zajic Milan SRB 2245 – 6
8 GM Martinovic Slobodan SRB 2425 – 5.5
9 IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2409 – 5.5
10 GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2469 – 5.5
11 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2469 – 5.5
12 GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2437 – 5.5
13 Radovanovic Dusan SRB 2387 – 5.5
14 FM Radosavljevic Slobodan D SRB 2182 – 5.5
15 GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2496 – 5.5
16 Bura Goran SRB 2209 – 5.5
17 WGM Chelushkina Irina SRB 2265 – 5
18 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2420 – 5
19 Garic Radomir SRB 2271 – 5
20 IM Ilic Zoran S SRB 2293 – 5
21 Kostic Tomislav SRB 1920 – 5
22 Zivkovic Momcilo SRB 2132 – 5
23 Ratkovic Miloje SRB 2249 – 5
Impressive!