International Championship of Central Serbia
Mikhail Ulibin winner, GM norms for Marko Nenezic and Sinisa Saric
The 4th International Chess Festival “Sport Summer 2011” took place on July 8-15th in Hotel “Petrus” in Paraćin, Serbia. The main event was International Championship of Central Serbia, a 9-round Swiss tournament with FIDE time control.
There were two events, OPEN A for players rated higher then 2100 and OPEN B for lower rated players. In addition, the 7th “Uroš Dinić” Memorial was held on Sunday, July 10th, as 15-min rapid tournament.
The Open A had 107 participants from 20 countries, among them 12 Grandmasters and 20 International Masters. GM Mikhail Ulibin (2538), the only Russian in the field, confidently won the first place with 7.5 points.
The biggest surprise was the accomplishment of the 16-years old untitled junior Marko Nenezic (2274) who shared the second place to earn a GM norm and 65 rating points with the elo performance of 2646!
IM Sinisa Saric from Novi Sad outplayed GM Igor Miladinovic in his favourite Chigorin defence and also shared the second place and claimed the GM norm. Full standings bellow.
The Open B had 126 players from six countries. Candidate Masters Slobodan Tomic (Serbia), Misa Hrenic and Marjan Drobne (both Slovenia) shared the first place with 7.5 points each.
Official website is www.paracinchess.rs.
Top 30 finishers Open A:
1 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2538 7.5
2 Nenezic Marko SRB 2274 7
3 IM Saric Sinisa SRB 2472 7
4 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2520 6.5
5 IM Miljkovic Miroslav D SRB 2495 6.5
6 IM Pavlov Sergey UKR 2505 6.5
7 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2464 6
8 GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2481 6
9 GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2516 6
10 IM Smith Bryan G USA 2503 6
11 GM Miladinovic Igor SRB 2566 6
12 IM Radlovacki Jovan SRB 2417 6
13 FM Zlatanovic Boroljub SRB 2433 6
14 IM Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2428 6
15 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2611 6
16 FM Pezelj Novak SRB 2364 6
17 GM Farago Ivan HUN 2485 6
18 GM Bogosavljevic Boban SRB 2548 5.5
19 GM Petkov Vladimir BUL 2490 5.5
20 IM Sertic Rudolf CRO 2406 5.5
21 IM Pancevski Filip MKD 2410 5.5
22 GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2532 5.5
23 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2463 5.5
24 IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2404 5.5
25 IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2405 5.5
26 FM Martic Ivan SRB 2347 5.5
27 IM Ardeleanu Alin ROU 2394 5.5
28 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2508 5
29 IM Doric Darko CRO 2491 5
30 Stankovic Milos SRB 2364 5
31 Toth Aleksandar SRB 2315 5
32 IM Doric Nenad CRO 2322 5
33 FM Radosavljevic Slobodan D SRB 2223 5
34 CM Cvetanovic Uros SRB 2232 5
35 Vucinic Gojko SRB 2081 5
36 IM Weinzettl Ernst AUT 2335 5
37 IM Nikolov Sasho BUL 2412 5
38 Markoja Boris SLO 1944 5
39 FM Kislik Erik Andrew USA 2328 5
40 Savicevic Vlatko SRB 2334 5
41 Suc Timothy SLO 2025 5
Did Bryan Smith get a GM Norm?