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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Miroslav Markovic wins Central Serbia Chess Open

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Hello everyone,
 
GM Miroslav Markovic has won the Central Serbia Chess Open Championship. The 2012 Central Serbia Open Chess Championship was held from February 13-19 in Pozarevac. A total of 70 chess players took part in the event that included nine rounds.

GM Miroslav Markovic, 1998 Yugoslav champion and world top-100 player in 1999, won the even with 7.5 points - a full point ahead of the rest of the field. The second place was shared between two veterans, 61-years old captain of the national team GM Bosko Abramovic and 66-years old Slobodan Martinovic, and a lady – WGM Andjelija Stojanovic, three-times women champion of Serbia.

Abramovic had the best tie-break score and therefore qualifies for the 2012 Serbian championship, together with the winner Markovic. Full standings bellow.

Earlier, Grandmasters Dejan Pikula and Danilo Milanovic qualified for the 2012 Serbian championship by taking the top two places in the Belgrade Chess Championship 2012.

Top final standings:

1 GM Markovic Miroslav SRB 2460 – 7.5
2 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2447 – 6.5
3 GM Martinovic Slobodan SRB 2429 – 6.5
4 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija SRB 2297 – 6.5
5 GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2471 – 6
6 FM Vujic Mihailo SRB 2329 – 6
7 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2422 – 6
8 GM Kosanovic Goran A SRB 2362 – 6
9 GM Pap Misa SRB 2512 – 6
10 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2509 – 6
11 FM Todorovic Bojan SRB 2289 – 6
12 Radovanovic Dusan SRB 2367 – 5.5
13 Dudukovic Nikola SRB 2275 – 5.5
14 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2535 – 5.5
15 Nenezic Marko SRB 2356 – 5.5
16 FM Sorgic Dragan SRB 2242 – 5.5
17 FM Stojkovic Miroljub SRB 2235 – 5.5
18 FM Sekulic Dusan SRB 2312 – 5.5
19 Garic Radomir SRB 2274 – 5.5

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