Marija Rakic is Serbia Women's Chess Champion 2012

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The 2012 Serbian Women’s Chess Championship was held from 22nd March to 1st April in Kac. Twelve players competed in the round robin tournament. WIM Marija Rakic assumed an early lead and maintained the top position throughout the tournament to finally take the first place and claim the title of the national champion. Full report at Chessdom.

Rakic finished with 8.0/11 points, half a point clear from the top seeded WGM Andjelija Stojanovic and WGM Marija Manakova.

 

WIM Marija Rakic

Final standings:1. WIM Rakic Marija 2267 – 8.0
2-3. WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 2324 and WGM Manakova Maria 2315 – 7.5
4. WIM Eric Jovana 2243 – 7.0
5. WGM Maksimovic Suzana 2227 – 6.5
6. WIM Drljevic Ljilja 2278 – 6.0
7. WGM Benderac Ana 2294 – 5.5
8. WGM Chelushkina Irina 2263 – 4.5
9. WIM Djukic Sandra 2203 – 4.0
10. Tomin Ksenija 1876 – 3.5
11-12. Panic Anastasija 1967 and Nonkovic Bogdana 1900 – 3.0

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