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Montenegro Women Chess League 2025

Sergio — Thu, 01 May 2025 19:50:16 +0000

Montenegro Women Chess League 2025 takes place 1-3 May in Herceg Novi. The participants are IM Irina Bulmaga, WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova, WIM Sandra Djukic, WFM Nikolina Koljevic, WIM Lena Govedarica, WFM Ivana Manova, Milanka Tomic, Milica Popadic, Jana Tadic, WGM Beloslava Krasteva, WFM Alena Skvortsova, WIM Jovana Srdanovic, WIM Aleksandra Milovic, Marija Bajic, Mateja Popovic, Katarina Djukic, Milena Mosurovic, Tara Ivanovic, Marija Mia Maras, Nastasija Roganovic, Iva Svrkota, Anja Acimic and they are part of four teams.

See the open section of the event here

Multiple surprises at the start of the European Individual Chess Championship 2024

Sergio — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:35:18 +0000

The 2024 European Individual Chess Championship commenced today in Petrovac, Montenegro. A total of 388 players, among which 119 GMs, began the race for the highest individual title on the continent.

Round 1 saw multiple GMs held to a draw, including Etienne Bacrot, Jorden Van Foreest, Shant Sargsyan, Alexandr Predke, Haik Martirosyan, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Jaime Latasa, Vasif Durarbayli, Aram Hakobyan, Daniele Vocaturo, Jacek Tomczak, Constantin Lupulescu. Among the biggest surprises were FM Andrej Gal defeating GM Kacper Piorun, FM Dana Kochavi winning against GM Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo and Itay Sitbon taking the full point against IM Jan Malek.

The rating favorite GM Fedoseev was also close to losing his game in round 1, but managed to take advantage of his opponent’s inaccuracies. Replay Tarun Kanyamarala – Vladimir Fedoseev here

Scroll down for all results of the round and replay the games at the European Individual Chess Championship 2024 live page

Opening ceremony and round 1

The Opening ceremony of the event took place shortly before the start of the first round, with the attendance of the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Vice President Mr. Alojzije Jankovic, Deputy Prime Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development of Montenegro Mr. Milun Zogovic, Mr. Vladimir Obradovic on behalf of the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Montenegro, President of the Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Jovan Milovic, ECU Honorary Vice President Mr. Veselin Draskovic, and other distinguished guests.

ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Deputy Prime Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development of Montenegro Mr. Milun Zogovic played the first ceremonial move on the top board to open the first round.

The second round starts today at 15:00 CET and live video coverage can be followed through the ECU YouTube channel with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic.

European Individual Chess Championship 2024 round 1 results

1	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2371	0 – 1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2712
2	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2687	1 – 0	FM	Gasparyan, Erik R.	2371
3	FM	Kuru, Atilla	2371	½ – ½	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2687
4	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2676	½ – ½	IM	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	2368
5	IM	Wallace, John Paul	2368	0 – 1	GM	Navara, David	2674
6	GM	Saric, Ivan	2668	1 – 0	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	2368
7	FM	Citak, Selim	2366	0 – 1	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2668
8	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2655	½ – ½	FM	Lavrencic, Matic	2366
9	FM	Nemsadze, Daviti	2366	0 – 1	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2654
10	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2654	1 – 0	GM	Golubka, Petro	2365
11	FM	Ljepic, Andrej	2365	0 – 1	GM	Svane, Frederik	2654
12	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2653	½ – ½	FM	Tudor, Henry Edward	2365
13	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	2364	0 – 1	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2653
14	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2653	1 – 0	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2364
15	IM	Kochavi, Ori	2363	½ – ½	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2652
16	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651	1 – 0	FM	Akhvlediani, Irakli	2363
17	IM	Pastar, Slaven	2361	0 – 1	GM	Pichot, Alan	2649
18	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2649	1 – 0	FM	Yarar, Bora	2361
19	IM	Ozsakallioglu, Okan	2360	0 – 1	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2645
20	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2641	1 – 0	FM	Bodrogi, Bendeguz	2358
21	FM	Derakhshani, Borna	2355	½ – ½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2640
22	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2640	1 – 0	GM	Nikcevic, Nebojsa	2354
23	FM	Novosel, Lovro	2353	0 – 1	GM	Korobov, Anton	2636
24	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2636	1 – 0	IM	Yurtseven, Melih	2348
25	FM	Dalaud, Dorian	2348	0 – 1	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2635
26	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2632	1 – 0	FM	Hollan, Martin	2347
27	IM	Filip, Lucian-Ioan	2341	0 – 1	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2632
28	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2631	1 – 0	FM	Szwed, Jacek	2341
29	FM	Sherman, Raem	2340	½ – ½	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2630
30	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2628	1 – 0	IM	Fruebing, Stefan	2336
31	FM	Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.	2333	½ – ½	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	2626
32	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2623	½ – ½	FM	Yordanov, Lachezar	2332
33	FM	Vagman, Roy	2322	0 – 1	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2623
34	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2622	1 – 0	FM	Hovakimyan, Vache	2319
35	FM	Brzezina, Piotr	2307	0 – 1	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2617
36	GM	Demchenko, Anton	2615	1 – 0	FM	Sukovic, Andrej	2299
37	FM	Fiedorek, Michal	2295	0 – 1	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2613
38	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2613	1 – 0	FM	Leszko, Bence	2292
39	FM	Unat, Can Haktan	2290	0 – 1	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2612
40	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2612	1 – 0	IM	Lekic, Dusan	2288
41	IM	Vujosevic, Vladimir	2285	0 – 1	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2606
42	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2606	1 – 0	FM	Filip, Andrei	2283
43	FM	Perossa, Nicolas	2277	0 – 1	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2605
44	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	2605	1 – 0	FM	Yeritsyan, Hayk	2276
45	IM	Manea, Alexandru	2273	0 – 1	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2604
46	GM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	2599	1 – 0	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim	2273
47	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2271	½ – ½	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele	2597
48	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	2596	1 – 0	FM	Fishchuk, Vladyslav	2270
49	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	2268	½ – ½	GM	Tomczak, Jacek	2593
50	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	2591	½ – ½	FM	Dubnevych, Maksym	2264
51	FM	Petrovic, Aleksa	2262	0 – 1	GM	Petrov, Nikita	2590
52	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2587	1 – 0	IM	Bodiroga, Predrag	2260
53	FM	Valiyev, Shahin	2260	0 – 1	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2585
54	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	2584	1 – 0	FM	Hulka, Valentyn	2259
55	FM	Vasynda, Oleksandr	2257	0 – 1	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	2583
56	GM	Fridman, Daniel	2581	½ – ½	GM	Drazic, Sinisa	2255
57	FM	Gal, Andrej	2255	1 – 0	GM	Piorun, Kacper	2580
58	GM	Gazik, Viktor	2579	1 – 0	WIM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	2252
59	IM	Gevorgyan, David Sh.	2247	0 – 1	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2579
60	GM	Motylev, Alexander	2577	1 – 0	FM	Hamidov, Allahverdi	2247
61		Sapocinic, Semion	2247	0 – 1	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	2575
62	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2575	1 – 0	FM	Pegno, Mattia	2245
63	CM	Safar, Sandro	2242	½ – ½	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	2571
64	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2568	1 – 0	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	2235
65		Pycinski, Wladyslaw	2230	0 – 1	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	2566
66	GM	Kadric, Denis	2562	1 – 0	FM	Durucay, Uygar	2226
67	CM	Noy, Eyal	2226	0 – 1	GM	Sanal, Vahap	2561
68	GM	Can, Emre	2559	1 – 0	FM	Biliskov, Vjekoslav	2225
69	FM	Kalavannan, Koby	2225	0 – 1	GM	Vogel, Roven	2558
70	GM	Livaic, Leon	2557	½ – ½	FM	Berin, Artem	2224
71		Nalbandyan, Vahan	2223	0 – 1	GM	Asadli, Vugar	2554
72	GM	Socko, Bartosz	2554	½ – ½	FM	Bartel, Michal	2222
73	CM	Aslanov, Umid	2222	0 – 1	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	2550
74	GM	Petkov, Momchil	2549	1 – 0	CM	Lauda, Alexandr	2222
75	WIM	Orian, Noga	2221	0 – 1	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2546
76	GM	Gavrilescu, David	2545	1 – 0		Lever, Erwan	2221
77		Kawulok, Marek	2219	0 – 1	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2544
78	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	2543	1 – 0	CM	Rychagov, Nikita	2217
79	CM	Mizzi, Jack	2214	0 – 1	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2542
80	IM	Keinanen, Toivo	2541	1 – 0	CM	Deveci, Huseyin Said	2211
81	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	2206	0 – 1	GM	Kovalev, Vladislav	2539
82	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2536	½ – ½	FM	Djokic, Mihailo	2204
83	WIM	Srdanovic, Jovana	2200	0 – 1	GM	Subelj, Jan	2535
84	GM	Quparadze, Giga	2533	1 – 0	CM	Garsky, Vladyslav	2200
85		Gov, Guy	2200	0 – 1	GM	Grigoriants, Sergey	2531
86	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	2530	1 – 0		Starcevic, Ante Leon	2200
87		Scekic, Veljko	2199	0 – 1	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	2528
88	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2525	1 – 0	FM	Djurovic, Peko	2198
89	FM	Stanojevic, Ilija	2197	½ – ½	GM	Sebenik, Matej	2524
90	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2523	1 – 0	CM	Prisacaru, Stefan-Emilian	2197
91	FM	Yilmaz, Baver	2196	0 – 1	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	2520
92	GM	Brunello, Sabino	2518	1 – 0	CM	Saraci, Korab	2193
93		Caruso, Augusto	2193	0 – 1	IM	Lashkin, Jegor	2518
94	GM	Peng, Li Min	2516	1 – 0	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	2192
95		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2190	0 – 1	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	2516
96	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	2516	1 – 0	CM	Gusev, Mikhail	2186
97		Todorov, Todor Spirov	2185	0 – 1	GM	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	2513
98	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	2511	1 – 0	CM	Yonal, Timur	2184
99		Lorenz, Roger	2184	0 – 1	GM	Dudin, Gleb	2510
100	GM	Iskandarov, Misratdin	2506	+ – –	CM	Lymar, Vladislav	2182
101		Parligras, Cosmin	2182	½ – ½	IM	Boyer, Mahel	2506
102	IM	Seo, Jung Min	2505	1 – 0		Markovic, Franjo-Josip	2181
103	FM	Olcum, Ahmet	2180	0 – 1	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2504
104	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan	2504	1 – 0		Ramaj, Ergit	2180
105		Pehar, Borna	2010	0 – 1	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	2421
106	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	2177	1 – 0	GM	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	2503
107	IM	Kramer, Julian	2503	½ – ½	FM	Lundin, Jan	2175
108	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	2174	0 – 1	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2502
109	GM	Djukic, Nikola	2499	½ – ½	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	2171
110		Sitbon, Itay	2170	1 – 0	IM	Malek, Jan	2499
111	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	2497	1 – 0	FM	Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna	2166
112	WFM	Kochavi, Dana	2166	1 – 0	GM	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	2492
113	IM	Tarhan, Adar	2492	1 – 0		Tamas, Christian-Arrydan	2166
114		Guleryuz, Kuzey	2158	0 – 1	GM	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	2490
115	IM	Samadov, Read	2490	1 – 0		Asllani, Muhamet	2157
116		Doraszelski, Alexander	2156	0 – 1	GM	Girel, Joseph	2486
117	GM	Stefansson, Hannes	2485	1 – 0	CM	Marie, Maxime	2154
118	FM	Ergazakis, Ioannis	2150	0 – 1	IM	Rozen, Eytan	2482
119	IM	Zwirs, Nico	2480	1 – 0		Goroshchenko, Dmitry	2141
120	CM	Arakelyan, Manvel	2140	0 – 1	IM	Deuer, Marius	2479
121	IM	Kucuksari, Kaan	2473	1 – 0		Stoinev, Metodi	2138
122		Horvat, Damjan	2135	0 – 1	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha	2471
123	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	2470	1 – 0	FM	Voiteanu, Gabriel	2132
124		Celenkovic, Bojan	2125	0 – 1	IM	Ilinca, Felix-Antonio	2470
125	IM	Olsen, Filip Boe	2470	1 – 0		Dumbelovic, Novak	2123
126		Yalcinkaya, Efe	2117	1 – 0	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	2466
127	IM	Stoyanov, Tsvetan	2465	1 – 0		Ceyhan, Mert	2114
128		Odabasi, Ruzgar	2114	0 – 1	GM	Zanan, Evgeny	2463
129	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2462	1 – 0	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	2105
130		Sakmak, Kutay	2104	0 – 1	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	2461
131	IM	Babazada, Khazar	2459	1 – 0		Willim, Michael	2102
132	FM	Bognar, Csaba Dr.	2101	0 – 1	IM	Willow, Jonah B	2454
133	IM	Fromm, Marius	2452	1 – 0	FM	Coursaget, Nicolas	2101
134		Baghirov, Orkhan	2097	0 – 1	IM	Schneider, Ilja	2451
135	IM	Levin, Guy	2445	1 – 0		Giacomini, Hector	2095
136	FM	Rama, Lorenc	2086	0 – 1	FM	Camlar, Arda	2445
137	GM	Sedlak, Nikola	2444	1 – 0	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	2086
138		Gur, Ali	2086	0 – 1	IM	Radovanovic, Nikola	2443
139	IM	Kilic, Eray	2442	1 – 0	WFM	Blanquet, Camille	2079
140		Stoychev, Ognian	2071	0 – 1	GM	Gretarsson, Helgi Ass	2441
141	IM	Saraci, Nderim	2439	1 – 0	FM	Zymberi, Astrit	2070
142		Modric, Milos	2066	½ – ½	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2437
143	IM	Garcia Ramos, Daniel	2437	1 – 0		Brzezina, Pawel	2064
144	WFM	Szente Varga, Fruzsina	2059	0 – 1	IM	Patrelakis, Evaggelos	2437
145	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	2437	1 – 0		Guretchii, Kirill	2058
146		Mandalinic, David	2058	0 – 1	GM	Bryakin, Mikhail	2435
147	IM	Druska, Juraj	2433	1 – 0		Antonyan, Hamlet	2056
148		Pantovic, Dragan M	2056	0 – 1	IM	Petrovskyi, Vadym	2433
149	IM	Juhasz, Agoston	2432	1 – 0		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	2053
150	FM	Minic, Milan	2052	0 – 1	FM	Culum, Sanjin	2432
151	IM	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	2431	1 – 0	WFM	Koljevic, Nikolina	2051
152		Yekeler, Kerem Sarp	2048	0 – 1	IM	Kalogeris, Ioannis	2431
153	IM	Manafov, Vugar	2430	1 – 0		Marchadour, Emilie	2034
154		Eryigit, Yakup	2025	0 – 1	IM	Injac, Teodora	2429
155	IM	Aizenberg, Benny	2427	1 – 0	WCM	Akat, Elifnaz	2020
156		Iordache, Alexia-Andreea	2018	0 – 1	IM	Licznerski, Lukasz	2422
157	IM	Tadic, Stefan	2422	1 – 0		Tunge, Christian	2015
158	GM	Godena, Michele	2419	1 – 0		Karaca, Yigit	2006
159		Metin, Enis	2005	0 – 1	IM	Travadon, Loic	2419
160	FM	Pasztor, Balazs	2419	1 – 0		Qorri, Fatmir	1993
161	IM	Smolin, Sergey	1988	0 – 1	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	2418
162	IM	Zhou, Yang-Fan	2418	½ – ½		Tsanatsqenishvili, Alexandre	1987
163		Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana	1964	0 – 1	FM	Dotzer, Lukas	2418
164	GM	Yankelevich, Lev	2417	1 – 0		Basdar, Atakan	1962
165		Maghakyan, Hayk	1958	0 – 1	IM	Fus, Jakub	2417
166	IM	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	2416	1 – 0		Volcov, Igor	1954
167		Soldo, Dario	1949	0 – 1	FM	Talibov, Shiroghlan	2415
168	IM	Koelle, Tobias	2414	1 – 0		Shlaen, Rem	1947
169		Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon	1946	0 – 1	IM	Zemach, Nadav	2414
170	IM	Vanczak, Tamas	2413	1 – 0		Alexakis, Dimitrios	1943
171		Labrovic, Jakov	1931	0 – 1	IM	Shohat, Yotam	2412
172	IM	Tutisani, Noe	2411	1 – 0		Pirvulescu, Adrian	1929
173		Petrovic, Slavko	1919	0 – 1	FM	Prokofiev, Valentyn	2411
174	FM	Agasarov, Benik	2410	1 – 0		Zivkovic, Slaven	1919
175		Valitov, Ilshat	1908	0 – 1	IM	Agdelen, Huseyin Can	2407
176	IM	Ahmad, Khagan	2406	1 – 0		Barbir, Petar	1902
177		Franco, Alessandro P.	1893	0 – 1	FM	Magold, Filip	2405
178	GM	Socko, Monika	2403	1 – 0		Milovic, Ilija	1891
179		Uysal, Kerem	1884	0 – 1	IM	Bournel, Antoine	2403
180	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2403	1 – 0		Spanos, Nomikos	1882
181		Khachatryan, Gagik B.	1858	0 – 1	GM	Neverov, Valeriy	2401
182	IM	Defromont, Benjamin	2399	1 – 0		Kayan, Veli	1845
183		Onem, Cem	1825	0 – 1	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	2399
184	FM	Ermitsch, Magnus	2399	1 – 0		Matei, Stefan-Razvan	1807
185		De Winter, Roman	1778	0 – 1	FM	Barria Santos, Jose Guilherme	2398
186	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	2394	1 – 0		Lakusic, Zoran	1749
187		Nadanyan, Kiti	1725	0 – 1	IM	Mikac, Matjaz	2392
188	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	2392	1 – 0		Milosevic, Vuk	1702
189		Balent, Sara	1662	0 – 1	FM	Krallis, Christos	2390
190	IM	Niedbala, Bartlomiej	2389	1 – 0		Henn, Jonathan	1534
191		Camas, Mustafa Arda	0	0 – 1	IM	Abdulov, Orkhan	2385
192	IM	Decuigniere, Tom	2385	1 – 0		Mitrovic, Danilo	0
193		Vukasovic, Vlado	0	0 – 1	IM	Baltag, Iulian	2383
194	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	2380	1 – 0		Vukazic, Zlatko	0

Pairings round 2

Bo.		White	Rtg	Result		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2712	–	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	2497
2	IM	Tarhan, Adar	2492	–	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2687
3	GM	Navara, David	2674	–	IM	Samadov, Read	2490
4	GM	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	2490	–	GM	Saric, Ivan	2668
5	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2668	–	GM	Stefansson, Hannes	2485
6	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2654	–	IM	Zwirs, Nico	2480
7	GM	Girel, Joseph	2486	–	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2654
8	GM	Svane, Frederik	2654	–	IM	Kucuksari, Kaan	2473
9	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2653	–	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	2470
10	IM	Rozen, Eytan	2482	–	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2653
11	IM	Deuer, Marius	2479	–	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651
12	GM	Pichot, Alan	2649	–	IM	Olsen, Filip Boe	2470
13	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha	2471	–	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2649
14	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2645	–	IM	Stoyanov, Tsvetan	2465
15	IM	Ilinca, Felix-Antonio	2470	–	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2641
16	GM	Zanan, Evgeny	2463	–	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2640
17	GM	Korobov, Anton	2636	–	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2462
18	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	2461	–	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2636
19	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2635	–	IM	Babazada, Khazar	2459
20	IM	Willow, Jonah B	2454	–	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2632
21	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2632	–	IM	Fromm, Marius	2452
22	IM	Schneider, Ilja	2451	–	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2631
23	IM	Levin, Guy	2445	–	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2628
24	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2623	–	GM	Sedlak, Nikola	2444
25	FM	Camlar, Arda	2445	–	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2622
26	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2617	–	IM	Kilic, Eray	2442
27	IM	Radovanovic, Nikola	2443	–	GM	Demchenko, Anton	2615
28	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2613	–	IM	Saraci, Nderim	2439
29	GM	Gretarsson, Helgi Ass	2441	–	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2613
30	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2612	–	IM	Garcia Ramos, Daniel	2437
31	IM	Patrelakis, Evaggelos	2437	–	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2612
32	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2606	–	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	2437
33	GM	Bryakin, Mikhail	2435	–	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2606
34	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2605	–	IM	Druska, Juraj	2433
35	IM	Petrovskyi, Vadym	2433	–	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	2605
36	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2604	–	IM	Juhasz, Agoston	2432
37	FM	Culum, Sanjin	2432	–	GM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	2599
38	IM	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	2431	–	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	2596
39	GM	Petrov, Nikita	2590	–	IM	Manafov, Vugar	2430
40	IM	Kalogeris, Ioannis	2431	–	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2587
41	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2585	–	IM	Aizenberg, Benny	2427
42	IM	Injac, Teodora	2429	–	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	2584
43	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	2583	–	IM	Tadic, Stefan	2422
44	IM	Licznerski, Lukasz	2422	–	GM	Gazik, Viktor	2579
45	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2579	–	GM	Godena, Michele	2419
46	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	2575	–	FM	Pasztor, Balazs	2419
47	IM	Travadon, Loic	2419	–	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2575
48	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	2418	–	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2568
49	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	2566	–	GM	Yankelevich, Lev	2417
50	FM	Dotzer, Lukas	2418	–	GM	Kadric, Denis	2562
51	GM	Sanal, Vahap	2561	–	IM	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	2416
52	IM	Fus, Jakub	2417	–	GM	Can, Emre	2559
53	GM	Vogel, Roven	2558	–	IM	Koelle, Tobias	2414
54	GM	Asadli, Vugar	2554	–	IM	Vanczak, Tamas	2413
55	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	2550	–	IM	Tutisani, Noe	2411
56	FM	Talibov, Shiroghlan	2415	–	GM	Petkov, Momchil	2549
57	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2546	–	FM	Agasarov, Benik	2410
58	IM	Zemach, Nadav	2414	–	GM	Gavrilescu, David	2545
59	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2544	–	IM	Ahmad, Khagan	2406
60	IM	Shohat, Yotam	2412	–	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	2543
61	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2542	–	GM	Socko, Monika	2403
62	FM	Prokofiev, Valentyn	2411	–	IM	Keinanen, Toivo	2541
63	GM	Kovalev, Vladislav	2539	–	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2403
64	GM	Subelj, Jan	2535	–	IM	Defromont, Benjamin	2399
65	IM	Agdelen, Huseyin Can	2407	–	GM	Quparadze, Giga	2533
66	GM	Grigoriants, Sergey	2531	–	FM	Ermitsch, Magnus	2399
67	FM	Magold, Filip	2405	–	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	2530
68	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	2528	–	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	2394
69	IM	Bournel, Antoine	2403	–	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2525
70	GM	Neverov, Valeriy	2401	–	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2523
71	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	2520	–	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	2392
72	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	2399	–	GM	Brunello, Sabino	2518
73	IM	Lashkin, Jegor	2518	–	IM	Niedbala, Bartlomiej	2389
74	FM	Barria Santos, Jose Guilherme	2398	–	GM	Peng, Li Min	2516
75	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	2516	–	IM	Decuigniere, Tom	2385
76	IM	Mikac, Matjaz	2392	–	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	2516
77	GM	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	2513	–	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	2380
78	FM	Krallis, Christos	2390	–	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	2511
79	GM	Dudin, Gleb	2510	–	FM	Gal, Andrej	2255
80	GM	Iskandarov, Misratdin	2506	–	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	2177
81	IM	Abdulov, Orkhan	2385	–	IM	Seo, Jung Min	2505
82	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2504	–		Sitbon, Itay	2170
83	IM	Baltag, Iulian	2383	–	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan	2504
84	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2502	–	WFM	Kochavi, Dana	2166
85	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2687	–		Yalcinkaya, Efe	2117
86	FM	Lavrencic, Matic	2366	–	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2676
87	IM	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	2368	–	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2655
88	FM	Yordanov, Lachezar	2332	–	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2653
89	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2652	–	FM	Kuru, Atilla	2371
90	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2640	–	IM	Kochavi, Ori	2363
91	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2630	–	FM	Derakhshani, Borna	2355
92	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	2626	–	FM	Sherman, Raem	2340
93	FM	Tudor, Henry Edward	2365	–	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2623
94	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele	2597	–	FM	Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.	2333
95	GM	Tomczak, Jacek	2593	–	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2271
96	GM	Drazic, Sinisa	2255	–	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	2591
97	FM	Dubnevych, Maksym	2264	–	GM	Fridman, Daniel	2581
98	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	2571	–	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	2268
99	FM	Bartel, Michal	2222	–	GM	Livaic, Leon	2557
100	FM	Berin, Artem	2224	–	GM	Socko, Bartosz	2554
101	FM	Lundin, Jan	2175	–	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2536
102	GM	Sebenik, Matej	2524	–	CM	Safar, Sandro	2242
103	IM	Boyer, Mahel	2506	–	FM	Stanojevic, Ilija	2197
104	FM	Djokic, Mihailo	2204	–	IM	Kramer, Julian	2503
105	FM	Yaniv, Yuval *)	2421	–	GM	Motylev, Alexander	2577
106		Tsanatsqenishvili, Alexandre	1987	–	GM	Djukic, Nikola	2499
107	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2437	–		Parligras, Cosmin	2182
108	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	2171	–	IM	Zhou, Yang-Fan	2418
109	GM	Piorun, Kacper	2580	–		Modric, Milos	2066
110	GM	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	2503	–	FM	Olcum, Ahmet	2180
111	IM	Malek, Jan	2499	–		Ramaj, Ergit	2180
112	GM	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	2492	–	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	2174
113	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	2466	–	FM	Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna	2166
114		Tamas, Christian-Arrydan	2166	–	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2371
115	FM	Gasparyan, Erik R.	2371	–		Guleryuz, Kuzey	2158
116		Asllani, Muhamet	2157	–	IM	Wallace, John Paul	2368
117	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	2368	–		Doraszelski, Alexander	2156
118	CM	Marie, Maxime	2154	–	FM	Citak, Selim	2366
119		Goroshchenko, Dmitry	2141	–	FM	Nemsadze, Daviti	2366
120	GM	Golubka, Petro	2365	–	FM	Ergazakis, Ioannis	2150
121		Stoinev, Metodi	2138	–	FM	Ljepic, Andrej	2365
122	FM	Voiteanu, Gabriel	2132	–	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	2364
123	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2364	–	CM	Arakelyan, Manvel	2140
124	FM	Akhvlediani, Irakli	2363	–		Horvat, Damjan	2135
125		Dumbelovic, Novak	2123	–	IM	Pastar, Slaven	2361
126	FM	Yarar, Bora	2361	–		Celenkovic, Bojan	2125
127	FM	Bodrogi, Bendeguz	2358	–		Ceyhan, Mert	2114
128	GM	Nikcevic, Nebojsa	2354	–		Odabasi, Ruzgar	2114
129	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	2105	–	FM	Novosel, Lovro	2353
130	IM	Yurtseven, Melih	2348	–		Sakmak, Kutay	2104
131		Willim, Michael	2102	–	FM	Dalaud, Dorian	2348
132	FM	Hollan, Martin	2347	–	FM	Bognar, Csaba Dr.	2101
133	FM	Coursaget, Nicolas	2101	–	IM	Filip, Lucian-Ioan	2341
134	FM	Szwed, Jacek	2341	–		Baghirov, Orkhan	2097
135	IM	Fruebing, Stefan	2336	–		Giacomini, Hector	2095
136	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	2086	–	FM	Vagman, Roy	2322
137	FM	Hovakimyan, Vache	2319	–	FM	Rama, Lorenc	2086
138	WFM	Blanquet, Camille	2079	–	FM	Brzezina, Piotr	2307
139	FM	Sukovic, Andrej	2299	–		Gur, Ali	2086
140	FM	Zymberi, Astrit	2070	–	FM	Fiedorek, Michal	2295
141	FM	Leszko, Bence	2292	–		Stoychev, Ognian	2071
142		Brzezina, Pawel	2064	–	FM	Unat, Can Haktan	2290
143	IM	Lekic, Dusan	2288	–	WFM	Szente Varga, Fruzsina	2059
144		Guretchii, Kirill	2058	–	IM	Vujosevic, Vladimir	2285
145	FM	Filip, Andrei	2283	–		Mandalinic, David	2058
146		Antonyan, Hamlet	2056	–	FM	Perossa, Nicolas	2277
147	FM	Yeritsyan, Hayk	2276	–		Pantovic, Dragan M	2056
148		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	2053	–	IM	Manea, Alexandru	2273
149	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim	2273	–	FM	Minic, Milan	2052
150	FM	Fishchuk, Vladyslav	2270	–		Yekeler, Kerem Sarp	2048
151	WFM	Koljevic, Nikolina	2051	–	FM	Petrovic, Aleksa	2262
152	IM	Bodiroga, Predrag	2260	–		Eryigit, Yakup	2025
153		Marchadour, Emilie	2034	–	FM	Valiyev, Shahin	2260
154	FM	Hulka, Valentyn	2259	–		Iordache, Alexia-Andreea	2018
155	WCM	Akat, Elifnaz	2020	–	FM	Vasynda, Oleksandr	2257
156	WIM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	2252	–		Pehar, Borna	2010
157		Tunge, Christian	2015	–	IM	Gevorgyan, David Sh.	2247
158	FM	Hamidov, Allahverdi	2247	–		Metin, Enis	2005
159		Karaca, Yigit	2006	–		Sapocinic, Semion	2247
160	FM	Pegno, Mattia	2245	–	IM	Smolin, Sergey	1988
161	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	2235	–		Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana	1964
162		Qorri, Fatmir	1993	–		Pycinski, Wladyslaw	2230
163	FM	Durucay, Uygar	2226	–		Maghakyan, Hayk	1958
164		Basdar, Atakan	1962	–	CM	Noy, Eyal	2226
165	FM	Biliskov, Vjekoslav	2225	–		Soldo, Dario	1949
166		Volcov, Igor	1954	–	FM	Kalavannan, Koby	2225
167		Shlaen, Rem	1947	–		Nalbandyan, Vahan	2223
168		Alexakis, Dimitrios	1943	–	CM	Aslanov, Umid	2222
169	CM	Lauda, Alexandr	2222	–		Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon	1946
170		Pirvulescu, Adrian	1929	–	WIM	Orian, Noga	2221
171		Lever, Erwan	2221	–		Labrovic, Jakov	1931
172		Zivkovic, Slaven	1919	–		Kawulok, Marek	2219
173	CM	Rychagov, Nikita	2217	–		Petrovic, Slavko	1919
174		Barbir, Petar	1902	–	CM	Mizzi, Jack	2214
175	CM	Deveci, Huseyin Said	2211	–		Valitov, Ilshat	1908
176		Milovic, Ilija	1891	–	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	2206
177		Spanos, Nomikos	1882	–	WIM	Srdanovic, Jovana	2200
178	CM	Garsky, Vladyslav	2200	–		Franco, Alessandro P.	1893
179		Kayan, Veli	1845	–		Gov, Guy	2200
180		Starcevic, Ante Leon	2200	–		Uysal, Kerem	1884
181		Matei, Stefan-Razvan	1807	–		Scekic, Veljko	2199
182	FM	Djurovic, Peko	2198	–		Khachatryan, Gagik B.	1858
183	CM	Prisacaru, Stefan-Emilian	2197	–		Onem, Cem	1825
184		Lakusic, Zoran	1749	–	FM	Yilmaz, Baver	2196
185	CM	Saraci, Korab	2193	–		De Winter, Roman	1778
186		Milosevic, Vuk	1702	–		Caruso, Augusto	2193
187	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	2192	–		Nadanyan, Kiti	1725
188		Henn, Jonathan	1534	–		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2190
189	CM	Gusev, Mikhail	2186	–		Balent, Sara	1662
190		Mitrovic, Danilo	0	–		Todorov, Todor Spirov	2185
191	CM	Yonal, Timur	2184	–		Camas, Mustafa Arda	0
192		Vukazic, Zlatko	0	–		Lorenz, Roger	2184
193		Markovic, Franjo-Josip	2181	–		Vukasovic, Vlado	0

European Individual starts in Montenegro, ECU with new sponsor

Sergio — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:34:27 +0000

The 2024 European Individual Chess Championship starts this Friday in Petrovac, Montenegro and will be played from 8th-19th November in ****Hotel “Palas” Petrovac.

The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move starting from move one.

Nearly 400 players coming from 42 European federations registered for the event, including 120 Grandmasters, 85 International masters, 71 FIDE Masters, 3 Women Grandmasters and 8 Women International masters. The best-rated players in the field are: GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2712), GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2687), GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED, 2687), GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2676), GM David Navara (CZE, 2674), GM Ivan Saric (CRO, 2668), GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG, 2668), GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM, 2655), GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN, 2654) and GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2654). Full list of participants

The European Individual Chess Championship 2024 is a qualifying event for the FIDE World Cup 2025. According to the FIDE regulations for World Cup and the ECU Board decision, 20 players* will qualify. (*Under the current FIDE World Cup regulations, FIDE is the only body responsible for the qualification spots)

The total prize fund of the Championship is 100.000 EUR, with 20.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

Live broadcast of the games and video broadcast with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform.

European Chess Union Partners with GLOBALCELL to Enhance Connectivity for Chess Players Across Europe

European Chess Union (ECU) is delighted to announce an exciting partnership with the leader
of eSIM solutions – GLOBALCELL for the benefit of all ECU members and the chess community.

GLOBALCELL has become the Official Telecom Provider of the ECU and will provide eSIM
data packages specifically for the benefit of ECU players, federations and officials, all across
Europe.

The sponsorship covers the provision of 550 eSIMS each loaded with a 10 GB data package,
which renews on a monthly basis over the next 14 months, that is useable in all territories of
the ECU member federations. This partnership represents a commitment from both
GLOBALCELL and ECU to improve the experience of ECU members, ensuring seamless, reliable
connectivity at major tournaments and events.

As part of this agreement, these data-only eSIMs will enhance the level of mobility given to
players and officials by allowing them to stay connected even without the use of traditional
SIM cards or incurring high roaming charges. This will also facilitate communications
throughout the course of the tournaments and ensure that both players and officials remain
connected in whichever part of the world their games may take them.

Expressing his enthusiasm, ECU president Zurab Azmaiparashvili stated: “It is great news for the
ECU to team up with GLOBALCELL thanks to its great eSIM innovation that has the needs of modern
chess players in mind. This partnership will enable members and federations of the ECU to
concentrate on what they do best – playing and promoting chess—while staying effortlessly
connected.”

A Step Forward in Connectivity for Chess

This partnership marks a new chapter in the ECU’s ongoing efforts to support chess players and
officials with the tools they need to succeed. By connecting federations across Europe, GLOBALCELL’s innovative eSIM technology aligns with ECU’s mission to foster the growth and
accessibility of chess throughout the continent

European Women’s Chess Championship 2023

nikita — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:51:37 +0000

The 23rd European Women’s Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 17-30 March 2023 in Petrovac, Montenegro. The event is open for all women players from National Chess Federations members of the European Chess Union (ECU) without rating or title limitations and according to the decisions of the ECU Board and General Assembly.

The Championship will be played according to the Swiss System, 11 rounds. The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1. The official venue of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022 is Hotel “Palas” Petrovac.

Read more: Monika Socko wins European Women’s Chess Championship 2022

23^rd European Women’s Championship implies qualification for the next World Women’s Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 9 players will qualify. The total prize fund of the event is 60.000 EUR, with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. List of prizes can be seen below

Place	PRIZE	Place	PRIZE
1	10,000 €	11	1,500 €
2	8,000 €	12	1,500 €
3	7,000 €	13	1,000 €
4	6,000 €	14	1,000 €
5	5,000 €	15	1,000 €
6	4,000 €	16	1,000 €
7	3,000 €	17	1,000 €
8	2,500 €	18	1,000 €
9	2,000 €	19	1,000 €
10	1,500 €	20	1,000 €

All players shall register until the 1^st of February 2023 (registration deadline). The application form shall be filled in at the official website of the championship.

Official website: www.sahcg.me

Montenegro gets a new Grandmaster after 17 years

nikita — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:22:23 +0000

The 2021 Montenegrin Chess Champion Luka Draskovic yesterday earned the last needed norm to become a Grandmaster. He competed in the Grandmasters tournament in Cetinje, a part of the Montenegro Chess Festival, scoring unbeaten 6.5 points (4 victories and 5 draws) to win the third GM norm. Luka Draskovic is the 8th player in the country to have the most prestigious chess title. He is first Montenegrin player who became a grandmaster after 17 years, if not counting GM Denis Kadric who recently switched from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Montenegro Chess Federation, and became a grandmaster in 2015 while playing under the Bosnian flag. Both Draskovic and Kadric will represent Montenegro at the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai.

Opponents and results of Luka Draskovic:

Rd.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	K	rtg+/-
1	FM	Sukovic Andrej	2318	MNE	4,0	1	10	2,70
2	GM	Saric Ibro	2555	BIH	5,0	1	10	5,90
3	IM	Saraci Nderim	2487	KOS	5,5	½	10	0,00
4		Vujovic Savo	2153	MNE	1,0	1	10	1,20
5	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2490	BUL	5,5	½	10	0,00
6	IM	Ramoutar Alan-Safar	2480	TTO	3,0	½	10	-0,10
7	IM	Kalezic Blazo	2431	MNE	4,0	1	10	4,20
8	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2501	MNE	5,5	½	10	0,20
9	IM	Dudin Gleb	2495	FID	6,0	½	10	0,10

Team Montenegro set for the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

nikita — Sun, 29 May 2022 08:44:44 +0000

Montenegrin Chess Federation determined teams for the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 which kicks off in two months in Chennai, India.
Read more: 187 countries enrolled for the record-breaking 44th Chess Olympiad 2022

Team Montenegro (Open section):

GM Denis Kadric (2576)
GM Nikola Djukic (2527)
IM Luka Draskovic (2484)
GM Dragisa Blagojevic (2501)
FM Andrej Sukovic (2356)

The Team is freshened with Denis Kadric who recently switched from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Montenegro Chess Federation. The captain of the Open team will be GM Dragan Kosic.

Team Montenegro (Women’s section):

WIM Aleksandra Milovic (2129)
Nikolina Koljevic (1995)
Kristina Bacic (1866)
Mateja Popovic (1724)
Milena Mosurovic (1505)

With IM Predrag Nikac as the captain of the Women’s team.

A number of countries already revealed the composition of their teams for Chennai, such as: Norway, Germany, Spain, Serbia, Monaco, Kenya, India, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Malawi, South Sudan, Mongolia, Argentina …

All information related to the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 can be found here.

Draskovic Luka wins Montenegro Chess Championship 2021

nikita — Mon, 10 May 2021 20:30:02 +0000

The 73rd edition of the Montenegro Individual Chess Championship concluded in Podgorica.

26 year old IM Luka Draskovic claimed the title of the National Champion for the first time in his chess career. With a score of 7 points, he was the sole winner of the event, leaving behind GM Dragisa Blagojevic with 6.5 points and a group of 5 players who were in a tie for bronze, scoring 6 points each.

Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	IM	Draskovic Luka	MNE	2464	7
2	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	MNE	2481	6.5
3	FM	Tomic Aleksandar	MNE	2365	6
4	IM	Kalezic Blazo	MNE	2456	6
5		Vujovic Savo	MNE	2167	6
6		Kisic Bozidar	MNE	2301	6
7	FM	Musovic Armin	MNE	2258	6
8	GM	Djukic Nikola	MNE	2510	5.5
9	FM	Sukovic Andrej	MNE	2254	5.5
10		Pobor Milo	MNE	2124	5.5
11		Potpara Nikola	MNE	2365	5.5
12	FM	Pecurica Milos	MNE	2328	5.5
13	IM	Nikac Predrag	MNE	2326	5
14	IM	Podlesnik Bogdan	MNE	2356	5
15	CM	Vujacic Igor	MNE	2207	5
16		Abramovic Dragoljub	MNE	2012	5
17		Koljevic Nikolina	MNE	1931	4.5
18		Djokovic Mirsad	MNE	2127	4.5
19		Lazarevic Zoran	MNE	1898	4.5
20		Obadovic Zeljko	MNE	1788	4.5
21		Djurovic Peko	MNE	2136	4
22	FM	Popadic Dragan	MNE	2157	4
23		Scekic Veljko	MNE	2224	4
24		Popovic Mateja	MNE	1723	4
25		Petrovic Slavko	MNE	1867	3.5
26		Jeknic Velimir	MNE	1956	3.5
27		Malisic Miroslav	MNE	1832	3.5
28		Malisic Miodrag	MNE	1839	3.5
29		Perazic Dragutin	MNE	0	3
30		Mosurovic Milena	MNE	1428	3
31		Lakusic Zoran	MNE	1705	2.5
32		Vujadinovic Zeljko	MNE	1859	3
33		Karisik Nenad	MNE	2123	2
34		Sabotic Denis	MNE	1737	2
35		Dedeic Huso	MNE	1980	1.5

More information:

Official Website / Results

Montenegro Chess Championship 2021

nikita — Tue, 04 May 2021 14:09:57 +0000

The 73rd edition of the Montenegro Individual Chess Championship has started yesterday in Podgorica, Montenegro.

The battlefield is led by GM Djukic Nikola who defends the title of Montenegro National Chess Champion.

More information:

Official Website

European Amateur Chess Championship 2018

Goran — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:45:08 +0000

Montenegro Chess Federation in association with City of Niksic and under the auspices of the European Chess Union are organizing European Amateur Chess Championship 2018 which will be held from 14th-21st June in Niksic, Montenegro.

The tournament will be held in Onogost hotel which will be the official playing venue of the event, as well as the official hotel.

The event will be held in 3 categories: Under-1700, Under-2000 and under-2300. In each rating section, a separate championship for women shall be organized only if there are at least 10 women entries, otherwise the women’s event will be merged with the men’s (open).

European Amateur Chess Championship is open to all players registered by their national federations, listed as members of European Chess Union. The registration deadline is 18 May 2018. Registration shall be done online through the mail: office@sahcg.me.

All the categories are specified for the certain titles, so the players who are holding the title of the CM or WCM shall participate only in the groups U-2000 or U-3000, while the players who are the holders of the WFM or FM title shall participate only U-2300 category. Players who have upper titles of the WFM or FM are not allowed to participate the Championship.

ECU Tournament Regulations for European Amateur Chess Championship

The Championship will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves+ 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the move one.

The total prize fund of the event is 5.000 EUR. Top three players of the each category will be awarded with cups and medals, while the Winners of the event will receive the title of the European Amateur Chess Champion for 2018 for the category the player participated.

The official website of the Championship will be: www.sahcg.me

Official Regulations- European Amateur Chess Championship 2018

Contact information:
E-mail: office@sahcg.me

Contact person:
Boro Miljanic- General Secretary MCF
Tel/viber: (+382) 69 541 137
Tel/fax: (+382) 20 662 164

European School Chess Championship 2017 – Round 5

Goran — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:52:13 +0000

The European School Chess Championship 2017 has started on 10th June in Budva, Montenegro.

The short opening ceremony was held just before the start of the first round where the speech took the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Dr. Srdjan Darmanovic who declared the Championship opened.

The opening ceremony was attended the President of European Chess Union, Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili who wished to participants good luck and successful championship as well as gaining new friendships.

Five rounds have been played so far on the Championship and yesterday was the rest day. 341 boys and girls coming from 21 federations will continue the struggle for the title of European School Championship today when the 5th round will be started.

In category Open U7 the sole leader is Yonal Timur (RUS 1318) and Zubkovskaya Ekaterina (BLR) leads in Girls U7 section with the same perfect score 5/5.

There are 3 more Russian players in the sole lead, all in Girls section, Zavivaeva Emilia (RUS 1593) in category Girls U11 and Granovskaya Ekaterina (RUS 1819) in category Girls U15 both with score 4.5/5 and Danilova Rada (RUS 1887) in the section Girls U17 with score of 4 points out of 4 games.

In Open U13 category, the sole leader is Stefan Tadic (SRB 2013) with 4.5 points and in the Open U11 category, Levin Guy (ISR 1802), Silich Yahor (BLR 1783) and Caputcuoglu Zeki Berke (TUR 1704) tie for the first place with the same score of 4.5 points.

In Girls U13 section, the first place is shared between Mikhalina Elena (RUS 1672) and Zvereva Margarita (RUS 1781) with score 4/5 while in category for Girls U9 five girls are sharing the position on the top of the list: Zavivaeva Evelina (RUS 1338), Babic Milana (BIH 1529), Yildiz Elif Zeren (TUR 1204), Mikhailina Olga (RUS 1234) and Zhapova Yana (RUS 1328), all with 4 points out of 5 games.

In Open U15 category, three players tie the first place with the score of 4 points, Musial Tomasz (POL 1997), Petriashvili Nikoloz (GEO 2257) and Trubchaninov Artem (RUS 2017). The sole leading position in Open U17 category took Garbowski Jakub (POL 2091).

The championship is being played according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the move one.

The Championship is organized by Montenegro Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union.

Official Website

Results and pairings