Praggnanandhaa triumphs at the 15th International Chess Open Paracin

The 15th edition of the International Chess Festival Paracin 2022 took place from 8 – 16 July at the Pool Prestige Hotel in Paracin. The festival featured two classical open events: A (for players rated 2100+) and B (for players rated U2100), 18th Memorial Chess Rapid Tournament “Uros Dinic” (July 10th) and Open Blitz Tournament (July 15th).

16-year-old Indian chess star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa convincingly won the Open A tournament scoring unbeaten 8/9 points. GM Alexandr Predke was second with 7.5 points, while two players tied for third place with 7 points each. Thanks to better tiebreaks IM Alisher Suleymenov came third and IM Muthaiah finished the event in the fourth place. Replay the games here

17-year-old Artem Knjazev scored impressive 8.5/9 points to be the sole Winner of the B tournament. Yigit Karaca was second with 8 points and Neoklis Dristellas came third as he had the best tiebreak criteria in a group of five players who tied for bronze with 7 points. (Scroll down for final rankings of both events)

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Final rankings – 15th International Chess Open Paracin 2022 (A tournament):

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2648	8	51	43
2	GM	Predke Alexandr	FID	2688	7.5	50	39
3	IM	Suleymenov Alisher	KAZ	2467	7	47	36
4	IM	Muthaiah Al	IND	2401	7	43	33
5	IM	Pranav V	IND	2512	6.5	47	36
6	FM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2437	6.5	47	35
7	GM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2499	6.5	46	35
8	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	2397	6.5	46	33
9	IM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2354	6.5	45	34
10	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar	MGL	2428	6.5	44	33
11	IM	Djordjevic Vuk	SRB	2382	6.5	43	32
12	IM	Menezes Christoph	AUT	2417	6.5	40	29
13	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	KAZ	2430	6	51	36
14	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2485	6	50	35
15	IM	Makarian Rudik	RUS	2533	6	47	34
16	FM	Han Yichen	NED	2286	6	44	32
17	WFM	Kairbekova Amina	KAZ	2133	6	43	30
18	GM	Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2503	6	43	32
19	GM	Makhnev Denis	KAZ	2492	6	42	33
20	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	IND	2383	6	42	30
21	GM	Petrov Nikita	RUS	2558	6	41	30
22	GM	Zanan Evgeny	ISR	2521	6	41	29
23	FM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2431	5.5	46	34
24	FM	Amartuvshin Ganzorig	MGL	2409	5.5	45	32
25	FM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2373	5.5	45	32
26	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2431	5.5	44	33
27	IM	Agmanov Zhandos	KAZ	2459	5.5	44	32
	IM	Neelash Saha	IND	2446	5.5	44	32
29		Tsaknakis Zisis	GRE	2266	5.5	44	31
30	IM	Nitish Belurkar	IND	2460	5.5	43	33
31	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	IND	2147	5.5	43	29
32		Sapenov Daniyal	KAZ	2362	5.5	43	28
33	FM	Sharan Rao	IND	2342	5.5	42	30
34	IM	Song Raymond	TPE	2499	5.5	42	30
35	CM	Kushagra Mohan	IND	2359	5.5	42	29
36	CM	Ozturk Efe Hakan	TUR	2115	5.5	42	28
37		Makridis Dimitrios	GRE	2152	5.5	42	27
38		Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi	IND	2110	5.5	41	26
39	CM	Kadam Om Manish	IND	2037	5.5	40	28
40		Panda Sambit	IND	2123	5.5	40	26
41	FM	Efremov Vladislav	RUS	2185	5.5	38	25
42	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	IND	2396	5.5	36	25
43		Thrish Karthik	IND	2055	5.5	35	23
44	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2157	5.5	34	23
45	FM	Taspinar Yanki	TUR	2311	5	45	29
46	GM	Ristic Nenad	SRB	2293	5	43	28
47		Saurabh Anand	IND	2215	5	43	26
48	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2480	5	42	29
49		Akin Yagiz Cinar	TUR	2125	5	42	26
50	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2326	5	41	28
51	FM	Ristic Luka	SRB	2243	5	41	27
52		Utsab Chatterjee	IND	2377	5	41	26
53	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2281	5	40	29
54	FM	Yordanov Lachezar	BUL	2316	5	40	23
55	FM	Isik Alparslan	TUR	2341	5	40	28
56	FM	Milosevic Milos	SRB	2288	5	39	27
57		Ahmad Khagan	AZE	2081	5	39	25
58	WGM	Srija Seshadri	IND	2208	5	39	20
59	FM	Baasansuren Erdene	MGL	2243	5	38	25
60		Gkavardinas Antonios	GRE	2010	5	38	24
61	FM	Anand Batsukh	MGL	2312	5	36	23
62		Bazyrtsyrenov Kirill	RUS	2147	5	34	19
63	FM	Ibadov Dashgyn	FID	2262	4.5	44	27
64	FM	Zemlyanskii Ivan	RUS	2269	4.5	44	26
65	GM	Zajic Milan	SRB	2431	4.5	41	26
66	FM	Antova Gabriela	BUL	2275	4.5	41	25
67		Ojas Kulkarni	IND	2244	4.5	41	26
68		Nikolov Yavor	BUL	2138	4.5	41	20
69	IM	Shahil Dey	IND	2402	4.5	40	27
70		Triantos Konstantinos	GRE	2210	4.5	40	24
71		Karadzhov Ivan	BUL	2167	4.5	38	24
72		Konyves Almos	HUN	2229	4.5	38	22
73		Ciric Pavle	SRB	2155	4.5	38	21
74		Lu Miaoyi	CHN	2322	4.5	37	23
75		Ufimtsev Egor	RUS	2137	4.5	37	18
76	IM	Mazi Leon	SLO	2358	4.5	37	24
77		Shoshin Kirill	RUS	2055	4.5	36	22
78		Micic Aleksa	SRB	2092	4.5	36	21
79		Radisavljevic Dalibor	SRB	2135	4.5	36	21
80	IM	Granovskiy Alexandr	KAZ	2177	4.5	35	23
81	FM	Kecskemeti Arpad	SRB	2210	4.5	34	25
82		Farkas Sandor I	SRB	2034	4.5	33	19
83	WIM	Nurmanova Alua	KAZ	2275	4.5	31	19
84	FM	Pasti Aron	HUN	2365	4.5	31	17
85	GM	Pikula Dejan	SRB	2325	4.5	30	19
86	GM	Santiago Yago De Moura	BRA	2513	4	41	26
87		Bhattacharyya Soham	IND	2099	4	40	22
88	FM	Damjanovic Vuk	SRB	2393	4	39	27
89	WIM	Srdanovic Jovana	SRB	2136	4	39	22
90	FM	Pavlov Mark	RUS	2385	4	39	22
91		Radojicic Aleksandar M	SRB	2188	4	39	24
92	CM	Tenuunbold Battulga	MGL	1893	4	39	22
93	FM	Citak Selim	TUR	2176	4	39	19
94	IM	Sredojevic Ivan	SRB	2254	4	38	20
95		Ilijic Mihajilo	AUT	2167	4	38	20
96		Andreev Konstantin	FID	2174	4	38	19
97	FM	Jocev Milan	SRB	2317	4	37	24
98		Vaibhav Jayant Raut	IND	2169	4	37	19
99		Al Atarji Sami	SRB	2128	4	37	18
100	CM	Gokcek Kursat Bugra	TUR	2185	4	36	21
101	WFM	Vujcic Milena	SRB	1987	4	36	19
102		Bogdanov Artyom	KAZ	2059	4	35	19
103	WFM	Munkhzul Davaakhuu	MGL	2095	4	35	19
104		Veselov Yaroslav	RUS	2206	4	35	19
105		Tamhankar Siddhant	IND	1811	4	34	20
106	CM	Borgaonkar Akshay	IND	2122	4	34	20
107	FM	Toncheva Nadya	BUL	2228	4	34	19
108		Zheng Harry Z	ENG	1946	4	34	18
109	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2198	4	33	16
110		Niharika Ch	IND	1988	4	33	14
111		Gavrilov Maxim	RUS	2216	4	28	13
112		Sanket Chakravarty	IND	2209	3.5	44	22
113	IM	Sturt Raven	USA	2457	3.5	43	27
114	GM	Savic Miodrag R	SRB	2418	3.5	42	25
115	WIM	Vishwa Vasnawala	IND	2305	3.5	40	22
116	WFM	Loskutova Viktoriya	RUS	2153	3.5	39	18
117		Todorovic Nenad I	SRB	2302	3.5	38	20
118	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2216	3.5	37	22
119	FM	Mitev Valentin	BUL	2228	3.5	37	21
120	CM	Cilek Bora	TUR	2238	3.5	37	19
121	FM	Durak Can	TUR	2221	3.5	36	22
122		Joshua A P	IND	2153	3.5	36	18
123		Vafiadis Kleanthis	GRE	2286	3.5	36	20
124		Prokhorov Ivan	RUS	2162	3.5	36	19
125	CM	Aaditya Dhingra	IND	2156	3.5	36	18
126		Aditya Varun Gampa	IND	1980	3.5	35	17
127		Ilamparthi A R	IND	2153	3.5	33	17
128		Marjanovic Rastko	SRB	2140	3.5	31	15
129		Gusev Mikhail	SRB	2010	3.5	31	14
130		Doraszelski Alexander	GER	1946	3.5	30	15
131		Poupalos Nikolaos	GRE	2064	3	39	21
132		Temizer Umut	TUR	1921	3	36	18
133		Koudounis Vasileios	GRE	2018	3	35	16
134		Kolbert Engelbert	SRB	2084	3	32	14
135		Papaioannou Dimitrios	GRE	2142	3	31	15
136	FM	Bozinovic Bogdan	CRO	2165	3	30	15
137		Ignat Matei-Marius	ROU	2055	3	30	12
138	FM	Radosavljevic Slobodan D	SRB	2102	3	30	12
139	WFM	Nikulina Alena	RUS	1923	3	28	12
140		Zhdanov Petr	RUS	1919	3	28	11
141		Csernyik Mark	HUN	2022	3	28	8
142		Atanasov Margarit	BUL	2043	3	26	12
143	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2148	2.5	40	18
144		Lever Erwan	FRA	2178	2.5	36	15
145	FM	Stankovic Boris	SRB	2286	2.5	33	13
146		Watarkar Yash	IND	1792	2.5	32	16
147		Anirudh Daga	IND	1878	2.5	31	15
148		Anacak Hasan Gunes	TUR	1939	2.5	31	13
149		Cuzovic Ognjen	SRB	1987	2.5	31	12
150		Aditya Chatterjee	IND	1848	2.5	30	11
151		Randjelovic Nenad	SRB	1925	2.5	28	8.5
152	FM	Martic Ivan	SRB	2300	2	31	11
153		Georgoulias Dionisios	GRE	1904	2	29	11
154		Nikolakis Panagiotis Marios	GRE	1905	2	29	8.5
155		Gordon Evgeny	ISR	2009	2	28	7.5
156		Renganayaki Venkatesh	IND	1991	1.5	34	13
157		Zhorayev Almas	KAZ	1873	1.5	30	9
158		Nikolic Zoran S	SRB	2107	1.5	27	9
159		Teo Hong Ming	SGP	1898	0.5	26	3
160	IM	Rabrenovic Vladan	SRB	2277	0	26	0
161		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2128	0	26	0

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Final rankings – 15th International Chess Open Paracin 2022 (B tournament):

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	MK	Knjazev Artem	RUS	1823	8.5	50	43	8
2	I	Karaca Yigit	TUR	1675	8	49	39	8
3	I	Dristellas Neoklis	GRE	1796	7	54	40	6
4	I	Yildiz Talat	TUR	1765	7	50	39	6
5	MK	Tamas Christian-Arrydan	ROU	1913	7	47	40	6
6	MK	Radojkovic Stefan	SRB	1935	7	45	35	6
7	I	Cosic Jovan	SRB	1940	7	42	33	6
8	MK	Grozdanovic Anastasia	SRB	1945	6.5	47	36	6
9	MK	Miljkovic Miroslav M	SRB	2096	6.5	45	35	6
10	I	Alagoz Zumra Meryem	TUR	1640	6.5	45	33	6
11	I	Guleryuz Kuzey	TUR	1685	6.5	42	32	5
12	II	Basdar Atakan	TUR	1464	6.5	41	32	5
13	MK	Tisma Ivan	SRB	2016	6	48	34	6
	II	Dushatov Timur	KAZ	1397	6	48	34	6
15	II	Karaca Mert	TUR	1483	6	48	33	6
16	MK	Tosic Nebojsa	SRB	2053	6	46	34	4
17	I	Yildiz Egehan	TUR	1677	6	46	31	6
18	I	Mustu Hatice Asli	TUR	1734	6	46	34	3
19	II	Ramadugu Akshay	IND	1452	6	44	33	5
20	I	Bolat Inayat	KAZ	1699	6	43	33	4
21	MK	Akat Elifnaz	TUR	1948	6	43	32	5
22	I	Karademir Bugra	TUR	1784	6	42	31	6
23	I	Liashkevich Lizaveta	BLR	1655	6	42	30	3
24	MK	Petkovic Robert	SRB	1916	6	41	32	5
25	I	Galiev Ernest	RUS	1786	6	40	30	5
26	MK	Tomic Slobodan	SRB	1852	6	38	27	5
27	MK	Pestek Elvis	BIH	2031	6	37	27	5
28	MK	Popovic Mladen D	SRB	1913	6	35	24	5
29	III	Batbaatar Baatar	MGL	0	6	35	22	5
30	WIM	Petrovic Marija	SRB	2013	5.5	47	34	5
31	WCM	Gasimova Samra	AZE	1701	5.5	45	31	4
32	I	Sovetbekova Nurai	KGZ	1693	5.5	43	30	4
33	I	Mitsiou Konstantinos	GRE	1590	5.5	42	28	2
34	MK	Ostojic Milos R	SRB	2042	5.5	42	25	5
35	II	Kuandykuly Danis	KAZ	1483	5.5	42	27	4
36	I	Zheng Jerry Z	ENG	1745	5.5	40	27	4
37	I	Pasti Zsombor	HUN	1766	5.5	34	28	5
38	I	Lausevic Gorazd	MNE	1539	5	49	33	4
39	MK	Mladenov Emil	BUL	1976	5	44	30	4
	MK	Vukasinovic Darko	SRB	1894	5	44	30	4
41	FM	Zlatanovic Zoran	SRB	2069	5	43	31	4
42	MK	Orlic Vukasin	SRB	1720	5	43	29	4
43	I	Velikov Nikola	BUL	1771	5	42	27	4
44	MK	Micanovic Zoran	SRB	1738	5	42	31	5
45	MK	Tsintsar Zoran	GER	1666	5	41	27	4
46	I	Dakic Marta	SRB	1736	5	40	28	4
47	MK	Radovanovic Miroljub B	SRB	1928	5	40	24	4
48	II	Zol-Uchral Erdenesaikhan	MGL	1284	5	39	25	3
49	MK	Petrovic Dusan Z	SRB	1718	5	39	24	4
50	II	Eremin Ivan	RUS	1002	5	38	25	3
51	I	Kabinazar Nurmukhammed	KAZ	1501	5	38	21	4
52	II	Ulukan Kutay	TUR	1409	5	37	25	4
53	II	Theodoridis Charalampos	GRE	1476	5	37	24	3
54	I	Pasula Milos	SRB	1757	5	36	22	4
55	I	Medic Relja	SRB	1609	5	35	21	2
56	I	Pusara Mihailo	MNE	1604	5	34	17	4
57	III	Lukic Vasilije	SRB	1385	5	33	19	4
58	MK	Mixakis Evangelos	GRE	1883	4.5	46	30	4
59	II	Pogodin Nikolay	RUS	1409	4.5	45	27	4
60	MK	Jakovljevic Dejan	SRB	1861	4.5	44	26	4
61	MK	Simovic Zoran	SRB	1823	4.5	43	25	3
62	I	Mishin Matvey	RUS	1560	4.5	41	23	3
63	MK	Dragojevic Dragan	SRB	1926	4.5	40	24	2
64	I	Gagic Miroljub	SRB	1675	4.5	39	25	3
65	I	Mrkovic Nikola	BIH	1714	4.5	39	25	3
66	I	Stamenkovic Petar	SRB	1556	4.5	39	24	4
67	MK	Perunovic Ljubivoje	SRB	1751	4.5	39	24	4
68	MK	Cirkovic Vuk	SRB	1652	4.5	39	21	4
69	I	Pekic Momcilo	MNE	1652	4.5	38	21	3
70	I	Demirkol Kerim Calvelo	TUR	1632	4.5	38	20	3
71	MK	Milutinovic Bojan	SRB	1747	4.5	38	23	3
72	II	Kuzmenko Aleksandr	RUS	1107	4.5	36	20	3
73	II	Papandreou Georgios 38347	GRE	1504	4.5	35	22	3
74	I	Matejic Ivica	SRB	1367	4.5	35	16	3
75	I	Lazovic Emilija	SRB	1575	4.5	35	19	4
76	I	Vuljanic Ana	CRO	1568	4.5	35	18	2
77	I	Moravkic Miroljub	SRB	1754	4.5	34	24	3
78	II	Svrkota Milos	MNE	1206	4.5	34	20	2
79	MK	Lukic Sasa	SRB	1896	4.5	33	22	2
80	I	Zaires Karanasios Konstantinos	GRE	1568	4.5	33	18	3
81	MK	Milosevic Rade	SRB	1957	4	46	27	2
82	MK	Opacic Alexandar	ITA	1793	4	43	26	4
83	MK	Nadj Vanja	SRB	1851	4	42	25	4
84	I	Velikic Vule	SRB	1746	4	41	25	3
85	I	Maglovski Dario	SRB	1786	4	40	23	3
86	I	Vujic Nedeljko	SRB	1675	4	39	21	3
87	I	Demelkas Ioannis	GRE	1797	4	39	26	4
88	MK	Ilic Sladjan	SRB	1840	4	39	22	1
89	MK	Zdravkovic Filip	SRB	1671	4	38	22	3
90	I	Kamenov Valentin	BUL	1637	4	38	21	3
91	I	Novakovic Aleksandar S	SRB	1751	4	38	20	3
92	I	Colic Milos	SRB	1707	4	36	24	2
93	I	Balik Ali	GER	1702	4	36	21	4
94	II	Milovic Ilija	MNE	1373	4	36	20	4
95	I	Chen Jocelyn	USA	1508	4	36	20	1
96	MK	Jovanovic Anja	SRB	1926	4	35	23	3
97	I	Shadyev Damir	RUS	1526	4	35	19	3
98	III	Milicevic Dunja	SRB	1366	4	35	15	4
99	MK	Janjic Nikola	BIH	1859	4	34	21	2
100	MK	Milosavljevic Delimir	SRB	1658	4	34	18	2
101	II	Colovic Vuk	SRB	0	4	34	17	3
102	I	Radovanovic Danko	SRB	1694	4	33	20	2
103	MK	Glisic Tomislav	SRB	1806	4	33	18	4
104	II	Atanasovski Goran	SRB	1491	4	32	16	2
105	II	Oyungerel Sharavdorj	MGL	1342	4	30	12	3
106	MK	Mijajlovic Jovan	SRB	1854	3.5	40	23	3
107	I	Kellner Nikolaus	AUT	1613	3.5	39	21	2
108	II	Voronaya Eva	RUS	1466	3.5	38	14	3
109	II	Perunovic Uros	SRB	1440	3.5	37	17	3
110	II	Udovenko Daniel	USA	1442	3.5	37	17	2
111	II	Avyaay Garg	IND	1061	3.5	36	19	2
112	II	Milosavljevic Radosav	SRB	1582	3.5	36	18	3
113	II	Mimic Sofija	BIH	1236	3.5	36	17	2
114	II	Theodoridou Maria	GRE	1136	3.5	35	19	2
115	II	Yilmaz Azra	TUR	1049	3.5	34	17	1
116	I	Mirza Gabriel	IRL	1626	3.5	34	16	3
117	II	Sprewitz Ingo	GER	1488	3.5	34	15	2
118	I	Stefanovic Dragan D	SRB	1562	3.5	32	16	3
119	II	Ciric Sava	SRB	1373	3.5	31	14	3
120	III	Miladinovic Mihajlo	SRB	1297	3.5	31	14	3
121	III	Petrovic Branko	SRB	0	3.5	31	14	2
122	II	Adzic Jovan	MNE	1456	3.5	30	13	2
123	III	Petrovic Neda	SRB	0	3.5	29	13	2
124	II	Simovic Uros	SRB	0	3.5	27	11	2
125	I	Rakic Ognjan	SRB	1681	3	42	21	2
126	II	Rasic Milovan	SRB	1673	3	40	18	2
127	I	Nedeljkovic Velja	SRB	1399	3	40	16	1
128	II	Tsampas Charalampos	GRE	1377	3	38	20	2
129	I	Brankovic Slavoljub	SRB	1483	3	36	19	2
130	II	Mimic Lazar	BIH	1309	3	35	13	3
131	III	Mitsiou Anna Maria	GRE	0	3	29	9	3
132	I	Vortmeier Jan	GER	1667	2.5	41	20	2
133	II	Susin Derya Defne	TUR	1363	2.5	37	17	1
134	III	Stojadinovic Martin	SRB	0	2.5	36	16	0
135	II	Bogdanovic Vera	SRB	1317	2.5	35	16	1
136	III	Djordjevic Dragan T	SRB	0	2.5	35	15	1
137	III	Ignjatovic Radomir	SRB	1397	2.5	34	13	2
138	III	Sevinc Nil	TUR	0	2.5	31	10	1
139	III	Karademir Yagmur	TUR	0	2.5	31	8	1
140	III	Jevtic Lazar	SRB	1471	2.5	30	13	1
141	III	Milosavljevic Ljubisa	SRB	1351	2.5	29	10	1
142	II	Ivanovic Vasika	BIH	1427	2.5	29	13	2
143	III	Rohmann Jakob	GER	0	2.5	26	7	0
144	MK	Markovic Rade A	BIH	1818	2	35	16	1
145	II	Ivanovic Andjela	BIH	1434	2	34	9	1
146	III	Rohmann Johann	GER	0	2	29	11	1
147	III	Pesic Mitra	SRB	0	2	24	6	0
148	I	Milutinovic Dalibor	SRB	1641	1.5	34	11	1
149	MK	Dinic Nenad	SRB	1832	1.5	33	13	1
150	III	Brankovic Djordje	SRB	0	1.5	29	7	1
151	II	Djokic Masa	SRB	0	1.5	29	4.5	0
152	MK	Guseva Oksana	FID	1788	1	29	9	1
153	I	Milosevic Goran R	SRB	2015	1	28	8	0

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