Series of tournaments in Serbia

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/10/2019

Lately Serbia has been frequented by Indians for various round robin tournaments to increase rating and gain norms. Saptarshi Roy became India's 51st GM and Leon Mendonca Luke scored three IM-norms in 17 days early this year at Serbia. This has inspired players from all over the world to flock to Serbia. One of the the many reasons why these tournaments are successful is because it is organized by a chess player GM Sinisa Drazic himself. Drazic sends us a pictorial report of three amateur tournaments held in Serbia where two of them were Scheveningen tournaments and a mini open tournament where you can catch a glimpse of the playing hall and the players. Photo: GM Sinisa Drazic

October Chess Festival in Serbia

Two Scheveningen Tournaments and one Mini Open tournament took place in Novi Sad, Serbia from 2nd to 9th October 2019. All these tournaments are organized by GM Sinisa Drazic who is also the General Secretary of International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA).

The tournament hall | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

Both Scheveningen tournaments were amateur tournaments where mostly Serbian team faced Chinese players.

The Serbian and the Chinese team | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

Miroslav Pantic of Team B was the highest scorer as scored 9.5/10. In Team A, Lazar Davidov of Serbia was the highest scorer with 5.5/10. He gained 74 Elo rating points.

The young Chinese team | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

The Scheveningen Tournament in action | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

The well-lit and spacious tournament hall | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

Scheveningen System means all players of one team must play against all players of the opponent's team | Photo: Sinisa Drazic

Indians at Serbia

Saptarshi Roy became India's 51st Grandmaster at Serbia

Leon scored three IM-norms in Serbia in 17 days early this year

Find details of all upcoming Third Saturday tournaments in Serbia in our Calendar here.

Scheveningen Third Saturday 127 results

1. Team B (RtgAvg:1647, TB1: 35,5 / TB2: 20)
Bo.	Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w	we	K	rtg+/-
1	Milosevic Danijel	1645	SRB	990418	1	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5,5	10	1106	2	1	1,32	40	-12,8
2	Rajsli Andor	1677	SRB	953504	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	8,5	10	1106	2	0,5	1,40	20	-18,0
3	Sijakov Neven	1535	SRB	977195	0	1	0	0	1	1	½	0	0	½	4,0	10	1106	2	0,5	1,02	20	-10,4
4	Pantic Miroslav	1931	SRB	918342	1	1	1	1	½	+	1	1	1	1	9,5	10	1118	2	2	1,84	20	3,2
5	Stakic Aleksandar	1445	SRB	997170	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8,0	10	1106	2	0,5	0,76	40	-10,4
2. Team A (RtgAvg:1106, TB1: 14,5 / TB2: 0)
Bo.	Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w	we	K	rtg+/-
1	Huang Ruixuan	0	CHN	8636494	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,0	10	1647	10	1
2	Qian Xiangyu	0	CHN	8636478	0	0	1	1	½	-	0	½	½	0	3,5	10	1615	9	3,5
3	Li Tianyi	0	CHN	8636486	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	2,0	10	1647	10	2
4	Wang Zixiao	0	CHN	8636460	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	2,5	10	1647	10	2,5
5	Davidov Lazar	1529	SRB	974234	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	0	5,5	10	1647	10	5,5	3,66	40	73,6

Complete results

Mini Open Third Saturday 128 standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	n	w	we	K	rtg+/-
1	10		Wang Yiru	w	CHN	1603	4,0	0,0	3	13,0	3	2	0,53	40	58,8
2	8		Ljepic Andrej		SRB	1812	3,5	0,0	3	15,5	3	1,5	1,58	40	-3,2
3	2	FM	Savolainen Lev P.		RUS	2077	3,5	0,0	3	12,0	5	3,5	3,47	20	0,6
4	9		Gong Yibin	w	CHN	1714	3,5	0,0	3	12,0	3	1,5	0,56	40	37,6
5	6		Ratic Zoran		SRB	1827	3,0	0,0	2	14,0	4	2,5	2,92	20	-8,4
6	4		Panic Nikola I		SRB	1869	3,0	0,0	2	11,5	3	2,5	1,72	20	15,6
7	3		Dokic Zoran		SRB	2068	3,0	0,0	1	15,5	4	2,5	3,06	20	-11,2
8	1	FM	Jovic Stevan		SRB	2143	2,5	0,0	2	15,5	4	1,5	3,30	20	-36,0
9	7		Yang Yingxia	w	CHN	1821	2,5	0,0	2	12,5	2	0,5	0,32	40	7,2
10	13		Duvnjak Nedeljko		SRB	1497	2,5	0,0	2	12,5	3	1	0,61	40	15,6

Complete results

Scheveningen Third Saturday 129 results

1. Team B (RtgAvg:1973, TB1: 28 / TB2: 16)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w	we	K	rtg+/-
1		Dokic Zoran	2068	SRB	922013	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	5,5	10	1609	8	4,5	6,68	20	-43,6
2		Milicevic Petar	1958	SRB	941166	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	4,5	10	1609	8	3	5,88	20	-57,6
3	FM	Jovic Stevan	2143	SRB	923206	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6,5	10	1609	8	5,5	7,02	20	-30,4
4		Panic Nikola I	1869	SRB	953997	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6,0	10	1609	8	4	5,10	20	-22,0
5		Ratic Zoran	1827	SRB	943223	1	1	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	5,5	10	1609	8	3,5	4,66	20	-23,2
2. Team A (RtgAvg:1609, TB1: 22 / TB2: 4)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg	n	w	we	K	rtg+/-
1		Yang Yingxia	1821	CHN	8609837	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	3,0	10	1973	10	3	3,12	40	-4,8
2		Gong Yibin	1714	CHN	8623430	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	7,0	10	1973	10	7	2,06	40	197,6
3		Wang Yiru	1603	CHN	8620105	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	3,0	10	1973	10	3	1,34	40	66,4
4		Hart Alexander	1905	SWE	1735829	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	6,5	10	1973	10	6,5	4,14	20	47,2
5		Feng Yuanbo	0	CHN	8624054	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	2,5	10	1973	10	2,5

Complete results

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