The 2022 Open and Women’s Chess Championships of North Macedonia concluded yesterday in Skopje. The events simultaneously took place in Hotel Continental, being played from April 29 – May 5.
59 players competed in the 9 round swiss system Open tournament, while 12 women played the 7 rounds swiss system Women’s Championship.
IM Filip Pancevski scored an unbeaten 8/9 points to triumph the Open section and clinch the title of North Macedonia National chess champion. Emil Risteski and Robert Veleski tied for second place both with score of 7 points, with tiebreaks determining Risteski takes silver while Veleski claims bronze.

WFM Monika Stojkovska suffered an upset in the second round losing to underdog Katerina Petrovska. Stojkovska scored 5/5 till the end of the competition to be the sole winner of the Women’s Championship with the final score of 6/7 points. Gabriela Koskoska was silver and Ivana Manova won bronze medal.

Final rankings – 2022 Open Chess Championship of North Macedonia:
Rk. | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | IM | Pancevski Filip | MKD | 2457 | 8 | 48 | 53 | 7 | |
2 | FM | Risteski Emil | U18 | MKD | 2374 | 7 | 50 | 53 | 6 |
3 | FM | Veleski Robert | S50 | MKD | 2136 | 7 | 47 | 51 | 6 |
4 | FM | Dinev Dejan | S50 | MKD | 2201 | 6.5 | 43 | 47 | 5 |
5 | IM | Lazov Toni | MKD | 2377 | 6 | 49 | 54 | 4 | |
6 | IM | Nikolovski Nikola | MKD | 2372 | 6 | 48 | 52 | 5 | |
7 | Veljanoski Andrej | U18 | MKD | 2200 | 6 | 47 | 51 | 6 | |
8 | Tancev Zoran | MKD | 2257 | 6 | 42 | 46 | 4 | ||
9 | Glavinac Goran | MKD | 2106 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 5 | ||
10 | Jordanov Mihail | U18 | MKD | 2219 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 5 | |
11 | Dimkovski Stojancho | MKD | 1966 | 6 | 38 | 40 | 6 | ||
12 | Petrov Georgi | S50 | MKD | 2153 | 5.5 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
13 | Petreski Leonid | U18 | MKD | 1824 | 5.5 | 43 | 46 | 5 | |
14 | AFM | Zlatkov Anton | U16 | MKD | 2106 | 5.5 | 43 | 45 | 5 |
15 | FM | Ilic Ljubomir | S65 | MKD | 2005 | 5.5 | 42 | 45 | 5 |
16 | Sumkoski Yane | MKD | 1947 | 5.5 | 40 | 43 | 4 | ||
17 | Davkov Mitko | S50 | MKD | 0 | 5.5 | 32 | 34 | 3 | |
18 | FM | Kralevski Aleksander | S65 | MKD | 2058 | 5 | 46 | 51 | 3 |
19 | Jovanovski Teodor | U18 | MKD | 1900 | 5 | 44 | 44 | 5 | |
20 | Hristovski Srdzan | S50 | MKD | 2053 | 5 | 43 | 46 | 3 | |
21 | Tabakovski Dino | U18 | MKD | 1580 | 5 | 42 | 45 | 4 | |
22 | Velkoski Stojan | U18 | MKD | 1940 | 5 | 39 | 43 | 5 | |
23 | Eftovski Mateo | U20 | MKD | 1940 | 5 | 38 | 41 | 3 | |
24 | Crkvenjakov Filip | MKD | 0 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 2 | ||
25 | Krstev Emil | S50 | MKD | 1930 | 4.5 | 43 | 45 | 3 | |
26 | Stosevski Ilija | S65 | MKD | 1981 | 4.5 | 40 | 43 | 4 | |
27 | Petrov Vancho | S50 | MKD | 1963 | 4.5 | 39 | 42 | 4 | |
28 | Gjorgjevski Janco | S50 | MKD | 1857 | 4.5 | 37 | 40 | 4 | |
29 | Xheladini Valton | U16 | MKD | 1455 | 4.5 | 35 | 36 | 4 | |
30 | Petrovski Stojanche | MKD | 1445 | 4.5 | 35 | 38 | 3 | ||
31 | Trajkovski Mile | S65 | MKD | 1996 | 4.5 | 35 | 38 | 1 | |
32 | Linkinoski Borce | MKD | 1297 | 4.5 | 34 | 36 | 3 | ||
33 | Atanasovski Blazhe | S50 | MKD | 1775 | 4.5 | 33 | 36 | 2 | |
34 | Nikolovski David | MKD | 1723 | 4.5 | 31 | 34 | 3 | ||
35 | Kalin Andrei | U14 | MKD | 1641 | 4 | 42 | 46 | 3 | |
36 | Selkovski Zarko | S50 | MKD | 1996 | 4 | 40 | 43 | 4 | |
37 | Kostadinovski Zoran | S50 | MKD | 1914 | 4 | 39 | 42 | 3 | |
38 | Golubovic Tomislav | S50 | MKD | 1721 | 4 | 37 | 40 | 2 | |
39 | Boshkovski Nikola | U16 | MKD | 1381 | 4 | 36 | 39 | 3 | |
40 | Petrovski Nikola | U10 | MKD | 1242 | 4 | 35 | 38 | 3 | |
41 | Nikolovski Kiril | U14 | MKD | 1237 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 2 | |
42 | Dimov Trajce | MKD | 1691 | 4 | 33 | 34 | 2 | ||
43 | Gaberov Toshe | S65 | MKD | 1512 | 4 | 31 | 33 | 4 | |
44 | Zhezhov Emil | S50 | MKD | 1769 | 3.5 | 39 | 42 | 3 | |
45 | Bojkovski Matej | U16 | MKD | 1440 | 3.5 | 31 | 33 | 2 | |
46 | Miskoski Misko | MKD | 1956 | 3 | 42 | 46 | 2 | ||
47 | Cvetkovski Slobodan | S50 | MKD | 1693 | 3 | 39 | 43 | 2 | |
48 | Zhezhovski Marjan | S50 | MKD | 0 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 2 | |
49 | Stankovski Stefan | U16 | MKD | 1024 | 3 | 33 | 35 | 2 | |
50 | Naskov Aleks | U20 | MKD | 1371 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 1 | |
51 | Velkovski Zoran | MKD | 1440 | 3 | 30 | 31 | 3 | ||
52 | AFM | Tasevski Daniel | MKD | 0 | 3 | 29 | 30 | 3 | |
53 | Zvezdakoski Matej | U18 | MKD | 1937 | 2.5 | 39 | 42 | 2 | |
54 | Arsov Filip | U20 | MKD | 1676 | 2.5 | 34 | 35 | 2 | |
55 | Naskov Malachi | U14 | MKD | 0 | 2.5 | 33 | 35 | 2 | |
56 | Melnik Stefan | U14 | MKD | 0 | 2.5 | 26 | 26 | 1 | |
57 | Atanasov Sande | S50 | MKD | 1832 | 2 | 31 | 34 | 1 | |
58 | Topalov Nikola | S65 | MKD | 1525 | 2 | 31 | 32 | 2 | |
59 | Velickovski Filip | U14 | MKD | 0 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 0 |
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Final rankings – 2022 Women’s Chess Championship of North Macedonia:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | WFM | Stojkovska Monika | MKD | 2086 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 28 |
2 | WIM | Koskoska Gabriela | MKD | 1995 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 26 |
3 | Manova Ivana | MKD | 1853 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 | 28 | |
4 | Petrovska Katerina | MKD | 1880 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 | 28 | |
5 | Eftovska Lea | MKD | 1610 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 27 | |
6 | Nikolovska Dragana | MKD | 1904 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 25 | |
7 | Zhezhovska Monika | MKD | 1611 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 30 | |
8 | Ajradinoska Indzi | MKD | 1260 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 25 | |
9 | Lazarova Jovana | MKD | 1207 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
10 | Lazarevska Ana | MKD | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
11 | Veleva Teodora | MKD | 1271 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 21 | |
12 | Trajkovska Marija | MKD | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 |
