IM Dhulipalla triumphs at the 2022 International Open Championship of Central Serbia

The International Open Chess Championship of Central Serbia took place from 16-23 November in Pirot, Serbia. The event attracted 74 players from 15 countries, and was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes per player each 40 moves and 15 minutes until the end of the game, with an additional 30 seconds for each move, counting from the first one. The total prize fund of the event was 5.250 euros.

Indian International master Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad scored 7 points to be the sole winner of the tournament. A group of six players tied for the second place scoring 6.5 points: GM Mikhail Bryakin, GM Misa Pap, GM Aleksander Delchev, Ajay Mushini, FM Bojan Todorovic and IM Tsvetan Stoyanov.

The best ranked female player was WFM Nurai Sovetbekova who scored 4.5 points and had better tiebreaks than WFM Petya Karaivanova and Anastasia Grozdanovic who had the same score. Scroll down for final rankings

Final rankings – International Open Chess Championship of Central Serbia 2022:

Rk.		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad			IND	2442	7	0	48	52
2	GM	Bryakin Mikhail			RUS	2436	6.5	0	51	55
3	GM	Pap Misa			SRB	2395	6.5	0	49	53
4	GM	Delchev Aleksander			BUL	2497	6.5	0	46	49
5	CM	Mushini Ajay			IND	2208	6.5	0	45	48
6	FM	Todorovic Bojan			SRB	2202	6.5	0	44	44
7	IM	Stoyanov Tsvetan			BUL	2456	6.5	0	43	46
8	GM	Rajkovic Dusan	S65		SRB	2250	6	0	48	52
9		Ivanovic Marko			SRB	2293	6	0	47	52
10		Skvortsov Andrei			FID	2143	6	0	45	48
11	GM	Ivanov Mikhail M			SRB	2342	6	0	45	49
12	FM	Jocev Milan			SRB	2348	6	0	44	47
13	CM	Todev Simeon			BUL	2038	6	0	43	47
14	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz			GEO	2219	6	0	42	45
15		Krstic Andrija Marko			SRB	2019	6	0	41	44
16	GM	Zajic Milan			SRB	2415	5.5	0	48	52
17		Mitrovic Marjan			SRB	2203	5.5	0	44	47
18	IM	Kojovic Dragan			SRB	2284	5.5	0	41	44
19		Stoinev Metodi			BUL	2178	5.5	0	39	41
20	FM	Musovic Armin			MNE	2276	5.5	0	37	40
21	GM	Ristic Nenad			SRB	2269	5	0	42	46
22	FM	Biljanic Ljubomir			SRB	2242	5	0	42	46
23	AIM	Ciric Pavle			SRB	2169	5	0	41	45
24		Dimitrijevic Dusan			SRB	2059	5	0	41	44
25		Obolonin Filipp			EST	1857	5	0	41	44
26		Tonic Milos			SRB	1988	5	0	41	41
27	IM	Nikolov Sasho			BUL	2271	5	0	40	44
28		Stoimenov Roki			SRB	2053	5	0	40	42
29		Poh Xuan Rui Ethan			SGP	1951	5	0	39	42
30		Stojiljkovic Stefan			SRB	2020	5	0	39	41
31		Karademir Bugra			TUR	1856	5	0	37	40
32		Arandjelovic Aleksandar Z			SRB	1899	5	0	36	38
33	WFM	Sovetbekova Nurai		w	KGZ	2025	4.5	0	42	45
34	WFM	Karaivanova Petya		w	BUL	1838	4.5	0	41	45
35		Grozdanovic Anastasia		w	SRB	1870	4.5	0	40	43
36	CM	Stanojevic Ilija			SRB	2115	4.5	0	39	42
37		Ilijic Mihajilo			AUT	1966	4.5	0	38	41
38		Gusev Mikhail			SRB	1996	4.5	0	38	41
39		Stoychev Ognian			BUL	1963	4.5	0	37	40
40		Davidov Lazar			SRB	1885	4.5	0	36	38
41		Garifulin Yury			SRB	1754	4.5	0	35	37
42		Tomic Miljan			SRB	1447	4.5	0	32	34
43		Milenov Slobodan			SRB	0	4.5	0	31	33
44		Ojas Kulkarni			IND	2233	4	0	42	45
45		Demir Hilmi Mustafa			TUR	1742	4	0	39	43
46		Stojanovic Milorad	S65		SRB	1764	4	0	36	37
47		Stojkovic Andreja	S65		CRO	1905	4	0	34	37
48		Merdzhanov Vladko			BUL	1470	4	0	33	35
49	WIM	Velickovski-Nejkovic Maja		w	SRB	2143	4	0	32	35
50		Mladenovic Aleksandar M			SRB	0	4	0	30	32
51		Stoykov Jordan	S65		BUL	1377	4	0	25	25
52	FM	Mincic Srbislav			SRB	2151	3.5	0	41	44
53	CM	Bozinovic Boban			AUT	1959	3.5	0	39	42
54		Simic Slobodan	S65		SRB	0	3.5	0	37	39
55		Gogic Anastasija		w	SRB	1765	3.5	0	34	36
56		Randjelovic Boban			SRB	1995	3.5	0	33	36
57		Manic Dragan	S65		SRB	2059	3.5	0	33	36
58		Tomic Dimitrije			SRB	1413	3.5	0	33	34
59		Petrovic Aleksa J			SRB	0	3.5	0	31	32
60		Kamenov Valentin			BUL	1687	3	0	39	42
61		Mitic Ivan M			SRB	1894	3	0	36	39
62		Stoyanov Stoyan Or			BUL	2254	3	0	36	39
63		Markov Ivica			SRB	1687	3	0	36	39
64		Udovenko Daniel			USA	1597	3	0	35	39
65		Colic Milos			SRB	1674	3	0	35	38
66		Vikram K			IND	1386	3	0	29	30
67		Dimitrijevic Zoran S			SRB	1604	2.5	0	37	39
68		Rose Nathan			NZL	1478	2.5	0	32	34
69		Randjelovic Nenad			SRB	1911	2	0	32	34
70		Dinic Mihajlo			SRB	0	2	0	29	30
71		Pejcic Luka			SRB	0	2	0	27	28
72		Tomic Bogdan			SRB	0	1	0	31	32
73		Tasic Zoran T	S65		SRB	2112	0.5	0	29	31
74		Panic Janko			SRB	0	0	0	25	26