Serbian FM Ljubomir Biljanic grabbed the winner’s trophy at the Niš Open 2013 that took place on 21st – 28th March at the “Dom gluvih” in Nis, Serbia.
Biljanic got 7.5 points in 9 rounds, the same as IM Miroslav Miljkovic, but edged him on tiebreaks to win the first prize. Seven players tied with 6 points, but Nemanja Zivkovic had the best tiebreak score to obtain the third place.
The total prize fund amounted to 150,000 dinars (approx. 1,800 US dollars). The first three players got 40,000, 20,000 and 15,000 dinars, respectively. There were also special prizes for young players and veterans.
Nis, Serbia
Final Standings:
| 1 | FM | Biljanic Ljubomir | SRB | 2322 | 7.5 |
| 2 | IM | Miljkovic Miroslav D | SRB | 2466 | 7.5 |
| 3 | MK | Zivkovic Nemanja | SRB | 2237 | 6.0 |
| 4 | IM | Kostic Nebojsa | SRB | 2306 | 6.0 |
| 5 | IM | Raicevic Ivica | SRB | 2256 | 6.0 |
| 6 | IM | Ilic Zoran S | SRB | 2293 | 6.0 |
| 7 | FM | Jovic Stanoje | SRB | 2338 | 6.0 |
| 8 | IM | Djukic Zeljko | SRB | 2397 | 6.0 |
| 9 | MK | Ilic Slobodan S | SRB | 2109 | 6.0 |
| 10 | MK | Rasic Jovan | SRB | 2015 | 5.5 |
| 11 | IM | Maksimovic Branimir | SRB | 2442 | 5.5 |
| 12 | MK | Livaja Mario | SRB | 2230 | 5.5 |
| 13 | MK | Stojiljkovic Stefan | SRB | 2034 | 5.5 |
| 14 | MK | Djordjevic Vuk | SRB | 2140 | 5.0 |
| 15 | FM | Mitrovic Darko R | SRB | 2259 | 5.0 |
| 16 | MK | Arandjelovic Aleksandar Z | SRB | 1967 | 5.0 |
| 17 | MK | Majstorovic Dusan | SRB | 2041 | 5.0 |
| 18 | FM | Radoja Djordje | SRB | 2222 | 5.0 |
| 19 | MK | Djuric Ranko | SRB | 2103 | 5.0 |
| 20 | I | Radovanovic Danko | SRB | 1876 | 5.0 |
| 21 | FM | Ristic Nebojsa B | SRB | 2309 | 4.5 |
| 22 | MK | Perunovic Ljubivoje | SRB | 1962 | 4.5 |
| 23 | WIM | Velickovski-Nejkovic Maja | SRB | 2137 | 4.5 |
| 24 | WFM | Nikolic Mila | SRB | 1917 | 4.5 |
| 25 | I | Krstic Zoran | SRB | 1897 | 4.5 |
| 26 | MK | Stojkovic Zoran | SRB | 1962 | 4.0 |
| 27 | MK | Krstic Aca | SRB | 1946 | 4.0 |
| 28 | MK | Djokovic Nenad | SRB | 1917 | 4.0 |
| 29 | I | Nikic Dragan | SRB | 1870 | 4.0 |
| 30 | Djoric Krsta | SLO | 1851 | 4.0 | |
| 31 | I | Stojadinovic Tomislav | SRB | 1836 | 4.0 |
| 32 | MK | Vasic Zarko | SRB | 2090 | 3.5 |
| 33 | I | Djordjevic Lazar | SRB | 1661 | 3.5 |
| 34 | I | Krstic Mihailo | SRB | 1925 | 3.5 |
| 35 | I | Cvetkovic Zoran | SRB | 1841 | 3.5 |
| 36 | MK | Zdravkovic Dragan S | SRB | 1913 | 3.0 |
| 37 | II | Stamenkovic Nikola | SRB | 0 | 3.0 |
| 38 | III | Stojiljkovic Tamara | SRB | 1774 | 3.0 |
| 39 | II | Zlatkovic Budimir | SRB | 0 | 3.0 |
| 40 | II | Miklos Filip | SRB | 0 | 2.5 |
| 41 | III | Djordjevic Luka | SRB | 0 | 2.5 |
| 42 | Marjanovic Zvezdan M | SRB | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 43 | I | Ivanovic Veljko | SRB | 1809 | 2.5 |
| 44 | II | Andjelkovic Danijela | SRB | 0 | 2.5 |
| 45 | MK | Todorovic Nenad I | SRB | 2100 | 2.0 |
| 46 | MK | Necevski Aleksandar | SRB | 2277 | 2.0 |
| 47 | FM | Markovic Marko | SRB | 2292 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Rancic Danijela | SRB | 1859 | 0.0 | |
