The 2012 Central Serbia Open Chess Championship was held from 13th to 19th February in Pozarevac. 70 players competed over nine rounds of Swiss system.
The highlight of the tournament was the come-back of GM Miroslav Markovic, 1998 Yugoslav champion and world top-100 player in 1999, who convincingly won the competition by collecting 7.5 points and leaving the nearest followers full point behind.
Markovic played in only a couple of events since 2005 and not a single rated game since the Swedish League 2009/2010.
The second place was shared between two veterans, 61-years old captain of the national team GM Bosko Abramovic and 66-years old Slobodan Martinovic, and a lady – WGM Andjelija Stojanovic, three-times women champion of Serbia.
Abramovic had the best tie-break score and therefore qualifies for the 2012 Serbian championship, together with the winner Markovic. Full standings bellow.
Earlier, Grandmasters Dejan Pikula and Danilo Milanovic qualified for the 2012 Serbian championship by taking the top two places in the Belgrade Chess Championship 2012.
GM Miroslav Markovic
Final standings:
1 GM Markovic Miroslav SRB 2460 – 7.5
2 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2447 – 6.5
3 GM Martinovic Slobodan SRB 2429 – 6.5
4 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija SRB 2297 – 6.5
5 GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2471 – 6
6 FM Vujic Mihailo SRB 2329 – 6
7 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2422 – 6
8 GM Kosanovic Goran A SRB 2362 – 6
9 GM Pap Misa SRB 2512 – 6
10 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2509 – 6
11 FM Todorovic Bojan SRB 2289 – 6
12 Radovanovic Dusan SRB 2367 – 5.5
13 Dudukovic Nikola SRB 2275 – 5.5
14 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2535 – 5.5
15 Nenezic Marko SRB 2356 – 5.5
16 FM Sorgic Dragan SRB 2242 – 5.5
17 FM Stojkovic Miroljub SRB 2235 – 5.5
18 FM Sekulic Dusan SRB 2312 – 5.5
19 Garic Radomir SRB 2274 – 5.5
20 GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2435 – 5
21 Stojanovic Zlatko SRB 2252 – 5
22 Ratkovic Milovan SRB 2183 – 5
23 Milovanovic Srboljub SRB 2203 – 5
24 Marcetic Predrag SRB 2247 – 5
25 Zivkovic Marko SRB 2130 – 5
26 FM Dmitrovic Tomislav SRB 2273 – 5
27 Tasic Zoran T SRB 2156 – 5
28 Andrejic Vladica SRB 2170 – 5
29 Tosic Nebojsa SRB 2214 – 5
30 FM Pantelic Sasa SRB 2357 – 4.5
31 Ratkovic Miloje SRB 2172 – 4.5
32 IM Peric Slavisa SRB 2228 – 4.5
33 Bura Goran SRB 2222 – 4.5
34 Petrovic Dragan R SRB 2210 – 4.5
35 Zivkovic Momcilo SRB 2137 – 4.5
36 Arandjelovic Aleksandar Z SRB 2066 – 4.5
37 Rajkovic Aleksandar SRB 2126 – 4.5
38 Bogosavljevic Drasko SRB 0 – 4.5
39 FM Djokic Nebojsa SRB 2191 – 4.5
40 WGM Chelushkina Irina SRB 2280 – 4.5
41 Arsenijevic Ivan SRB 2172 – 4.5
42 FM Trifunovic Miroljub SRB 2278 – 4
43 Pantovic Dragan M SRB 2150 – 4
44 Colovic Zoran SRB 2168 – 4
45 Bozilov Dragan SRB 1913 – 4
46 Mickovic Slavisa SRB 2097 – 4
47 Kostic Tomislav SRB 1813 – 4
48 Djordjevic Zoran B SRB 2060 – 4
49 FM Rajkovic Ljubisa SRB 2188 – 4
50 Njegic Vladimir SRB 2114 – 4
51 Lazovic Bozidar SRB 1779 – 4
52 Ilic Milenko SRB 0 – 4
53 Katic Goran SRB 2036 – 4
54 Antic Dragan SRB 2142 – 3.5
55 Nikolic Dejan SRB 1961 – 3.5
56 Tonic Milos SRB 1962 – 3.5
57 Jelisavcic Srdjan SRB 2071 – 3.5
58 Gagic Miroljub SRB 1883 – 3.5
59 Stevic Dragan SRB 0 – 3.5
60 Panic Sasa SRB 0 – 3.5
61 Ratkovic Petar SRB 1534 – 3
62 Zivkovic Nebojsa SRB 0 – 3
63 Bojkovic Bozidar SRB 0 – 3
64 Kostic Marko SRB 0 – 3
65 Djuric Stefan E SRB 0 – 3
66 Jenic Aleksandar SRB 1893 – 2.5
67 Tomic Djordje M SRB 0 – 2.5
68 Nesic Ivan SRB 0 – 2
69 Nikolic Aleksandar SRB 0 – 1.5
70 Brankovan Mario SRB 0 – 0
