9 players share first for Belgrade Trophy 2014

9 players share first for Belgrade Trophy 2014

The 28th Belgrade Trophy 2014 was held from 24th November to 2nd December 2014 at the Centar Balasevic Hotel***** in Belgrade, Serbia.

The tournament was organized by the Serbian Chess Federation and supported by the Parliament of Belgrade City in a 9-round Swiss FIDE format with the prize fund in the amount of 6.000 €.

The first place was shared in a nine-way tie by IM Antonios Pavlidis (Greece), GM Branko Damljanovic (Serbia),GM Dragisa Blagojevic (Montenegro), GM Alexey Kislinsky (Czech Republic), GM Dejan Pikula (Serbia), GM Suat Atalik (Turkey), GM Danilo Milanovic (Serbia), GM Miroslav Tosic (Serbia) and IM Marko Nenezic (Serbia) with 7 points each.

However, the young Greek player Pavlidis prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the gold, while Damljanovic remained second.

The 17-year-old Tijana Blagojevic (Montenegro), recently approved for WIM conditionally on rating, made a huge rating jump, gaining 140 new ELO points to her rating. She collected 6/9 points and finished 23rd, grabbing the first female prize.

You can see the full standings below and replay the games from the tournament in the LIVE games Section.

Official website/ LIVE games with analysis

Final standings (top finishers):

1 IM PAVLIDIS Antonios GRE 2531 7
2 GM DAMLJANOVIC Branko SRB 2562 7
3 GM BLAGOJEVIC Dragisa MNE 2495 7
4 GM KISLINSKY Alexey CZE 2491 7
5 GM PIKULA Dejan SRB 2457 7
6 GM ATALIK Suat TUR 2551 7
7 GM MILANOVIC Danilo SRB 2483 7
8 GM TOSIC Miroslav SRB 2421 7
9 IM NENEZIC Marko SRB 2459 7
10 IM CODENOTTI Marco ITA 2345 6,5
11 GM STOJANOVIC Dalibor BIH 2504 6,5
12 IM ZAJIC Milan SRB 2454 6,5
13 IM GOVEDARICA Radovan SRB 2394 6,5
14 RADOVANOVIC Nikola SRB 2340 6,5
15 IM JOVANOVIC Dusan D SRB 2413 6,5