Grandmaster Boban Bogosavljevic became the new Serbian Champion after the convincing victory at the event held in Vrnjacka Banja on 15-27th April.
Bogosavljevic, who celebrated 25th birthday during the final rounds, conceded only four draws to complete the Championship with 10/12 points, leaving the second placed IM Aleksandar Indjic full two points behind. Bogosavljevic earned 38 elo points.
The 17-years old Aleksandar Indjic also has a reason to celebrate as he scored his third GM norm and completed all title requirements in only seven months. Indjic thus became the youngest Serbian Grandmaster ever.
Final standings:
1. GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2512 – 10
2. IM Indjic Aleksandar 2519 – 8
3. GM Damljanovic Branko 2536 – 7.5
4-5. GM Popovic Dusan 2558 and GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2571 – 6.5
6-8. GM Brenjo Slavisa 2516, GM Sedlak Nikola 2577 and GM Miladinovic Igor 2569 – 6
9. GM Savic Miodrag R 2539 – 5
10. IM Perunovic Miodrag 2434 – 4.5
11-12. GM Tosic Miroslav 2412, IM Cvetkovic Srdjan 2389 and Ratkovic Milovan 2296 – 4
Impressive.