The 10th Silver Lake Chess Festival was held from 19-26th June in Silver Lake, Veliko Gradiste, Serbia, with a record number of 260 participants.
The Festival consisted of Open A for players rated over 2000, Open B for players rated under 2200, Open C for players rated under 1700, Silver Star Blitz, Bughouse tournament and FIDE Arbiters Seminar.
The organization was carried out by Branicevo Chess Union, Chess Club VGSK, municipality Veliko Gradište and Danubia Hotels.
The top section Open A had 72 participants from 16 countries, including 15 Grandmasters and 14 International Masters.
Grandmasters Branko Damljanovic and Borko Lajthajm shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each, but Damljanovic claimed the winner’s trophy on better tie-break.
Gojko Vucinic earned IM norm, while Annamaria Marjanovics (Hungary) completed WIM norm. Annamaria also collected the prize for best woman.
IM Radovan Govedarica was top senior, IM Kristian Stuvik Holm (Norway) top U18 junior, and FM Nebojsa Djokic best player from the region.
The Open B had 126 participants. Aleksandar Ilic finished first to the delight of the local chess fans. Also with 7,5/9 points, but weaker tie-break, was Momcilo Zivkovic from Petrovac.
Aleksandar Ilic
Best U18 junior was WFM Jovana Mijkovic from SK Radnicki Cuprija, best woman was Katarina Nestorovic from SK Nestor Zemun and best veteran was Slobodan Tomic.
The Open C had 63 participants. Filip Aleksic from Montenegro was the overall winner with 8/10 points and also the best U14 player.
Best U6 – Viktor Srebotnjak
Best U8 – Alex Marjanovic (Hungary)
Best U10 – Ilija Vujasinovic
Best U12 – Ognjen Joksimovic
Best U16 – Zvezdan Mijalkovic
Filip Aleksic
Tournament Director was Vojkan Petrovic and Chief Arbiter was Nebojsa Baralic.
Open A final standings:
1. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2546 – 7
2. GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2401 – 7
3. GM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2485 – 6.5
4. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2503 – 6.5
5. Vucinic Gojko SRB 2294 – 6.5
6. GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2412 – 6.5
7. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2519 – 6
8. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2572 – 5.5
9. GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2471 – 5.5
10. IM Atakisi Umut TUR 2358 – 5.5
11. IM Govedarica Radovan SRB 2349 – 5.5
12. IM Holm Kristian Stuvik NOR 2420 – 5.5
13. FM Ivic Velimir SRB 2280 – 5.5
14. GM Pap Misa SRB 2496 – 5.5
15. GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2440 – 5.5
16. GM Markovic Miroslav SRB 2476 – 5.5
17. FM Cerovic Danilo SRB 2341 – 5.5
18. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2375 – 5.5
19. IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2387 – 5.5
20. Radovanovic Mihajlo SRB 2366 – 5.5
21. IM Kazakovskiy Valeriy BLR 2324 – 5
22. IM Radovanovic Nikola SRB 2394 – 5
23. IM Kontic Djordjije MNE 2312 – 5
24. Gorodetzky Matan ISR 1999 – 5
25. GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2411 – 5
26. FM Dinev Dejan MKD 2294 – 5
27. WFM Marjanovics Annamaria HUN 2389 – 5
28. Milovic Jovan MNE 2347 – 5
29. Tuna Alp TUR 2034 – 5
30. FM Pantelic Sasa SRB 2358 – 5
31. IM Bozic Milan SRB 2439 – 5
32. WFM Injac Teodora SRB 2185 – 5
33. FM Dogan Mire Deniz TUR 1975 – 4.5
34. GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2379 – 4.5
35. IM Cvetkovic Srdjan SRB 2303 – 4.5