Dejan Antic is crowned the 2015 Serbian Chess Champion after edging the last year ChampionAleksandar Indjic on tie-break. The two Grandmasters completed the event with 8,0/11 points each.
In the final round Antic defeated the then co-leader GM Branko Damljanovic, pushing the legendary player down to the third place. Indjic won against Aleksandar Kovacevic, but narrowly missed the title.
The 2015 Serbian Chess Championship was held from 18-30th April in Vrbas. The average elo of the 12-player lineup was 2476.
Final standings:
1-2. GM Antic Dejan 2469 and GM Indjic Aleksandar 2533 – 8
3. GM Damljanovic Branko 2562 – 7
4-6. GM Savic Miodrag R 2503, GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2516 and IM Saric Sinisa 2412 – 6.5
7. GM Pavlovic Milos 2493 – 5.5
8-9. GM Popovic Dusan 2507 and GM Ristic Nenad 2442 – 4.5
10. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2510 – 4
11-12. Ratkovic Milovan 2403 and Ratkovic Miloje 2365 – 2.5