The first Moma Vucicevic Memorial was held on 13th December at the Hotel Metropol in Belgrade, Serbia.
The 15-round blitz tournament with the time control 3′+2” was dedicated to the memory of FM Moma Vucicevic who passed away last year at the age of 46. Vucicevic was former U14 champion of Yugoslavia, captain of the Serbian national team at the Dresden Olympiad and generous sponsor of many local chess events.
The big hall of Metropol, the venue of the 2013 European Women’s Championship, was packed full with a total of 213 players, numerous reserves and observers.
Grandmaster Miodrag R Savic emerged clear winner with 12 points, leaving the second-placed GM Milos Pavlovichalf a point behind. Full standings under the photos.
The total prize fund was 2500 EUR. Arbiters: IA Nebojsa Baralic, IA Petar Katanic Vujic, IA Branka Vujic Katanic, IA Marija Stojanovic and NA Rade Goljovic.
Final standings (top 50):
1. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2526 – 12
2. GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2423 – 11.5
3. GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2690 – 11
4. GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2537 – 11
5. IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2376 – 11
6. GM Bogosavljevic Boban SRB 2580 – 11
7. IM Roganovic Milos SRB 2529 – 11
8. GM Tadic Branko SRB 2486 – 11
9. GM Djuric Stefan SRB 2338 – 11
10. IM Podinic Vladimir SRB 2390 – 11
11. Djuric Zoran SRB 2297 – 10.5
12. FM Martic Ivan SRB 2369 – 10.5
13. IM Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2358 – 10.5
14. IM Zlatanovic Boroljub SRB 2468 – 10
15. GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2501 – 10
16. GM Miljkovic Miroslav D SRB 2482 – 10
17. IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2390 – 10
18. IM Radlovacki Jovan SRB 2467 – 10
19. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2660 – 10
20. IM Sredojevic Ivan SRB 2397 – 10
21. GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2467 – 10
22. Radusinovic Lazar SRB 2370 – 10
23. FM Robulj Nenad SRB 2312 – 10
24. Mircic Ivan SRB 2218 – 10
25. IM Nenezic Marko SRB 2443 – 9.5
26. IM Marinkovic Ivan SRB 2503 – 9.5
27. GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2677 – 9.5
28. IM Benkovic Petar SRB 2411 – 9.5
29. Sarenac David SRB 2312 – 9.5
30. IM Lukovic Vladimir SRB 2439 – 9.5
31. FM Vrbljanac Aleksandar SRB 2281 – 9.5
32. IM Sarenac Ivan SRB 2410 – 9.5
33. IM Todorovic Goran N SRB 2369 – 9.5
34. Savicevic Vlatko SRB 2319 – 9.5
35. Ratkovic Miloje SRB 2307 – 9
36. IM Bozic Milan SRB 2439 – 9
37. Kiproski Branislav SRB 2072 – 9
38. GM Vukic Milan BIH 2510 – 9
39. IM Brkljaca Ante SRB 2327 – 9
40. GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2504 – 9
41. IM Draskovic Luka MNE 2352 – 9
42. IM Boskovic Drasko SRB 2458 – 9
43. Radovanovic Nikola SRB 2388 – 9
44. FM Djokic Nenad SRB 2343 – 9
45. IM Smolovic Mile SRB 2294 – 9
46. IM Saric Sinisa SRB 2468 – 9
47. IM Certic Branimir SRB 2391 – 9
48. GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2328 – 9
49. FM Brankovic Dejan SRB 2346 – 9
50. Livaja Mario SRB 2322 – 9