Grandmasters Pap and Atalik share first in Paracin Open
The 5th International Chess Festival “Sport Summer 2012″ was held on 6-13th July in Hotel Petrus in Paraćin, Serbia.
The main event was Open A – International Championship of Central Serbia, a 9-round Swiss tournament with FIDE time control which is valid for FIDE rating and GM/IM norms.
There were two groups, OPEN A for the players rated higher then 2100 and OPEN B for the lower rated players.
GM Gyula Pap (Hungary) and GM Suat Atalik (Turkey) signed a draw in the final round and shared the first place with 7/9 points each, half a point ahead of the group of players from Russia and Serbia. Pap is declared winner on better tie-break score.
Last year winner Mikhail Ulibin finished 4th on tie-break.
Tarik Selbes, also from Turkey, took the 1st prize for elo range 2201-2300 and claimed an IM norm. Chandra Akshat (USA) was the best placed player rated under 2200.
Russian junior Anton Pleshakov was convincing in the Open B and took a clear first place with 8 points, a full point ahead of the followers. 140 players competed in this event. Full standings for both groups are below.
Open A final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Pap Gyula HUN 2566 – 7
2. GM Atalik Suat TUR 2599 – 7
3. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2565 – 6.5
4. GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2531 – 6.5
5. IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2460 – 6.5
6. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2537 – 6.5
7. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2517 – 6.5
8. IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2404 – 6.5
9. GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2584 – 6
10. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2564 – 6
11. GM Bogdanovski Vlatko MKD 2454 – 6
12. IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2436 – 6
13. GM Bogosavljevic Boban SRB 2520 – 5.5
14. IM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2451 – 5.5
15. GM Martinovic Slobodan SRB 2447 – 5.5
16. Selbes Tarik TUR 2257 – 5.5
17. IM Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2381 – 5.5
18. IM Stojanovski Dejan MKD 2430 – 5.5
19. GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2538 – 5.5
20. GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2492 – 5.5
21. IM Maksimovic Branimir SRB 2452 – 5.5
22. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2506 – 5.5
Very nice.