Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev stormed through the Alkaloid Blitz Open to take a clear first place with 12,0/13 points, leaving the nearest followers two points behind.
The Alkaloid Blitz Open was held on 1st March at Hotel Continental in Skopje. The tournament format was 13 round Swiss with the time control 3 min + 2 sec.
130 players competed and the prize fund was 800 EUR. In November Kiril Georgiev won the Alkaloid Rapid.
Final standings:
1. GM GEORGIEV Kiril BUL 2606 – 12
2. GM MILJKOVIC Miroslav D SRB 2515 – 10
3. GM NEDEV Trajko MKD 2450 – 10
4. IM PANCEVSKI Filip MKD 2484 – 9.5
5. MLADENOVIC Stefan SRB 2188 – 9
6. GM COLOVIC Aleksandar MKD 2493 – 9
7. GM DRENCHEV Petar BUL 2461 – 9
8. FM ANDONOVSKI Ljubisa MKD 2284 – 9
9. FM BADEV Kiril BUL 2319 – 9
10. IM NIKOLOV Sasho BUL 2400 – 9
11. IM MITKOV Marjan MKD 2378 – 9
12. GM STANOJOSKI Zvonko MKD 2379 – 9
13. FM VELESKI Robert MKD 2298 – 9
14. GM JACIMOVIC Dragoljub MKD 2444 – 8.5
15. IM STOJANOVSKI Dejan MKD 2455 – 8.5
Still playing good chess.