Sveti Prokopije 2011 Rapid Chess Tournament
IM Nikola Nestorovic edges 11 Grandmasters to take the first place
Sveti Prokopije 2011 rapid chess tournament took place on Saturday, 16th July in Lazarevac, Serbia. 58 players, with 11 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters in the field, competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament.
IM Nikola Nestorovic, coming “fresh” from the closed tournament in Krakow, Poland, is the sole winner half a point clear ahead the top seed GM Ivan Ivanisevic and veteran GM Slobodan Martinovic. Full standings bellow.
The tournament, organized by the Sah Klub Kolubara and FM Radenko Kokanovic, honours Prokopije – a patron saint of the miners in Lazarevac and Kolubara region. Chief Arbiter was IA Petar Katanic-Vujic.
Final top 15 standings:
1. IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2474 – 7.5
2. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2633 – 7
3. GM Martinovic Slobodan SRB 2436 – 7
4. GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2532 – 6.5
5. GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2473 – 6.5
6. GM Tadic Branko SRB 2487 – 6.5
7. IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2402 – 6.5
8. GM Vukic Milan BIH 2411 – 6
9. GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2464 – 6
10. IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2405 – 6
11. IM Govedarica Radovan SRB 2388 – 5.5
12. GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2481 – 5.5
13. GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2454 – 5.5
14. IM Radlovacki Jovan SRB 2416 – 5.5
15. IM Novoselski Zoran SRB 2384 – 5.5
16. CM Cvetanovic Uros SRB 2232 – 5.5
Impressive win by an IM over all the GMs.