The 2012 Serbian Chess Championship will take place from 23rd April to 5th May in Vrnjačka Banja. Fourteen players will compete in the round robin tournament.

Defending champion Ivan Ivanišević is the top seeded player. GM Bojan Vučković and GM Mihajlo Stojanović canceled the participation, just like the last year.

Players:

1 GM Ivan Ivanišević 2645 (2011 Championship)
2 GM Robert Markuš 2625 (On average rating)
3 GM Nikola Sedlak 2593 (On average rating)
4 GM Branko Damljanović 2582 (2011 Championship)
5 GM Miloš Perunović 2582 (2011 Championship)
6 GM Dušan Popović 2561 (On average rating)
7 GM Igor Miladinović 2555 (2011 Championship)
8 GM Dejan Pikula 2525 (Belgrade qualifier)
9 GM Boban Bogosavljević 2523 (Vojvodina qualifier)
10 GM Danilo Milanović 2520 (Belgrade qualifier)
11 GM Miroslav Marković 2480 (Central Serbia qualifier)
12 GM Boško Abramović 2460 (Central Serbia qualifier)
13 IM Aleksandar Inđić 2430 (Junior champion 2011)
14 IM Predrag Bodiroga 2397 (Vojvodina qualifier)

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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