The Serbian Chess Championship 2013 will be held on 15-27th April at the Hotel Zvezda in Vrnjacka Banja. Thirteen players will compete in the round robin tournament.
Top seeded player is GM Nikola Sedlak, who was the champion in 2010. Last year champion Ivan Ivanisevic will not defend the title because he is preparing for the European Championship which is starting on 4th May.
The prize fund is 3500 EUR and the players are receiving appearance fees ranging from 140 to 450 EUR, depending on elo.
Daily live games from 15:30 CET
Participants:
GM Sedlak Nikola 2577
GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2571
GM Miladinovic Igor 2569
GM Popovic Dusan 2558
GM Savic Miodrag R 2539
GM Damljanovic Branko 2536
IM Indjic Aleksandar 2519
GM Brenjo Slavisa 2516
GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2512
IM Perunovic Miodrag 2434
GM Tosic Miroslav 2412
IM Cvetkovic Srdjan 2389
Ratkovic Milovan 2296
GM norm possible?
Very weak championship. And not all of them were born in Serbia.