The 2022 Open and Women’s Chess Championships of North Macedonia concluded yesterday in Skopje. The events simultaneously took place in Hotel Continental, being played from April 29 – May 5.
59 players competed in the 9 round swiss system Open tournament, while 12 women played the 7 rounds swiss system Women’s Championship.
IM Filip Pancevski scored an unbeaten 8/9 points to triumph the Open section and clinch the title of North Macedonia National chess champion. Emil Risteski and Robert Veleski tied for second place both with score of 7 points, with tiebreaks determining Risteski takes silver while Veleski claims bronze.

WFM Monika Stojkovska suffered an upset in the second round losing to underdog Katerina Petrovska. Stojkovska scored 5/5 till the end of the competition to be the sole winner of the Women’s Championship with the final score of 6/7 points. Gabriela Koskoska was silver and Ivana Manova won bronze medal.

Final rankings – 2022 Open Chess Championship of North Macedonia:
Rk.
Name
Typ
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
IM
Pancevski Filip
MKD
2457
8
48
53
7
2
FM
Risteski Emil
U18
MKD
2374
7
50
53
6
3
FM
Veleski Robert
S50
MKD
2136
7
47
51
6
4
FM
Dinev Dejan
S50
MKD
2201
6.5
43
47
5
5
IM
Lazov Toni
MKD
2377
6
49
54
4
6
IM
Nikolovski Nikola
MKD
2372
6
48
52
5
7
Veljanoski Andrej
U18
MKD
2200
6
47
51
6
8
Tancev Zoran
MKD
2257
6
42
46
4
9
Glavinac Goran
MKD
2106
6
40
43
5
10
Jordanov Mihail
U18
MKD
2219
6
40
43
5
11
Dimkovski Stojancho
MKD
1966
6
38
40
6
12
Petrov Georgi
S50
MKD
2153
5.5
43
47
4
13
Petreski Leonid
U18
MKD
1824
5.5
43
46
5
14
AFM
Zlatkov Anton
U16
MKD
2106
5.5
43
45
5
15
FM
Ilic Ljubomir
S65
MKD
2005
5.5
42
45
5
16
Sumkoski Yane
MKD
1947
5.5
40
43
4
17
Davkov Mitko
S50
MKD
0
5.5
32
34
3
18
FM
Kralevski Aleksander
S65
MKD
2058
5
46
51
3
19
Jovanovski Teodor
U18
MKD
1900
5
44
44
5
20
Hristovski Srdzan
S50
MKD
2053
5
43
46
3
21
Tabakovski Dino
U18
MKD
1580
5
42
45
4
22
Velkoski Stojan
U18
MKD
1940
5
39
43
5
23
Eftovski Mateo
U20
MKD
1940
5
38
41
3
24
Crkvenjakov Filip
MKD
0
5
32
34
2
25
Krstev Emil
S50
MKD
1930
4.5
43
45
3
26
Stosevski Ilija
S65
MKD
1981
4.5
40
43
4
27
Petrov Vancho
S50
MKD
1963
4.5
39
42
4
28
Gjorgjevski Janco
S50
MKD
1857
4.5
37
40
4
29
Xheladini Valton
U16
MKD
1455
4.5
35
36
4
30
Petrovski Stojanche
MKD
1445
4.5
35
38
3
31
Trajkovski Mile
S65
MKD
1996
4.5
35
38
1
32
Linkinoski Borce
MKD
1297
4.5
34
36
3
33
Atanasovski Blazhe
S50
MKD
1775
4.5
33
36
2
34
Nikolovski David
MKD
1723
4.5
31
34
3
35
Kalin Andrei
U14
MKD
1641
4
42
46
3
36
Selkovski Zarko
S50
MKD
1996
4
40
43
4
37
Kostadinovski Zoran
S50
MKD
1914
4
39
42
3
38
Golubovic Tomislav
S50
MKD
1721
4
37
40
2
39
Boshkovski Nikola
U16
MKD
1381
4
36
39
3
40
Petrovski Nikola
U10
MKD
1242
4
35
38
3
41
Nikolovski Kiril
U14
MKD
1237
4
33
36
2
42
Dimov Trajce
MKD
1691
4
33
34
2
43
Gaberov Toshe
S65
MKD
1512
4
31
33
4
44
Zhezhov Emil
S50
MKD
1769
3.5
39
42
3
45
Bojkovski Matej
U16
MKD
1440
3.5
31
33
2
46
Miskoski Misko
MKD
1956
3
42
46
2
47
Cvetkovski Slobodan
S50
MKD
1693
3
39
43
2
48
Zhezhovski Marjan
S50
MKD
0
3
35
38
2
49
Stankovski Stefan
U16
MKD
1024
3
33
35
2
50
Naskov Aleks
U20
MKD
1371
3
32
35
1
51
Velkovski Zoran
MKD
1440
3
30
31
3
52
AFM
Tasevski Daniel
MKD
0
3
29
30
3
53
Zvezdakoski Matej
U18
MKD
1937
2.5
39
42
2
54
Arsov Filip
U20
MKD
1676
2.5
34
35
2
55
Naskov Malachi
U14
MKD
0
2.5
33
35
2
56
Melnik Stefan
U14
MKD
0
2.5
26
26
1
57
Atanasov Sande
S50
MKD
1832
2
31
34
1
58
Topalov Nikola
S65
MKD
1525
2
31
32
2
59
Velickovski Filip
U14
MKD
0
1
29
31
0
.
Final rankings – 2022 Women’s Chess Championship of North Macedonia:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
WFM
Stojkovska Monika
MKD
2086
6
25
0
28
2
WIM
Koskoska Gabriela
MKD
1995
5
24
0
26
3
Manova Ivana
MKD
1853
4.5
26
0
28
4
Petrovska Katerina
MKD
1880
4.5
26
0
28
5
Eftovska Lea
MKD
1610
4
25
0
27
6
Nikolovska Dragana
MKD
1904
4
23
0
25
7
Zhezhovska Monika
MKD
1611
3
28
0
30
8
Ajradinoska Indzi
MKD
1260
3
23
0
25
9
Lazarova Jovana
MKD
1207
3
20
0
22
10
Lazarevska Ana
MKD
0
2
20
0
22
11
Veleva Teodora
MKD
1271
2
19
0
21
12
Trajkovska Marija
MKD
0
0
15
0
16
