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2022 Open and Women’s Championships of North Macedonia concluded in Skopje

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

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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