The Chess Festival of the Serbian Chess Federation took place from 31 May – 5 June in Paracin, featuring the 8th Svetozar Gligoric Teams Cup and Serbian Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2022.
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The 8th edition of the Svetozar Gligoric Cup was the first event on the Festival’s schedule, played from 31 May – 3 June. Eleven teams in the Open section competed over 5 rounds in the swiss system, and four teams in the Women’s section played a 3-round round-robin tournament. The Winning teams were SK Jelica Goracici in the Open event and Jugovic Kac in the Women’s tournament.
Upcoming events in Serbia: Silver Lake Festival 2022 / Serbia Chess Open 2022
SK Jelica Goracici won the 8th Svetozar Gligoric Open Cup emerging as the sole winner of the event with 13 match points. SK Turbina-Vreoci and Novosadski SK – N. Sad tied for the second place scoring 12 match points, each, but the team of Turbina – Vreoci had more board points and claimed silver, while Novosadski SK – N. Sad came third. (scroll down for final rankings).
Composition of the Winning team (SK Jelica Goracici):
1. GM Boban Bogosavljevic,
2. IM Milos Stankovic,
3. GM Milan Zajic and
4. Aleksandar Toth

Jugovic Kac triumphed in the Women’s section winning the event with a perfect score of 9 match points. Paracin team clinched silver with 6 match points and Radnicki Cuprija won bronze with 3 match points. (scroll down for final rankings)
Composition of the Winning team (Jugovic Kac):
1. WIM Jovana Srdanovic
2. WGM Suzana Maksimovic
3. WFM Jelena Arsovic

The Serbian Rapid Chess Championship 2022 was played on June 4th in the same venue. 88 players competed for the title of National Rapid Champion, including 14 female players who were awarded separately.
GM Ivan Ivanisevic won the event with convincing 8/9 points and without a loss. He was the sole winner of the event followed by a group of four players who tied for silver with 7/9 points each: IM Marko Nenezic, GM Milos Perunovic, IM Milos Stankovic and Vlatko Savicevic. IM Marko Nenezic had the best Bucholz to come second on the final rankings while GM Milos Perunovic claimed bronze. (scroll down for final rankings)

WIM Ljilja Drljevic had the best score among the women players and with 5.5/9 points and 21st position on the overall rankings clinched the Serbian Women’s Rapid Chess Champion title. WGM Teodora Injac was second ranked female with 5/9 points and WIM Jovana Srdanovic was third with 4.5/9 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

The 2022 Serbian Blitz Chess Championship was played on June 5th with the participation of more than 90 players. After 13 swiss system rounds, GM Velimir Ivic won the Championship. With a score of 10.5 points, he emerged as the sole winner of the event. GM Ivan Ivanisevic and GM Milos Perunovic tied for second place scoring 10 points, each, with Ivanisevic having better tiebreaks to clinch silver, while Perunovic won bronze. Interestingly, the winning trio will compose the Serbian National Team in the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022. (scroll down for final rankings)

WGM Teodora Injac scored notable 8/13 points to be the best ranked woman player of the event and clinch the National Women’s Blitz Chess Champion title. She was 13th on the overall rankings, a full point ahead of WFM Radmila Kovacevic who claimed silver with 7/13 points. WIM Jovana Srdanovic had the same score of 7 points, but slightly lower tiebreaks than Kovacevic and eventually won bronze. (scroll down for final rankings).

Final rankings – 8th Svetozar Gligoric Open Cup:
Rk.
SNo
Team
Games
+
=
–
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
2
JELICA – Goračići
5
4
1
0
13
15
0
2
4
TURBINA – Vreoci
5
4
0
1
12
16
0
3
1
NOVOSADSKI ŠK – N.Sad
5
4
0
1
12
15
0
4
3
JUGOVIĆ – Kać
5
3
0
2
9
11
0
5
7
HERCEGOVAC – Gajdobra
4
2
0
2
9
10
0
6
5
RUDAR – Kostolac
5
2
1
2
7
9.5
0
7
11
OŠK PARAĆIN 2 DCK – Paraćin
4
1
1
2
7
8
0
8
6
TREPCA – K.Mitrovica
5
2
0
3
6
8
0
9
9
SIRMIUM- S.Mitrovica
4
1
0
3
6
6.5
0
10
8
BOŽEVAC – Boževac
4
0
1
3
4
6.5
0
11
10
ROKADA – Varvarin
4
0
0
4
3
5
0
.
Final rankings – 8th Svetozar Gligoric Women’s Cup:
Rk.
SNo
Team
Games
+
=
–
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
2
JUGOVIĆ – Kać
3
3
0
0
9
8
0
2
1
PARAĆIN – Paraćin
3
2
0
1
6
6.5
0
3
4
RADNIČKI – Ćuprija
3
1
0
2
3
3.5
0
4
3
REMBAS – Resavica
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
.
Final rankings – Serbian Rapid Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Ivanisevic Ivan
SRB
2567
8
51
0
56
2
IM
Nenezic Marko
SRB
2523
7
50
0
54
3
GM
Perunovic Milos
SRB
2587
7
50
0
54
4
IM
Stankovic Milos
SRB
2454
7
49
0
53
5
Savicevic Vlatko
SRB
2284
7
42
0
45
6
GM
Ivic Velimir
SRB
2437
6.5
51
0
55
7
GM
Atalik Suat
SRB
2553
6.5
48
0
52
8
GM
Bogosavljevic Boban
SRB
2614
6.5
47
0
51
9
FM
Martic Ivan
SRB
2355
6.5
46
0
50
10
IM
Cabarkapa Novak
SRB
2491
6
51
0
56
11
IM
Radovanovic Nikola
SRB
2457
6
49
0
52
12
GM
Milanovic Danilo
SRB
2454
6
44
0
48
13
Toth Aleksandar
SRB
2391
6
43
0
47
14
IM
Tadic Stefan
SRB
2256
6
43
0
46
15
FM
Jocev Milan
SRB
2268
6
41
0
42
16
FM
Damjanovic Vuk
SRB
2092
5.5
46
0
49
17
GM
Zajic Milan
SRB
2531
5.5
44
0
48
18
FM
Omorjan Dejan
SRB
2228
5.5
44
0
48
19
IM
Zlatanovic Boroljub
SRB
2399
5.5
43
0
48
20
FM
Popovic Milan S
SRB
2479
5.5
43
0
47
21
WIM
Drljevic Ljilja
w
SRB
2233
5.5
43
0
46
22
Todorovic Nenad I
SRB
2191
5.5
42
0
44
23
Stoiljkovic Stefan
SRB
2062
5.5
42
0
45
24
Mitic Milan
SRB
2034
5.5
40
0
41
25
IM
Tesic Dragan
SRB
2230
5.5
39
0
42
26
IM
Todorovic Goran N
SRB
2354
5.5
37
0
41
27
Vuksanovic Zvezdan
SRB
2187
5.5
35
0
36
28
GM
Todorovic Goran M
SRB
2377
5
45
0
49
29
Ivanovic Marko
SRB
2219
5
45
0
48
30
WGM
Injac Teodora
w
SRB
2188
5
45
0
47
31
FM
Milosevic Milos
SRB
2225
5
44
0
47
32
GM
Brenjo Slavisa
SRB
2388
5
43
0
47
33
Simic Dragisa
SRB
2290
5
43
0
46
34
FM
Bzenic Dejan
SRB
2137
5
40
0
44
35
FM
Mirkovic Stevan
SRB
2336
5
38
0
41
36
CM
Alimpic Aleksa
SRB
2145
5
38
0
41
37
Todorovic Radisa J
SRB
1965
5
37
1
40
38
IM
Vucinic Gojko
SRB
2214
5
37
0
40
39
Adzic Momcilo
SRB
2203
5
37
0
40
40
Miljkovic Miroslav M
SRB
2164
5
37
0
39
41
Al Atarji Sami
SRB
2179
5
36
0
39
42
FM
Stankovic Ivan G
SRB
2207
5
35
0
37
43
WIM
Srdanovic Jovana
w
SRB
1957
4.5
42
0
45
44
Njegic Vladimir
SRB
2120
4.5
41
0
43
45
IM
Sekulic Dusan
SRB
2138
4.5
40
0
41
46
Vujovic Vera
w
SRB
1405
4.5
39
0
43
47
Tisma Ivan
SRB
2080
4.5
39
0
42
48
Rajkovic Aleksandar
SRB
2190
4.5
37
0
39
49
Komatinovic Milan
SRB
1717
4.5
35
0
38
50
Simic Petar S
SRB
2061
4.5
33
0
35
51
Stankovic Miljan
SRB
2137
4
42
0
44
52
Markovic Sasa
SRB
2066
4
41
0
44
53
Poleksic Dusan
SRB
1986
4
38
0
40
54
WFM
Vujcic Milena
w
SRB
1817
4
37
0
39
55
Dragic Dragan
SRB
1915
4
36
0
39
56
Gajic Danijel
SRB
1828
4
36
0
37
57
Vuksanovic Djordjije
SRB
1890
4
34
0
36
58
Rakulj Stanislav
SRB
1928
4
33
0
36
59
Colic Milos
SRB
1899
4
33
0
35
60
Njaguljevic Dragan
SRB
1809
4
32
0
35
61
Djordjevic Nevena
w
SRB
1834
4
32
0
33
62
Lukic Sasa
SRB
1712
4
30
0
31
63
Mijic Sara
w
SRB
1230
4
29
0
32
64
Grozdanovic Anastasia
w
SRB
1739
3.5
41
0
44
65
Jokic Bojan
SRB
1417
3.5
38
0
40
66
Dimitrijevic Andjela
w
SRB
1838
3.5
38
0
40
67
Kostic Zivojin
SRB
1873
3.5
35
0
36
68
Gogic Anastasija
w
SRB
1853
3.5
34
0
36
Tomic Miljan
SRB
1817
3.5
34
0
36
70
Ilic Stefan B
SRB
1940
3
37
0
40
71
Copa Petar
SRB
1664
3
36
0
38
72
Strbac Dusan
SRB
1430
3
34
0
37
73
Vojinovic Anastasija
w
SRB
1366
3
34
0
37
74
Rajic Milovan
SRB
1771
3
32
0
33
75
Jurisic Iskra
w
SRB
1551
3
32
0
33
76
Al Atarji Kamal
SRB
1653
3
30
0
31
77
Stefanovic Dragan D
SRB
1563
3
29
0
30
78
Pavlovic Slobodan Z
SRB
1749
3
28
0
29
79
Vuckovic Vukman
SRB
0
3
27
0
28
80
Lukic Vasilije
SRB
1404
3
26
0
28
81
Ristic Djordje
SRB
1530
2.5
34
0
36
82
Mitic Marko
SRB
1222
2.5
29
0
31
83
Stojanovic Miroslav S
SRB
1562
2.5
29
0
30
84
Vujatovic Irina
w
SRB
1218
2.5
25
0
26
85
Tomic Dimitrije
SRB
1489
2
22
0
23
86
Ilic Mia
w
SRB
0
1.5
33
0
35
87
Miladinovic Mihajlo
SRB
1364
1.5
26
0
27
88
FM
Svicevic Rastko
SRB
2097
0
26
0
27
.
Final rankings – Serbian Blitz Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Ivic Velimir
SRB
2610
11
103
0
109
2
GM
Ivanisevic Ivan
SRB
2535
10
105
0
112
3
GM
Perunovic Milos
SRB
2551
10
103
0
109
4
IM
Nenezic Marko
SRB
2432
9.5
97.5
0
103
5
GM
Milanovic Danilo
SRB
2500
9.5
97
0
104
6
FM
Damjanovic Vuk
SRB
2433
9
97.5
0
105
7
FM
Martic Ivan
SRB
2317
9
96.5
0
102
8
FM
Popovic Milan S
SRB
2361
9
84.5
0
89.5
9
GM
Zajic Milan
SRB
2415
8.5
105
0
110
10
IM
Zlatanovic Boroljub
SRB
2421
8.5
99.5
0
104
11
IM
Stankovic Milos
SRB
2431
8.5
97.5
0
103
12
GM
Todorovic Goran M
SRB
2368
8.5
90.5
0
96
13
GM
Bogosavljevic Boban
SRB
2490
8
99.5
0
105
14
GM
Atalik Suat
SRB
2444
8
95
0
102
15
IM
Tadic Stefan
SRB
2316
8
95
0
99
16
WGM
Injac Teodora
w
SRB
2278
8
90.5
0
96.5
17
Sarenac David
SRB
2304
8
88.5
0
94
18
Ivanovic Marko
SRB
2179
8
87.5
0
91.5
19
CM
Alimpic Aleksa
SRB
2174
8
87.5
0
88
20
FM
Jocev Milan
SRB
2322
8
87
0
92
21
Micic Aleksa
SRB
2050
8
84
0
88
22
IM
Kojovic Dragan
SRB
2281
8
82.5
0
87.5
23
IM
Vucinic Gojko
SRB
2303
8
77.5
0
82.5
24
IM
Djordjevic Vuk
SRB
2483
7.5
100
0
106
25
IM
Radovanovic Nikola
SRB
2477
7.5
97
0
103
26
Radisavljevic Dalibor
SRB
2136
7.5
94
0
98
27
FM
Omorjan Dejan
SRB
2179
7.5
90.5
0
96.5
28
IM
Cabarkapa Novak
SRB
2433
7.5
90
0
95
29
IM
Sarenac Ivan
SRB
2311
7.5
89.5
0
95
30
IM
Tesic Dragan
SRB
2339
7.5
85
0
90.5
31
FM
Milosevic Milos
SRB
2313
7
95
0
100
32
Mitrovic Marjan
SRB
2177
7
88
0
92
WFM
Kovacevic Radmila
w
SRB
2115
7
88
0
92
34
Radojkovic Stefan
SRB
2049
7
87
0
90.5
35
WIM
Srdanovic Jovana
w
SRB
2089
7
82.5
0
86.5
36
Petkovic Jovan
SRB
2153
7
82
1
85.5
37
IM
Todorovic Goran N
SRB
2283
7
82
0
87
38
Markovic Sasa
SRB
2090
7
79
0
84
39
Toth Aleksandar
SRB
2323
7
78.5
0
82.5
40
Tisma Ivan
SRB
2061
7
78.5
0
82
41
Vujovic Vera
w
SRB
1735
7
76
0
81.5
42
Mijajlovic Jovan
SRB
1933
7
73.5
0
77
43
FM
Stankovic Ivan G
SRB
2195
6.5
88.5
0
92.5
44
Rajkovic Aleksandar
SRB
2109
6.5
86.5
0
92
45
FM
Jovic Stanoje
SRB
2286
6.5
84
1
89.5
46
Poleksic Dusan
SRB
1811
6.5
84
0
88.5
47
FM
Mirkovic Stevan
SRB
2271
6.5
81.5
0
85.5
48
Adzic Momcilo
SRB
2203
6.5
73
0
76.5
49
Savicevic Vlatko
SRB
2362
6.5
71
0
74.5
50
Vuksanovic Zvezdan
SRB
2187
6
85
0
89
51
FM
Bzenic Dejan
SRB
2119
6
81.5
0
85.5
52
Simic Dragisa
SRB
2290
6
81
0
85
53
Al Atarji Sami
SRB
2128
6
79.5
0
83.5
54
Dragic Dragan
SRB
2026
6
77.5
0
78
55
WIM
Drljevic Ljilja
w
SRB
2203
6
75.5
0
80
56
WFM
Vujcic Milena
w
SRB
1902
6
73.5
0
77.5
57
FM
Markovic Marko
SRB
2232
6
71.5
0
76.5
58
Djordjevic Nevena
w
SRB
1751
6
69
0
71.5
59
Dimitrijevic Andjela
w
SRB
1752
6
64.5
0
67
60
Colic Aleksandar
SRB
1940
6
64
0
67.5
61
Miljkovic Miroslav M
SRB
2151
5.5
86
0
88.5
62
Petrovic Zoran Z
SRB
2012
5.5
80.5
0
84.5
63
CM
Jokic Miodrag
SRB
2010
5.5
76.5
0
79
64
Ristic Dejan D
SRB
1996
5.5
75.5
0.5
80.5
65
IM
Sekulic Dusan
SRB
2187
5.5
75.5
0.5
79
66
CM
Djoric Hadzi Goran
SRB
2031
5.5
73.5
0
77.5
67
Urosevic Miroljub
SRB
1944
5.5
71
0
73.5
68
Danilovic Dalibor
SRB
1855
5.5
70.5
0
74.5
69
Djurdjevic Dejan
SRB
1996
5.5
69
0
72.5
70
Vuksanovic Djordjije
SRB
1889
5.5
67
0
67.5
71
Colic Milos
SRB
1869
5.5
65
0
68.5
72
Kuzmanovic Ratko
SRB
1925
5.5
64.5
0
67
73
Njegic Vladimir
SRB
2099
5
78
0
82
74
Jovanovic Zoran B
SRB
2050
5
76
0
80
75
Todorovic Radisa J
SRB
1917
5
74.5
0
79
76
Ilic Velibor
SRB
1815
5
63.5
0
64
77
Lukic Sasa
SRB
1669
4.5
73.5
0
78.5
78
Jurisic Iskra
w
SRB
1373
4.5
67.5
0
68
79
Kostic Zivojin
SRB
1737
4.5
64.5
0
68
80
Vujatovic Irina
w
SRB
1181
4.5
63.5
0
64
81
Simic Vukasin
SRB
1562
4.5
62.5
0
63
82
Stefanovic Dragan D
SRB
1652
4.5
60.5
0
61
83
Lukic David
SRB
1404
4
64
0
64.5
84
Simic Miroslav
SRB
1727
4
60.5
0
61
85
Savic Natasa
w
SRB
1684
4
58.5
0
59
86
Simic Petar S
SRB
1885
3
72.5
0
75
87
Jevtic Lazar
SRB
1391
3
60
0
60.5
88
Vujovic Dragisa
SRB
2044
1.5
60
0
62.5
89
Ilic Milos I
SRB
1444
1
55
0
57.5
90
FM
Svicevic Rastko
SRB
2049
0
51
0
52
Copa Petar
SRB
1780
0
51
0
52
Rajic Milovan
SRB
1652
0
51
0
52
.
