Markus wins Karposh

International Chess Tournament Open KarposhSeven Grandmasters share first, Robert Markus declared winner

International Chess Tournament "Open Karposh" was held from 2nd to 9th April at the Replek venue in Skopje. The playing format was nine-round Swiss and 74 players took participation. Among them is an impressive number of 18 Grandmasters.

Seven Grandmasters shared the first place with 6.5 points each, but the top-seeded Robert Markus is declared champion on the highest tiebreak score. It should be noted that junior Lazar Nestorovic, the youngest in the famous Belgrade chess family, earned an IM norm while facing seven Grandmasters in the tournament draw.

The total prize fund amounts to 8.800 EUR.

Final standings:

1 GM Markus Robert SRB 2625 - 6.5
2 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2555 - 6.5
3 GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2517 - 6.5
4 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2467 - 6.5
5 GM Jacimovic Dragoljub MKD 2427 - 6.5
6 GM Skoberne Jure SLO 2553 - 6.5
7 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2565 - 6.5
8 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2545 - 6
9 GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2524 - 6
10 Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2357 - 6
11 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2571 - 6
12 GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2576 - 6
13 IM Smith Bryan G USA 2466 - 6
14 IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2464 - 5.5
15 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2473 - 5.5
16 Petrovski Igor MKD 2177 - 5.5
17 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2488 - 5.5
18 GM Nedev Trajko MKD 2479 - 5.5
19 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko MKD 2421 - 5.5
20 IM Collas Silvia FRA 2295 - 5.5
21 IM Mitkov Marjan MKD 2401 - 5.5
22 WIM Videnova Iva BUL 2304 - 5.5