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