March 3- 11, 2010
Unfortunately, FIDE saw fit to schedule the European Individual Chess Championships to overlap this venerable international tournament. When it began, Belgrade Tournament was one of the few tournaments in the world that provided an exclusive venue for female chessplayers, now in its 42nd year. Surely FIDE could show more sensitivity to such historical tournaments and schedule their events around them? It is little enough to ask.
Article at Chessdom.com, who are very good at providing coverage to a wide audience of women-only chess events. As the article points out, because of the scheduling conflict with the European Championship, and a decrease in prize sponsorship the last several years, top female players in the world have opted to by-pass the Belgrade Tournament. But now it provides a great opportunity for up-and-coming players and relatively unknown players eager to make a name for themselves and to shine.
WGM Tatjana Grabuzova (RUS 2345)
WGM Margarita Vojska (BUL 2325)
WGM Ana Benderać (SRB 2299)
WGM Suzana Maksimović (SRB 2272)
WIM Elena Borić (BiH 2260)
IM Svetlana Petrenko (MDA 2260)
WIM Marija Petrović (SRB 2182)
WFM Ana Marija Stefanidi (GRE 2125) (top photo)
16-years old Lena Miladinović (SRB 2018) (bottom photo)
Information from the Belgrade Chess Federation, which is providing coverage of the Tournament:
International March 8 Tournaments have now become a tradition in Belgrade, and with the exception of 1980, 1984. and 2004, they have been held every year. Almost all the leading women chess players have competed in the March 8 Tournaments including world champions - the legendary Nona Gaprindashvilli and Maya Chiburdandize and also our best players and youth and talented players who acquired necessery expiriance for the future and progress in our chess.
After tournaments which are played in Hestings and Weik An Ze this tournament is with longest tradition in chess history.
This year 42. tournament will be held in Belgrade (March 3-11, 2010).
Tournament is sponsored by the Belgrade Assembly.
TABLE - After Round 4
SN Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
1 IM Petrenko Svetlana 2268 MDA * 0 1 1 ½ 2½
2 WFM Eric Jovana 2183 SRB 1 * 1 ½ ½ 3
3 WFM Stefanidi Maria-Anna 2125 GRE 0 0 * 0 0 0
4 WGM Grabuzova Tatiana 2347 RUS 0 * 1 ½ 1 2½
5 WIM Petrovic Marija 2182 SRB * 1 ½ 0 1 3½
6 WGM Benderac Ana 2299 SRB 0 * 1 ½ 1 2½
7 Miladinovic Lena 2038 SRB 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½
8 WGM Voiska Margarita 2320 BUL 1 ½ 1 ½ * 3
9 WGM Maksimovic Suzana 2272 SRB ½ 1 0 0 * 1½
10 WIM Boric Elena 2263 BIH ½ ½ 0 1 * 2
Arbiters:
Marija Radosavljevic, IA
Katarina Tadic, NA
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