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Sirmium return from Budva with European bronze, while Sarana and Ivić each scored six points and won individual medals. At home, three more league campaigns have concluded: Mirijevo earned Super League promotion, Ina dizajn finish…
Read →Sarana and Ivić have opened the European Club Cup with four wins each, both Serbian Super League titles have been decided, and the promotion races continue in Belgrade and Novi Pazar. There is also a major calendar change: the Bel…
Read →After Samarkand, Serbia’s internationals continued their season in two strong team competitions: the Serbian Super League and Germany’s Bundesliga. Radnik Surdulica secured the domestic title, while Sirmium and Čast i slava took t…
Read →While we followed Serbia’s teams in Samarkand, domestic league chess kept moving. Our weekly review returns with a longer edition: Belgrade’s women’s league has a winner, the Super League has started in Vrnjačka Banja, and the cit…
Read →Alexey Sarana’s 6/10 and Teodora Injac’s 5/8 complete our review of Serbia’s players, from the reserves to the top boards. Both recorded four wins. Sarana played ten games and Injac eight, leading the four-player line-up on board …
Read →Aleksandar Inđić’s 6½/10 and Alina Bivol’s 4½/10 continue our review of Serbia in Samarkand. Both played ten games. Inđić shared the highest points total in the Open team with Alexandr Predke. Alina played most of the tournament o…
Read →Alexandr Predke’s 6½/10 and Elif Mehmed’s 7/10 continue our board-by-board review of Serbia at the Olympiad. Predke remained unbeaten through nine appearances, until the final round. Elif played ten games without a single draw and…
Read →Velimir Ivić’s 3½/8 and Jovana Srdanović’s 4½/8 continue our board-by-board review of Serbia in Samarkand. Both played eight games. For Velimir, we return to a long win against Turkmenistan; for Jovana, an attack against Iran and …
Read →Bojan Maksimović’s 3½/6 and Sofia Pogorelskikh’s 6½/8 open our board-by-board review of Serbia in Samarkand. Their tournaments followed different rhythms: after his early appearances, Bojan returned for the last two rounds, while …
Read →Serbia finishes the Samarkand Olympiad 22nd in the Open and 21st in the Women’s section. In the final, eleventh round on 27 September, the Open team lost 1½:2½ to Azerbaijan, while the women beat Austria 2½:1½. Both Serbian teams …
Read →The final round of the Samarkand Olympiad is under way: Serbia faces Azerbaijan in the Open and Austria in the Women’s section. Round eleven began today, 27 September, at 08:00 in Serbia (CEST), or 11:00 in Samarkand. Official sch…
Read →Predke’s win earned the Open team two more match points, while the women shared the points with Italy. In round ten of the Samarkand Olympiad on 26 September, Serbia beat Lithuania 2½:1½ in the Open and drew 2:2 with Italy in the …
Read →Lithuania for the Open team, Italy for the women in the penultimate round. Round ten of the Samarkand Olympiad takes place today, 26 September, at 12:00 in Serbia (CEST), or 15:00 in Samarkand. Only the final, eleventh round will …
Read →Serbia’s Open team bounced back from defeat to the USA, but the women finished the day without new match points. In round nine of the Samarkand Olympiad on 25 September, Serbia beat Switzerland 3:1 in the Open and lost 1½:2½ to Fr…
Read →Switzerland for the Open team, France for the women. Round nine of the Samarkand Olympiad takes place today, 25 September, starting at 12:00 in Serbia (CEST), or 15:00 in Samarkand. There are three rounds left, including today’s. …
Read →Serbia’s women returned to winning ways, while the Open team suffered its second defeat of the tournament. In round eight of the Samarkand Olympiad on 24 September, Serbia beat Belarus 2½:1½ in the Women’s section and lost ½:3½ to…
Read →The USA for Serbia’s men, Belarus for the women. Round eight of the Olympiad brings two different challenges: the Open team faces the top seed, while the women seek a win after two consecutive drawn matches. The round takes place …
Read →A convincing win for Serbia’s men and another draw for the women. In round seven of the Samarkand Olympiad on September 23, Serbia beat Kazakhstan 3½:½ in the Open and drew 2:2 with Cuba in the Women’s section. Alexey Sarana, Alek…
Read →After the rest day, Serbia resumes the Olympiad against Kazakhstan in the Open and Cuba in the Women’s section. Round seven starts today, September 23, at noon in Serbia (CEST), or 3pm in Samarkand. Both Serbian teams have nine ma…
Read →There is no round today, but plenty to watch. After six of eleven rounds, Uzbekistan leads the Open on its own, while China and Kazakhstan lead the Women’s section. The favourites have not built an uncatchable advantage: five roun…
Read →Two matches, two 2:2 draws. Serbia drew with Sweden in the Open and Türkiye in the Women’s section in round six of the Samarkand Olympiad, played on September 21. Aleksandar Inđić, Teodora Injac and Alina Bivol scored wins, but ne…
Read →Sweden for the Open team, Türkiye for the women: both Serbian teams enter round six with eight match points. The men follow up their victory over Cuba, while the women seek a return to winning ways after their first defeat. The ro…
Read →Serbia’s Open team returned to winning ways, while the women suffered their first match defeat. In round five of the Olympiad, played on September 20, Serbia beat Cuba 3:1 in the Open and lost 1:3 to Azerbaijan in the Women’s sect…
Read →Cuba for the Open team, Azerbaijan for the women. Round five of the Olympiad brings different challenges for Serbia: the men seek a return to winning ways after losing to China, while the women defend their perfect match record ag…
Read →China ended Serbia’s winning start in the Open, while the women made it four match wins out of four. Round four of the Samarkand Olympiad, played on September 19, brought a 1:3 loss to China and a convincing 3½:½ win over Iran. Th…
Read →After three opening team victories, Serbia faces China in the Open and Iran in the Women’s section in round four. The Open team faces its toughest assignment so far: China fields three players rated above 2700. Serbia’s women have…
Read →Three rounds, three wins for both Serbian teams. On Friday, September 18, Serbia beat Canada 2½:1½ in both sections. The routes to victory differed: two wins proved decisive in the Open match, while one win and three draws settled…
Read →Canada on both fronts. Serbia faces Canada in both sections of round three of the Olympiad, following two opening wins for each Serbian team. Aleksandar Inđić returns to the Open line-up and Alina Bivol to the Women’s team; Bojan …
Read →Another day, another two wins for Serbia. In round two of the Olympiad, played on September 17, the Open team beat Turkmenistan 3:1 and the women defeated Scotland 4:0. Both teams have a maximum four match points, with 6½/8 board …
Read →Serbia finished the first day of play in Samarkand with two team wins and no individual defeats. The Open team beat South Sudan 3½:½, while the women defeated Madagascar 4:0. Both teams collected two match points. Today brings Tur…
Read →Serbia opens the Olympiad against South Sudan in the Open and Madagascar in the Women’s event. The submitted line-ups make both Serbian teams clear favourites: our players hold a rating advantage of more than 400 points on every b…
Read →Tomorrow we support Serbia across four boards again. Before round one in Samarkand, we look back at the results that make the Olympiad special for Serbian chess: fifth place in Budapest, the women’s fine campaign in Dresden and in…
Read →There are two days to go until round one. Tuesday brings the opening ceremony; on Wednesday, September 16, the teams take their seats. That is when we start checking our phones a little more often. FIDE’s September 13 preview list…
Read →This week we move from team lists to following the games. The 46th Chess Olympiad opens on Tuesday, September 15, with its first five rounds running Wednesday to Sunday. Each starts at noon in Serbia (CEST), or 3pm in Samarkand. L…
Read →The Olympiad is almost here. The opening ceremony in Samarkand is on September 15, with round one the following day. While we wait for Serbia’s teams to sit down at the boards, there is time for a game ourselves: this week brings …
Read →The end of August traditionally brings a quieter period for our best players. Ahead of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, from 15 to 27 September, most of the national team players are finishing their preparation and timing their fo…
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