Montenegrin chess player Predrag Nikač said that he must be satisfied with the medal from the World Championship for people without and with visual impairments, but that he thinks he could have done a little more.
He finished the championship in Petrovac in the division of first place, and additional criteria decided that in the end the bronze medal would go to him.
Nikač, not wanting to be falsely modest, emphasized that he was probably the best player in the competition that fought for medals in the Palas hotel in Petrovac.
"Since the tournament was brilliantly organized and all the participants from Montenegro leave with the most beautiful memories and impressions, then my bronze medal shines with a special shine," Nikač told the MINA agency.
He recalled that he played all decisive matches with black pieces, stating that everyone who knows him knows how much it means to him to lead white pieces in those games.
"I'm not satisfied with my game, but in the end I have to be satisfied because when it was most needed I achieved two victories. I'm sorry that the medal is not brighter. I hope that in the next period he will achieve an even better result and take a step higher," he said. is Nikač.
He praised the organizers of the championship, the Paralympic Committee and the Chess Federation, as well as the host, the Palace Hotel in Petrovac.
In Petrovac, Nikač won the first medal at the world championships under the auspices of the International Sports Federation for the Visually Impaired (IBSA).
In his career, he has a gold and a silver medal from the World Singles Championship for visually impaired people in Cagliari in 2019 and four years later in Rhodes, organized by the International Chess Organization for the Visually Impaired (IBCA).
He also won gold medals on the first board of the Blind and Visually Impaired Olympics in 2017 and the first board of the first Paralympics last year in Belgrade.
He is the first champion of independent Montenegro, and four times he was national champion in the regular program.
The General Secretary of the Paralympic Committee, Miloš Ranitović, said that he was satisfied with the organization of the championship, stating that the excellent impression was completed by the medal of Predrag Nikač.
"We organized the championship in partnership with the Chess Federation, and 36 chess players from 13 countries participated, who fought for medals at the Palas hotel in Petrovac. We are satisfied with the organization, and we are proud of the impressions that the participants leave Montenegro with. Complete impression rounded Nikač by winning the bronze medal," said Ranitović.
He presented the cup and medals to the best chess players of the championship at the ceremony announcing the best.
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