Grandmaster Nikita Petrov defended his championship title at the 77th Montenegrin Senior Individual Chess Championship.
Petrov confirmed the trophy with his eighth victory in the tournament, against Veljko Šćekić, so with three draws and 9,5 points, he deservedly crossed the finish line first.
The Spanish game was played and Petrov, with patient play, created an advantage that he skillfully realized and won his second title in his second appearance at the most important competition on the domestic calendar.
Second place, along with the International Master Ball, went to Nemanja Vukčević.
Vukčević, a doctor by profession, played brilliantly and collected 8,5 points, achieving seven wins and three draws.
He suffered his only defeat in the fourth round in a duel against Petrov.
Vukčević drew with Peko Đurović very quickly in the last round, after repeating moves in the early phase of the game.
With that draw, Vukčević secured silver, while Đurović remained in the upper part of the table - ultimately taking the place.
Third place, for the third time in a row, was taken by grandmaster Denis Kadrić, who took advantage of the carelessness of his title-winning colleague, Nikola Đukić, in the 11th round.
With this victory, Kadrić moved into third place with eight points.
Additional criteria decided that fourth place would go to Pek Đurović, and fifth to Andrej Šuković, who each had 7,5 points at the end of the tournament.
Šuković defeated international master Vladimir Vujošević in the last round with black pieces.
Additional criteria also determined the placement in the group of players with seven points, so sixth place went to grandmaster Nebojša Nikčević, who defeated Miloš Pečurica in the final round.
In seventh place is international master Blažo Kalezić, and in eighth place is his title-holder Bogdan Podlesnik.
Kalezić defeated Armin Mušović in the 11th round, and Podlesnik celebrated in the longest game against Milorad Ratković.
The list of regular award winners is rounded out by international masters Vladimir Vujošević and Aleksandar Tomić, Veljko Šćekić and FIDE master Jovan Milović with 6,5 points.
Part of the award, given that they were distributed throughout Hort, went to grandmaster Nikola Đukić and fide master Miloš Vlatković.
The most successful lady at the tournament is Mateja Popović, and the most successful young man is Ilija Milović.
The rating awards went to: Sofija Milović in the category up to 1700, Nikola Sekulić up to 2000 and Davor Drašković up to 2200 points.
The total prize fund was 15000 euros.
Zoran Peruničić and Momčilo Pekić performed the refereeing duties without any problems, and the National Library "Radosav Ljumović" was a great host.
The organizer of the championship was the Chess Federation of Montenegro, and the sponsor was the Ministry of Sports and Youth.
The activities of the Chess Federation of Montenegro will continue on February 23rd, when the World Youth Championship, the first competition on the FIDE calendar in Montenegro, will begin in Petrovac.
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