Sunday, February 05, 2006

SCG Olympiad Team Announced

Former journalist FM Dragoljub Joksimovic, men squad selector, has invited following players to join the national team: GM Branko Damljanovic (2615), GM Igor Miladinovic (2607), GM Robert Markus (2595), GM Ivan Ivanisevic (2588) and GM Dragan Solak (2560).

These five were easy choice. 6th player will be picked soon and candidates are GM Milos Perunovic (2508), GM Aleksandar Kovacevic (2535), GM Nikola Djukic (2523) and GM Nikola Sedlak (2518).

Coach will be IM Mihajlo Stojanovic (who was women's selector candidate). Joksimovic is big optimist, he is expecting SCG to finish in top 10. SCG current FIDE ranking is 17th (based on top rated players).

GM Nenad Ristic has announced women's team: WGM Alisa Maric (2415), WGM Svetlana Prudnikova (2359), Irina Coljuskina and WGM Ana Benderac (2302). WGM Natasa Bojkovic (2390) has to miss the Olympiad for family reasons.

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