7th Sozina Open

This traditional open tournament is being held on 18-26th March in Bar, big harbor on the Adriatic coast. There are 100 participants with 11 GMs among them. I'm glad to see my friend Aleksandar Toth is doing fine with 2.5 points after 4 rounds. 14-years old Jovana Vojinovic won against experienced IM Slavisa Marinkovic (2403).

In spite of great tradition, good prize fund and excellent organization, this tournament has been poorly advertised. There was no website and we had to wait 4 days to see first results and games posted at the SCG Chess Federation website. By reading Garry Kasparov article, younger readers can hear that old Yugoslavia was Mecca for tournament players from around the globe. Nowadays, even those few tournaments are not properly promoted.


Round 4 standings:
1-2. FM Borko Lajthajm (2464) and GM Bojan Vuckovic (2506) with 4 points
3-4. IM Blazo Kalezic (2435) and GM Miroljub Lazic (2466) 3.5, and then 22 players tied with 3 points.


GM Bojan Vuckovic 2506 - IM Goran Arsovic 2450
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bf3 e5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 Bb7 16. h4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nd7 18. g5 Ne5 19. Nd4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 O-O-O 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc5 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Qxg5 26. Qb4 Qc5 27. Qa5 Qa7 28. a4 d5 29. axb5 1-0

Aleksandar Toth 2302 - Alija Ikic 2132
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. O-O Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. c4 Na6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. g3 a6 21. Kg2 Re8 22. Qd2 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Na5 b6 26. Nc6 a5 27. h4 Nc5 28. h5 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Bd5+ Nxd5 32. Qxd5+ Qe6 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 34. Qxa8+ Re8 35. Qe4 Bd4 36. b3 Rc8 37. Rcd1 Qc6 38. Rde1 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4 a4 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Rf6 axb3 42. axb3 Kg7 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Rh4 Rg8 45. Rh7+ Ke8 46. Rdd7 Rh8 47. Rhe7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ 1-0

Jovana Vojinovic 2035 - IM Slavisa Marinkovic 2403
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. O-O c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 Nb4 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. cxd5 Ba6 17. Re1 Bc4 18. a3 Na6 19. e4 Qd6 20. Qg4 b5 21. a4 f6 22. axb5 h5 23. Qh4 Bxb5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qxc4 Nb4 27. Ra5 a6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 1-0