Sasa Jevtic invites you to 18th Paracin International Chess Festival 2025
FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic invites you to 18th Paracin International Chess Festival 2025. The festival has a total of four tournaments - Category A (>2100), Category B (≤2100), 21st Uros Dinic Memorial Rapid Rating and Blitz Rating Open. The total prize fund is RSD 1170000 (≈ €10000). The top three prizes are RSD 1125000, 300000 and 200000 each. The festival will take place at Pool Prestige Hotel in Paracin, Serbia from 4th to 12th July 2025. Check out the announcement made by the organizer himself to find out all details about the tournaments in the festival. Photo: FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic
This July, Participate at a Chess Festival in Serbia
By FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic
I am glad to inform you that the Regulations for the 18th International Chess Festival "Paracin 2025" are official and published. 9-days long chess festival will take place in Paracin, Serbia from July 4th to 12th, 2025. Traditional and worldwide well-known chess festival in Paracin will have a total prize fund of €15000 and will consist of four events as follows:
International Tournament "Paracin 2025" - Open A
Open tournament for players rated higher than 2100. Organizer is allowed to include players with lower ratings as follows: 2000-2099 (max 20 players), 1900-1999 (max 10 players), below 1900 (max 5 players). FIDE Swiss, 9 rounds. The tournament is valid for FIDE rating and international title norms.
Time control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds
Total prize fund is 1170000 RSD (app. €10.000), while 1st prize is: 300000 RSD (app. €2550)
Players list
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | 13402129 | AZE | 2620 | ||
| 2 | GM | Zanan, Evgeny | 24101940 | ISR | 2493 | ||
| 3 | GM | Sedlak, Nikola | 922900 | SRB | 2443 | ||
| 4 | GM | Munkhgal, Gombosuren | 4901266 | MGL | 2406 | ||
| 5 | GM | Kosic, Dragan | 900290 | MNE | 2386 | ||
| 6 | IM | Hari, Madhavan N B | 25054309 | IND | 2386 | ||
| 7 | IM | Srihari, L | 46642056 | IND | 2353 | ||
| 8 | FM | Chakrabarty, Reyaansh | 3256944 | AUS | 2346 | ||
| 9 | WFM | Amin-Erdene, Bayanmunkh | 4903161 | MGL | 2342 | w | |
| 10 | WIM | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | 44164548 | SRB | 2326 | w |
International Tournament "Paracin 2025" - Open B
Open tournament for players rated lower and equal to 2100. FIDE Swiss, 9 rounds.
The tournament is valid for FIDE rating. Time control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds
The total prize fund is 330000 RSD (app. €2820), while 1st prize is: 60000 RSD (app. €510)
Players list
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mihaylov, Bozhidar | 2944537 | BUL | 1999 | |||
| 2 | Radojkovic, Stefan | 954675 | SRB | 1970 | |||
| 3 | Boci, Petro | 4704673 | ALB | 1965 | |||
| 4 | Leonardo, Franklin | 5820740 | SGP | 1912 | |||
| 5 | Lukic, Sasa | 973556 | SRB | 1911 | |||
| 6 | FM | Dezelin, Milan | 933015 | SRB | 1900 | ||
| 7 | Dinic, Nenad | 928283 | SRB | 1844 | |||
| 8 | Lukic, David | 9211459 | SRB | 1823 | |||
| 9 | Tosic, Dragoljub | 932221 | SRB | 1818 | |||
| 10 | Bai, Moxuan | 8647445 | CHN | 1814 |
21st "Uros Dinis" Memorial Rapid Tournament, July 6th 2025
Rapid tournament, FIDE Swiss, 9 rounds. 10 minutes + 5 seconds per player.
Total prize fund: 150000 RSD (app. €1280)
Open Blitz Tournament, July 9th 2025
Blitz tournament, FIDE Swiss, 11 rounds. 3 minutes + 2 seconds per player.
Total prize fund: 100000 RSD (app. €855)
Accommodation:
We can offer different accommodation options in our hotels and apartments. For all details, please contact the organizer.
Transfer:
Participants can enjoy the convenience of a provided bus transfer from previous tournaments to Paracin and from Paracin to the upcoming event, with a small fee applicable. We'll share the details as soon as all regulations for the summer tournaments in Serbia are finalized and published.
Additionally, individual transfers from/to Belgrade/Nis Airport or any other location can be arranged.
Special Conditions:
Organizer offers Grandmasters rated 2450+ special conditions in free accommodation.
The amount for those special conditions is limited, so hurry up and do not miss the chance!
Information and Reservation:
For all further information about the Festival and accommodation reservation, please contact the organizer: IO Saša Jevtic +381 63 439497 or via email at info@paracinchess.rs or sasajevtic@yahoo.com
I wish you a nice and memorable stay in the heart of Serbia as well as success in chess. Download the festival details from here.
