2/27/2024
PTT Belgrade team won the second Post’s Chess Cup
At the second Post’s Chess Cup, held on February 24 in the premises of the PTT Belgrade Chess Club under the auspices of Acting Director of the Post of Serbia, Zoran Đorđević, the best team was the PTT Belgrade team, which beat the Šabac team 2:1 in the final.
The president of CC PTT Belgrade, Srđan Smiljković, greeted all the participants at the beginning and said, "We have a period of great success behind us, because we became first league champions in both the men's and women's competition, without losing a single match, with which we made history." We are planning the next tournament for the end of May and it will be dedicated to our long-time member, president and captain, the late Dragan Nedeljković".
The tournament was opened by Alisa Marić, the celebrated Serbian grandmaster, symbolically making the first move.
The competition brought together 12 sections of the PTT Belgrade Chess Club from the working units of the Post of Serbia, and the teams were divided into two groups, from which the best qualified directly to the finals. It was played on three boards, and the tempo was 15 minutes per player.
Results: for the first place CC PTT–Šabac 2:1; for third place: Belgrade–Kraljevo 2.5:0.5; for fifth place Zaječar–Kragujevac 2:1; for seventh place: Niš–Sremska Mitrovica 2:1; for ninth place: Čačak 2–Kruševac 1.5:1.5 (Kruševac won because of better additional criteria); for the eleventh place: Vranje–Čačak 1 3:0.
At the end, club president Srđan Smiljković presented cups to the captains of the three best teams, and all tournament participants received plaques.