The charity NURDOR chess tournament for children, “Next Generation Chess” Open Chess Championship for Youth, was held at the renowned Marriott Hotel “Moxy” (Njegoševa 2, Belgrade) on November 2, 2024. The event was organized by GoPro, in collaboration with our partners (B9 and Data Status), and supported by the Chess Federation of Belgrade with expert assistance from the Nestor Chess Club.
All proceeds from the registration fees were donated to NURDOR for the construction of a parental house.
Some chess community clubs supported this initiative by refraining from organizing children’s tournaments on the scheduled date and encouraged their club members to sign up for the competition. The goal was to gather as many donations as possible and to set an example of support for true values to our children.
At the beginning of the tournament, a minute of silence was observed to honor the victims of the tragedy in Novi Sad.
The tournament was symbolically opened with the first move by Petar Miljković (GoPro, CEO) and Aleksandar Kutanjac, a member of the Serbian chess team that won the gold medal at the European Chess Championship this year.
The children played serious chess games, professionally and with dignity. As far as we’re concerned, everyone was a winner that day.
List of Awardees
Boys under 12:
1st place – Veljko Cupać, 7 points
2nd place – Dušan Stevanov, 5 points
3rd place – Mijat Cicmil, 5 points
Girls under 12:
1st place – Milica Vujilić, 5 points
2nd place – Sofija Stanić, 4.5 points
3rd place – Lena Radenković, 4 points
Boys under 10:
1st place – David M. Perić, 6 points
2nd place – Jovan Bilić, 6 points
3rd place – Konstantin Krutikov, 5.5 points
Girls under 10:
1st place – Nina Smilić, 5 points
2nd place – Natalija Vujičić, 5 points
3rd place – Jelisaveta Milosavljević, 5 points
Boys under 8:
1st place – Aleksandar Klekovkin, 6.5 points
2nd place – Pavle Tomić, 6 points
3rd place – Teodor Ćupurdija, 5 points
Girls under 8:
1st place – Nataša Jovanović, 5 points
2nd place – Maja Zhivotova, 4.5 points
3rd place – Ivona Spasojević, 4 points
