Memorials, opens and Grand Prix rounds 38

The Belgrade Chess Federation sets the rhythm of the year. Its blitz Grand Prix “Čugeri u šobu” and its rapid Grand Prix run as numbered tournaments from January to a final in December, the blitz series in the federation hall on Deligradska; its rating tournaments follow the seasons, from New Year, spring and Vidovdan to the open amateur championship in August, in 2026 in the Sifnios hall of the Madlenianum in Zemun. The Belgrade Trophy is played in late November at the COMTRADE Technology Centre in Novi Beograd, and the Serbia Open fills the Metropol Palace hotel each July.

Around them sit memorials named after players and organisers, from the Karaklajić cup to the Moma Vučićević blitz and the Trifunović tournament for veterans, the Grandmaster tournament of women chess players in March, club series such as Radnickichess and Zemunac, and youth events from the School Cup on Ada Ciganlija to the cadet and primary-school championships. Summer brings the Gročanske svečanosti festival in Grocka, the Kokanov memorial in Lazarevac and the MOOSSS tournament in Mladenovac, and Palilula holds a Vidovdan tournament in Borča.