The 26th edition of the HIT Open will take place from 16-22 September 2022 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The tournament will be played 2 sections: A (for players rated 1500+) and B (for players rated U1600), in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The total prize fund of the event is 5560 euros, with 1.000 euros reserved for the Winner of the A tournament. GM Lorenzo Lodici, GM Francesco Sonis and GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo will headline the field of the A section. Scroll down for starting rank list of players
26th HIT Chess Open LIVE games
Starting rank list of players – 26th HIT Chess Open A:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Lodici Lorenzo
ITA
2559
2
GM
Sonis Francesco
ITA
2542
3
GM
Thybo Jesper Sondergaard
DEN
2516
4
IM
Seo Jung Min
SWE
2516
5
GM
Beliavsky Alexander G
SLO
2505
6
IM
Subelj Jan
SLO
2505
7
GM
Diermair Andreas
AUT
2468
8
GM
Pavlovic Milos
SRB
2468
9
IM
Stefansson Vignir Vatnar
ISL
2452
10
IM
Kaasen Tor Fredrik
NOR
2442
11
IM
Ghazarian Kirk
USA
2440
12
IM
Wadsworth Matthew J
ENG
2423
13
GM
Davies Nigel R
ENG
2420
14
FM
Agdelen Huseyin Can
TUR
2416
15
FM
Royal Shreyas
ENG
2412
16
FM
Holtel Jasper
GER
2406
17
IM
Schreiner Peter
AUT
2405
18
GM
Fercec Nenad
CRO
2403
19
IM
Willow Jonah B
ENG
2385
20
IM
Nyysti Sampsa
FIN
2363
21
IM
Thavandiran Shiyam
CAN
2363
22
FM
Panesar Vedant
IND
2336
23
FM
Brilej Jaka
SLO
2329
24
GM
Drazic Sinisa
SRB
2327
25
FM
Samani Yamac
TUR
2326
26
FM
Tisaj Domen
SLO
2325
27
IM
Rakesh Kumar Jena
IND
2321
28
FM
Van Dael Siem
NED
2316
29
Goroshkov Maksym
UKR
2315
30
FM
Sharan Rao
IND
2312
31
FM
Marn Jan
SLO
2307
32
FM
Mostbauer Florian
AUT
2295
33
FM
Guid Matej
SLO
2292
34
Lavrencic Matic
SLO
2274
35
FM
Stevanic David
SLO
2261
36
IM
Manish Anto Cristiano F
IND
2249
37
FM
Ronka Erik
FIN
2248
38
Thuesen Mogens
DEN
2242
39
Zamar Kodelja Jurij
SLO
2241
40
FM
Chkhaidze Nikoloz
GEO
2239
41
Acimovic Vasja
SLO
2237
42
Garsky Vladyslav
UKR
2229
43
Karlusic Luka
CRO
2215
44
WIM
Zubova Mariya
UKR
2214
45
CM
Bauer Thomas
AUT
2200
46
Saypuri Srithan
IND
2199
47
Gschiel Alexander
AUT
2196
48
Marchesich Giovanni
ITA
2189
49
CM
Lohia Sohum
ENG
2185
50
Gregoric Andraz
SLO
2182
51
Leitner Gerald
AUT
2181
52
Bashirov Kemal
UKR
2178
53
WFM
Pandey Srishti
IND
2173
54
Herega Nejc
SLO
2146
55
WFM
Schloffer Jasmin-Denise
AUT
2127
56
Acimovic Sergej
SLO
2114
57
Krivenko Dion
EST
2113
58
WFM
Rozman Monika
SLO
2111
59
Centrih Aleks
SLO
2095
60
Devnani Kush
IND
2095
61
Callsen Niklas
GER
2079
62
CM
Debevec Blaz
SLO
2056
63
Verbin Valentina
MDA
2049
64
Markocic Tine
SLO
2034
65
Mihelic Vesna
SLO
2031
66
Walker Samuel A
ENG
2028
67
WFM
Hercog Nusa
SLO
2019
68
Teo Hong Ming
SGP
2013
69
Bajo Tin
SLO
1999
70
Kepplinger Lukas
AUT
1994
71
Charaus Florian
AUT
1993
72
Vah Denis
SLO
1988
73
Cirkvencic Franci
SLO
1987
74
Both Aaron
CAN
1963
75
Goroshkova Liudmila
UKR
1961
76
Pirs Matjaz
SLO
1943
77
Labrovic Jakov
CRO
1882
78
Alexandrova Angelina
HUN
1842
79
Azinovic Igor
SLO
1814
80
Markocic Spela
SLO
1814
81
Di Lascio Savino
ITA
1793
82
Vidmar Klara
SLO
1788
83
Fiolo Costanza
ITA
1768
84
Ivsek Cveto
SLO
1763
85
Novak Rok
SLO
1763
86
Rigatti Giorgio
ITA
1763
87
Papler Peter
SLO
1750
88
Zlatanovic Srdjan
SLO
1740
89
Bajec Borut
SLO
1732
90
Hellsten Uffe
DEN
1732
91
Budai Federico
ITA
1712
92
Diachek Andriy
UKR
1704
93
Gamal Alaa
ENG
1693
94
Novak Simona
SLO
1692
95
Cokan Mirko
SLO
1683
96
Budai Leonardo
ITA
1676
97
Mocic Ivano
CRO
1672
98
Mihelj Edvard
SLO
1657
99
Vicic Mark
SLO
1641
100
Savoia Serge
ITA
1636
101
Zlatanovic Marcus
SLO
1636
102
Oestmann Lukas
SUI
1620
103
Juvan Vid
SLO
1564
104
Guid Taja
SLO
1511
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