The 26th edition of the HIT Open took place from 16-22 September 2022 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The tournament was played in2 sections: A (for players rated 1500+) and B (for players rated U1600), in 9 rounds, swiss system, with a total prize fund of 5560 euros.
IM Matthew Wadsworth won the A tournament scoring unbeaten 7/9 points thus pocketing a prize money of 1000 eur. With a victory in the last round against IM Cristiano Manish Anto, Wadsworth emerged as the sole winner of the event. Four players tied for the second place scoring 6.5 points each, with tiebreaks criteria determining IM Vatnar Stefansson Vignir second, IM Jung Min Seo came third, IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen was fourth, andKaasen Tor Fredrik finished in the 5th place. Scroll down for final rankings
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Samo Fucka won the B tournament with a perfect 7/7 score. Nejc Zagorsek and Vilijan Leban tied for second place with 4.5 points, but tiebreaks favored Zagorsek who came second while Leban clinched third place. Scroll down for the final rankings

Final rankings – 26th HIT Open (A section):
Rk.
Name
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
IM
Wadsworth Matthew J
ENG
2423
7
0
48
53
2
IM
Stefansson Vignir Vatnar
ISL
2452
6.5
0
50
55
3
IM
Seo Jung Min
SWE
2516
6.5
0
49
54
4
IM
Kaasen Tor Fredrik
NOR
2442
6.5
0
44
48
5
FM
Marn Jan
SLO
2307
6.5
0
41
44
6
FM
Royal Shreyas
ENG
2412
6
0
49
53
7
GM
Drazic Sinisa
SRB
2327
6
0
48
52
8
IM
Ghazarian Kirk
USA
2440
6
0
46
51
9
IM
Manish Anto Cristiano F
IND
2249
6
0
45
49
10
FM
Holtel Jasper
GER
2406
6
0
45
49
11
GM
Sonis Francesco
ITA
2542
6
0
43
48
12
FM
Tisaj Domen
SLO
2325
6
0
42
46
13
IM
Subelj Jan
SLO
2505
6
0
41
45
14
Lavrencic Matic
SLO
2274
6
0
41
44
15
GM
Beliavsky Alexander G
SLO
2505
6
0
37
41
16
IM
Willow Jonah B
ENG
2385
5.5
0
46
50
17
FM
Sharan Rao
IND
2312
5.5
0
44
47
18
GM
Diermair Andreas
AUT
2468
5.5
0
43
47
19
GM
Thybo Jesper Sondergaard
DEN
2516
5.5
0
43
47
20
GM
Fercec Nenad
CRO
2403
5.5
0
42
46
21
GM
Lodici Lorenzo
ITA
2559
5.5
0
41
46
22
FM
Ronka Erik
FIN
2248
5.5
0
40
44
23
FM
Stevanic David
SLO
2261
5.5
0
37
41
24
FM
Chkhaidze Nikoloz
GEO
2239
5.5
0
37
40
25
FM
Brilej Jaka
SLO
2329
5
0
45
49
FM
Van Dael Siem
NED
2316
5
0
45
49
27
GM
Davies Nigel R
ENG
2420
5
0
44
49
28
Devnani Kush
IND
2095
5
0
44
48
29
Gschiel Alexander
AUT
2196
5
0
43
47
30
IM
Schreiner Peter
AUT
2405
5
0
43
47
31
Zamar Kodelja Jurij
SLO
2241
5
0
41
45
32
IM
Thavandiran Shiyam
CAN
2363
5
0
41
45
33
Herega Nejc
SLO
2146
5
0
40
44
34
Gregoric Andraz
SLO
2182
5
0
40
44
35
Callsen Niklas
GER
2079
5
0
39
43
36
FM
Mostbauer Florian
AUT
2295
5
0
39
42
37
WIM
Zubova Mariya
UKR
2214
5
0
39
41
38
CM
Lohia Sohum
ENG
2185
5
0
38
42
39
Saypuri Srithan
IND
2199
5
0
36
39
40
Acimovic Sergej
SLO
2114
5
0
36
38
41
Thuesen Mogens
DEN
2242
5
0
34
37
42
GM
Pavlovic Milos
SRB
2468
4.5
0
44
48
43
Verbin Valentina
MDA
2049
4.5
0
41
44
44
Leitner Gerald
AUT
2181
4.5
0
41
43
45
Acimovic Vasja
SLO
2237
4.5
0
40
44
46
Garsky Vladyslav
UKR
2229
4.5
0
39
43
47
IM
Rakesh Kumar Jena
IND
2321
4.5
0
39
43
48
Goroshkov Maksym
UKR
2315
4.5
0
39
43
49
Krivenko Dion
EST
2113
4.5
0
38
42
50
WFM
Rozman Monika
SLO
2111
4.5
0
38
41
51
Mihelic Vesna
SLO
2031
4.5
0
37
40
52
CM
Bauer Thomas
AUT
2200
4.5
0
35
38
53
Centrih Aleks
SLO
2095
4.5
0
35
37
54
IM
Nyysti Sampsa
FIN
2363
4.5
0
34
37
55
Oestmann Lukas
SUI
1620
4.5
0
31
34
56
FM
Guid Matej
SLO
2292
4
0
42
46
57
CM
Debevec Blaz
SLO
2056
4
0
41
44
58
WFM
Hercog Nusa
SLO
2019
4
0
41
43
59
Budai Leonardo
ITA
1676
4
0
38
41
60
Labrovic Jakov
CRO
1882
4
0
38
40
61
Walker Samuel A
ENG
2028
4
0
37
40
62
Pirs Matjaz
SLO
1943
4
0
37
40
63
WFM
Schloffer Jasmin-Denise
AUT
2127
4
0
37
40
64
Vah Denis
SLO
1988
4
0
36
38
65
Vidmar Klara
SLO
1788
4
0
36
39
66
Bajo Tin
SLO
1999
4
0
35
38
67
Goroshkova Liudmila
UKR
1961
4
0
34
37
68
Novak Rok
SLO
1763
4
0
34
36
69
Di Lascio Savino
ITA
1793
4
0
34
36
70
Alexandrova Angelina
HUN
1842
4
0
33
36
71
Kepplinger Lukas
AUT
1994
4
0
33
36
72
Zlatanovic Marcus
SLO
1636
4
0
32
34
73
Gamal Alaa
ENG
1693
4
0
29
31
74
Charaus Florian
AUT
1993
3.5
0
35
37
75
Cirkvencic Franci
SLO
1987
3.5
0
34
37
76
Ivsek Cveto
SLO
1763
3.5
0
34
36
77
Bajec Borut
SLO
1732
3.5
0
33
36
78
Guid Taja
SLO
1511
3.5
0
28
30
79
Hellsten Uffe
DEN
1732
3.5
0
25
27
80
Papler Peter
SLO
1750
3.5
0
23
24
81
Teo Hong Ming
SGP
2013
3
0
39
42
82
Marchesich Giovanni
ITA
2189
3
0
37
41
83
Markocic Tine
SLO
2034
3
0
37
40
84
Both Aaron
CAN
1963
3
0
35
37
85
Zlatanovic Srdjan
SLO
1740
3
0
32
35
86
Budai Federico
ITA
1712
3
0
32
34
87
Rigatti Giorgio
ITA
1763
3
0
31
33
88
Juvan Vid
SLO
1564
3
0
30
32
89
Petrovcic Cvetko
SLO
1602
3
0
29
31
90
Cokan Mirko
SLO
1683
3
0
29
31
91
Mihelj Edvard
SLO
1657
3
0
27
29
92
Karlusic Luka
CRO
2215
2.5
0
38
41
93
Vicic Mark
SLO
1641
2.5
0
32
35
94
Fiolo Costanza
ITA
1768
2.5
0
31
34
95
Azinovic Igor
SLO
1814
2.5
0
31
33
96
Savoia Serge
ITA
1636
2
1
28
30
97
Novak Simona
SLO
1692
2
0
26
28
98
Mocic Ivano
CRO
1672
1.5
0
26
29
.
Final rankings – 26th HIT Open (B section):
Rk.
Name
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
Fucka Samo
SLO
1350
7
0
25
25
2
Zagorsek Nejc
SLO
0
4.5
1
28
28
3
Leban Vilijan
SLO
1215
4.5
0
28
30
4
Kovacevic Erik
SLO
0
4
0
28
30
5
Saccone Giovanni
ITA
1448
4
0
26
28
6
Suligoj Nejc
SLO
1343
4
0
24
26
7
Moseeva Anna
SLO
0
4
0
24
24
8
Saccone Corrado
ITA
1284
4
0
19
19
9
Lapajne Melink Jakob
SLO
0
2
1
21
21
10
Vicic Maks
SLO
1267
2
1
20
20
Gabrscek Nejc
SLO
1121
2
1
20
20
12
Kostic Gal
SLO
0
0
0
24
26
.
