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IM Matthew Wadsworth wins 26th HIT Chess Open

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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26th HIT Open Winners (A tournament); Photo by: Matjaz Loviscek 

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

26th HIT Open Winners (B tournament); Photo by: Matjaz Loviscek 

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

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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

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