The 5th edition of the International Chess Tournament “Solta Chess Open 2022” took place from 2-10 July in Grohote, Šolta. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.
Nearly 100 participants from 24 countries fought for the total prize fund of 10.000 euros. The top seeded GM Ante Brkic convincingly won the event scoring 8.5/9 points. He was 1.5 points ahead of three players who tied for the second place. FM Kacper Polok had the best tiebreaks and claimed second place, FM Lovro Cupic was third and Marin Denic came fourth. (scroll down for final rankings)
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Solta Chess Open 2022 – Final rankings:
Rk. | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2611 | 8.5 | 49 | 44 | |
2 | FM | Polok Kacper | POL | 2215 | 7 | 48 | 43 | |
3 | FM | Cupic Lovro | CRO | 2250 | 7 | 44 | 39 | |
4 | I | Denic Marin | U18 | CRO | 2018 | 7 | 42 | 38 |
5 | FM | Bartel Michal | POL | 2195 | 6.5 | 49 | 45 | |
6 | IM | Bukal Vladimir Jr. | CRO | 2372 | 6.5 | 48 | 43 | |
7 | FM | Zierke Oliver | GER | 2252 | 6.5 | 44 | 40 | |
8 | CM | Persson Andreas | SWE | 2154 | 6.5 | 42 | 38 | |
9 | FM | Zelic Mladen | S60 | CRO | 2235 | 6.5 | 42 | 38 |
10 | GM | Kurajica Bojan | S60 | CRO | 2525 | 6.5 | 41 | 37 |
11 | IM | Mencinger Vojko | S60 | SLO | 2320 | 6 | 52 | 47 |
12 | FM | Begus Drasko | SRB | 2323 | 6 | 45 | 40 | |
13 | MK | Bedic Zeljko | CRO | 2068 | 6 | 44 | 40 | |
14 | FM | Bender Ivan | CRO | 2252 | 6 | 42 | 38 | |
15 | FM | Muha Miljenko | CRO | 2320 | 6 | 41 | 37 | |
16 | WIM | Kubicka Anna | POL | 2222 | 5.5 | 47 | 43 | |
17 | WFM | Nikanova Ekaterina | ROU | 2030 | 5.5 | 45 | 41 | |
18 | GM | Zaja Ivan | CRO | 2445 | 5.5 | 45 | 41 | |
19 | MK | Sipic Hrvoje | CRO | 2217 | 5.5 | 45 | 41 | |
20 | Elier Ali | LBA | 2144 | 5.5 | 44 | 40 | ||
21 | MK | Dumancic Simun | U18 | CRO | 1961 | 5.5 | 44 | 40 |
22 | MK | Vucenovic Damian | U18 | CRO | 2047 | 5.5 | 41 | 37 |
23 | Bergsson Stefan | ISL | 2134 | 5.5 | 41 | 37 | ||
24 | IM | Doric Nenad | CRO | 2231 | 5.5 | 41 | 36 | |
25 | MK | Safar Sandro | CRO | 2202 | 5.5 | 39 | 35 | |
26 | MK | Horvat Damjan | CRO | 2141 | 5.5 | 38 | 34 | |
27 | CM | Kostov Deyan Samuil | U18 | BUL | 2188 | 5 | 46 | 41 |
28 | MK | Cvitkovic Filip | CRO | 2160 | 5 | 44 | 40 | |
29 | Pehar Borna | U18 | CRO | 1752 | 5 | 42 | 38 | |
30 | IM | Biti Ozren | CRO | 2338 | 5 | 41 | 37 | |
31 | Siraj Anej | SLO | 2028 | 5 | 41 | 36 | ||
32 | Jelcic Marko | BIH | 2201 | 5 | 40 | 36 | ||
33 | FM | Biliskov Vjekoslav | CRO | 2317 | 5 | 39 | 35 | |
34 | MK | Soldo Robert | CRO | 2104 | 5 | 39 | 35 | |
35 | Morin-Pare Victor | CAN | 1767 | 5 | 38 | 34 | ||
36 | WFM | Ivekovic Tihana | CRO | 2082 | 5 | 37 | 34 | |
37 | I | Martic Filip | U18 | CRO | 1859 | 5 | 37 | 34 |
38 | I | Car Filip | U18 | CRO | 1937 | 5 | 36 | 33 |
39 | Ladisic Alex-Sacha | S60 | FRA | 1985 | 5 | 35 | 31 | |
40 | Grochtmann Stephan | GER | 2010 | 4.5 | 44 | 40 | ||
41 | I | Sagovac Kristijan | U18 | CRO | 1879 | 4.5 | 43 | 39 |
42 | Skabs Denis | U18 | GER | 1949 | 4.5 | 40 | 36 | |
43 | Kostov Kiril | U18 | BUL | 2010 | 4.5 | 39 | 36 | |
44 | MK | Dzaja Martin Zorislav | CRO | 2025 | 4.5 | 39 | 36 | |
45 | FM | Smuk Zelimir | S60 | CRO | 1980 | 4.5 | 38 | 34 |
46 | Lauda Alexandr | MDA | 1916 | 4.5 | 38 | 34 | ||
47 | MK | Sekelja Marko | CRO | 2118 | 4.5 | 38 | 34 | |
48 | Siraj Svit | U18 | SLO | 1780 | 4.5 | 36 | 33 | |
49 | Anguera Staina Maxim | U18 | ESP | 1975 | 4.5 | 36 | 32 | |
50 | Stochnialek Dominika | POL | 1718 | 4.5 | 35 | 32 | ||
51 | II | Mesar Antun | CRO | 1835 | 4.5 | 32 | 30 | |
52 | FM | Stocko Josip | CRO | 2256 | 4 | 46 | 42 | |
53 | Vestfal Jan | U18 | CZE | 1918 | 4 | 37 | 35 | |
54 | Pirvulescu Adrian | ROU | 1715 | 4 | 37 | 33 | ||
55 | Petrik Matus | BEL | 1755 | 4 | 36 | 32 | ||
56 | III | Spoljaric Florijan | U18 | CRO | 1650 | 4 | 36 | 32 |
57 | I | Ilijas Dejan | CRO | 1936 | 4 | 35 | 32 | |
58 | Southcott-Moyers Indy | U18 | ENG | 2014 | 4 | 35 | 32 | |
59 | III | Car Jura | U18 | CRO | 1434 | 4 | 34 | 30 |
60 | Siraj Vita | U18 | SLO | 1517 | 4 | 32 | 30 | |
61 | Njolstad Rune | S60 | NOR | 0 | 4 | 30 | 27 | |
62 | III | Labrovic Jakov | CRO | 1786 | 3.5 | 41 | 38 | |
63 | FM | Veleski Robert | MKD | 2146 | 3.5 | 40 | 36 | |
64 | NM | Starcevic Ante Leon | CRO | 2226 | 3.5 | 39 | 35 | |
65 | Osttveit Martin | NOR | 2042 | 3.5 | 38 | 34 | ||
66 | Janas Peter | S60 | SVK | 1686 | 3.5 | 34 | 31 | |
67 | I | Dujic Ivan | CRO | 1761 | 3.5 | 31 | 29 | |
68 | MK | Kovac Petra | U18 | CRO | 1509 | 3.5 | 30 | 28 |
69 | Rakita Jandrija | S60 | BIH | 1645 | 3.5 | 29 | 27 | |
70 | Sparada Petar | U18 | CRO | 1220 | 3.5 | 29 | 27 | |
71 | NM | Draganic Stjepan | S60 | CRO | 2034 | 3 | 42 | 38 |
72 | Spelec Darko | S60 | SLO | 1883 | 3 | 40 | 36 | |
73 | Skreno Vladimir | SVK | 2083 | 3 | 40 | 36 | ||
74 | IM | Vujakovic Branko | S60 | CRO | 2298 | 3 | 38 | 34 |
75 | I | Gal Andrej | U18 | CRO | 1861 | 3 | 36 | 34 |
76 | MK | Muha Magdalena | CRO | 1758 | 3 | 33 | 31 | |
77 | Stanojevic Blaz | U18 | CRO | 1403 | 3 | 33 | 31 | |
78 | Barca Michal | SVK | 1744 | 3 | 33 | 30 | ||
79 | Gaspar Zdravko | S60 | AUT | 1569 | 3 | 26 | 24 | |
80 | IV | Kikic Stjepan | U18 | CRO | 1342 | 3 | 24 | 23 |
81 | Gunnesdal Lars | NOR | 2079 | 2.5 | 39 | 36 | ||
82 | FM | Brigljevic Milan | S60 | CRO | 2182 | 2.5 | 36 | 32 |
83 | I | Novak Ivo | CRO | 1975 | 2.5 | 35 | 31 | |
84 | I | Mesar Darko | CRO | 1856 | 2.5 | 33 | 31 | |
85 | Prestholm Trym | NOR | 1208 | 2.5 | 33 | 30 | ||
86 | Kostov Troyan | U18 | BUL | 1395 | 2.5 | 31 | 28 | |
87 | IV | Kikic Marin | U18 | CRO | 1344 | 2.5 | 29 | 27 |
88 | Seref Erdogan | GER | 1992 | 2 | 35 | 32 | ||
89 | IV | Krtic Filip | U18 | CRO | 0 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
90 | II | Dujic Ozana | U18 | CRO | 1328 | 2 | 24 | 22 |
91 | Roth Josef | S60 | GER | 2001 | 1.5 | 35 | 32 | |
92 | MK | Basaric Srdan | S60 | CRO | 2051 | 1.5 | 34 | 31 |
93 | IM | Plenca Jadranko | CRO | 2435 | 1.5 | 34 | 31 | |
94 | FM | Hadzi – Manev Ljubomir | S60 | MKD | 1958 | 1.5 | 33 | 30 |
95 | MK | Krnic Ivan | S60 | CRO | 2079 | 1.5 | 31 | 28 |
96 | Lipari Alberto | S60 | ITA | 1344 | 1.5 | 31 | 28 | |
97 | Baran Petar | S60 | CRO | 1476 | 1.5 | 25 | 23 | |
98 | IM | Filipovic Branko | S60 | SUI | 2326 | 1 | 30 | 27 |
99 | III | Mocic Ivano | U18 | CRO | 1577 | 0.5 | 29 | 27 |
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