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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 F. 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. NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1TB2TB3
1IMWadsworth Matthew J ENG2423704853
2IMStefansson Vignir Vatnar ISL24526.505055
3IMSeo Jung Min SWE25166.504954
4IMKaasen Tor Fredrik NOR24426.504448
5FMMarn Jan SLO23076.504144
6FMRoyal Shreyas ENG2412604953
7GMDrazic Sinisa SRB2327604852
8IMGhazarian Kirk USA2440604651
9IMManish Anto Cristiano F IND2249604549
10FMHoltel Jasper GER2406604549
11GMSonis Francesco ITA2542604348
12FMTisaj Domen SLO2325604246
13IMSubelj Jan SLO2505604145
14 Lavrencic Matic SLO2274604144
15GMBeliavsky Alexander G SLO2505603741
16IMWillow Jonah B ENG23855.504650
17FMSharan Rao IND23125.504447
18GMDiermair Andreas AUT24685.504347
19GMThybo Jesper Sondergaard DEN25165.504347
20GMFercec Nenad CRO24035.504246
21GMLodici Lorenzo ITA25595.504146
22FMRonka Erik FIN22485.504044
23FMStevanic David SLO22615.503741
24FMChkhaidze Nikoloz GEO22395.503740
25FMBrilej Jaka SLO2329504549
 FMVan Dael Siem NED2316504549
27GMDavies Nigel R ENG2420504449
28 Devnani Kush IND2095504448
29 Gschiel Alexander AUT2196504347
30IMSchreiner Peter AUT2405504347
31 Zamar Kodelja Jurij SLO2241504145
32IMThavandiran Shiyam CAN2363504145
33 Herega Nejc SLO2146504044
34 Gregoric Andraz SLO2182504044
35 Callsen Niklas GER2079503943
36FMMostbauer Florian AUT2295503942
37WIMZubova Mariya UKR2214503941
38CMLohia Sohum ENG2185503842
39 Saypuri Srithan IND2199503639
40 Acimovic Sergej SLO2114503638
41 Thuesen Mogens DEN2242503437
42GMPavlovic Milos SRB24684.504448
43 Verbin Valentina MDA20494.504144
44 Leitner Gerald AUT21814.504143
45 Acimovic Vasja SLO22374.504044
46 Garsky Vladyslav UKR22294.503943
47IMRakesh Kumar Jena IND23214.503943
48 Goroshkov Maksym UKR23154.503943
49 Krivenko Dion EST21134.503842
50WFMRozman Monika SLO21114.503841
51 Mihelic Vesna SLO20314.503740
52CMBauer Thomas AUT22004.503538
53 Centrih Aleks SLO20954.503537
54IMNyysti Sampsa FIN23634.503437
55 Oestmann Lukas SUI16204.503134
56FMGuid Matej SLO2292404246
57CMDebevec Blaz SLO2056404144
58WFMHercog Nusa SLO2019404143
59 Budai Leonardo ITA1676403841
60 Labrovic Jakov CRO1882403840
61 Walker Samuel A ENG2028403740
62 Pirs Matjaz SLO1943403740
63WFMSchloffer Jasmin-Denise AUT2127403740
64 Vah Denis SLO1988403638
65 Vidmar Klara SLO1788403639
66 Bajo Tin SLO1999403538
67 Goroshkova Liudmila UKR1961403437
68 Novak Rok SLO1763403436
69 Di Lascio Savino ITA1793403436
70 Alexandrova Angelina HUN1842403336
71 Kepplinger Lukas AUT1994403336
72 Zlatanovic Marcus SLO1636403234
73 Gamal Alaa ENG1693402931
74 Charaus Florian AUT19933.503537
75 Cirkvencic Franci SLO19873.503437
76 Ivsek Cveto SLO17633.503436
77 Bajec Borut SLO17323.503336
78 Guid Taja SLO15113.502830
79 Hellsten Uffe DEN17323.502527
80 Papler Peter SLO17503.502324
81 Teo Hong Ming SGP2013303942
82 Marchesich Giovanni ITA2189303741
83 Markocic Tine SLO2034303740
84 Both Aaron CAN1963303537
85 Zlatanovic Srdjan SLO1740303235
86 Budai Federico ITA1712303234
87 Rigatti Giorgio ITA1763303133
88 Juvan Vid SLO1564303032
89 Petrovcic Cvetko SLO1602302931
90 Cokan Mirko SLO1683302931
91 Mihelj Edvard SLO1657302729
92 Karlusic Luka CRO22152.503841
93 Vicic Mark SLO16412.503235
94 Fiolo Costanza ITA17682.503134
95 Azinovic Igor SLO18142.503133
96 Savoia Serge ITA1636212830
97 Novak Simona SLO1692202628
98 Mocic Ivano CRO16721.502629

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Final rankings – 26th HIT Open (B section):

Rk.NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1TB2TB3
1F. Samo SLO1350702525
2Zagorsek Nejc SLO04.512828
3Leban Vilijan SLO12154.502830
4Kovacevic Erik SLO0402830
5Saccone Giovanni ITA1448402628
6Suligoj Nejc SLO1343402426
7Moseeva Anna SLO0402424
8Saccone Corrado ITA1284401919
9Lapajne Melink Jakob SLO0212121
10Vicic Maks SLO1267212020
 Gabrscek Nejc SLO1121212020
12Kostic Gal SLO0002426

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