IM Matthew Wadsworth wins 26th HIT Chess Open

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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 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

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	F. 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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