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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