The New Zagreb Classic 2026 will take place from January 30 to February 01 in Zagreb, Croatia. This tournament has 5 categories – Open A, Open B, Open C, Open D, and Open E. The Open B section is a 5-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Croatia, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Anto Aščić (2065), Srđan Basarić (1987), Ivo Knezović (1974), Jurica Vidaković (1968), Robert Govorko (1964), Elvis Veljacic (1960), Denis Jakupec (1938), Aleksandr Konopatskyi (1936), Ivan Žužić (1935), Radoslav Ćosić (1930), Josip Lisjak (1922), Bruno Rumiha (1922), Reza Mahmoodi (1915), Igor Prentić (1912), Antun Logožar (1910), Ivana Mikić (1910), Patrik Klapač (1909), Luka Ljubić (1901), Mihael Ratkajec (1900), Petar Dimač (1896). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open A / Open C / Open D / Open E
More: Croatian Youth Individual Chess Championships 2025 / Croatian Team Championship 2025
New Zagreb Classic 2026 – Open B Participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | FM | Aščić, Anto | CRO | 2065 |
| 2 | MK | Basarić, Srđan | CRO | 1987 |
| 3 | I | Knezović, Ivo | CRO | 1974 |
| 4 | II | Vidaković, Jurica | CRO | 1968 |
| 5 | I | Govorko, Robert | CRO | 1964 |
| 6 | Veljacic, Elvis | BIH | 1960 | |
| 7 | II | Božić, Niko | CRO | 1949 |
| 8 | MK | Jakupec, Denis | CRO | 1938 |
| 9 | Konopatskyi, Aleksandr | SLO | 1936 | |
| 10 | III | Žužić, Ivan | CRO | 1935 |
| 11 | MK | Ćosić, Radoslav | CRO | 1930 |
| 12 | I | Lisjak, Josip | CRO | 1922 |
| 13 | II | Rumiha, Bruno | CRO | 1922 |
| 14 | I | Krešić, Vid | CRO | 1917 |
| 15 | AFM | Mahmoodi, Reza | IRI | 1915 |
| 16 | Prentić, Igor | SRB | 1912 | |
| 17 | II | Logožar, Antun | CRO | 1910 |
| 18 | Mikić, Ivana | BIH | 1910 | |
| 19 | II | Klapač, Patrik | CRO | 1909 |
| 20 | I | Ljubić, Luka | CRO | 1901 |
| 21 | II | Ratkajec, Mihael | CRO | 1900 |
| 22 | II | Dimač, Petar | CRO | 1896 |
| 23 | I | Mesar, Darko | CRO | 1893 |
| 24 | MK | Jurić, Paula | CRO | 1892 |
| 25 | Librecz, Lenard | HUN | 1890 | |
| 26 | MK | Prskalo, Zoran | CRO | 1878 |
| 27 | II | Živić, Luka | CRO | 1877 |
| 28 | II | Vraneša, Ivan | CRO | 1875 |
| 29 | II | Biti, Tin | CRO | 1870 |
| 30 | II | Lovrinić, Vlatko | CRO | 1870 |
| 31 | II | Morić, Ivan | CRO | 1864 |
| 32 | Nuhanović, Nermin | BIH | 1864 | |
| 33 | III | Koprivnjak, Josip | CRO | 1862 |
| 34 | Demir, Mustafa Erkan | TUR | 1862 | |
| 35 | II | Veverec, Ivo | CRO | 1860 |
| 36 | III | Delač, Josip | CRO | 1860 |
| 37 | III | Ražov Bogavčić, Ognjen | CRO | 1860 |
| 38 | III | Jagušt, Luka | CRO | 1857 |
| 39 | I | Komar, Miroslav | CRO | 1851 |
| 40 | II | Bedeković, Jakov | CRO | 1851 |
| 41 | Salihbegović, Danin | BIH | 1847 | |
| 42 | III | Domančić, Josip | CRO | 1844 |
| 43 | Amado-Blanco, Carlos | SUI | 1843 | |
| 44 | I | Maltašić, Eva | CRO | 1840 |
| 45 | Gričnik, Tine | SLO | 1838 | |
| 46 | Hudoklin, Jurij | SLO | 1833 | |
| 47 | Maček, Inti | SLO | 1824 | |
| 48 | II | Barbarić, Matija | CRO | 1820 |
| 49 | III | Maleković, Damir | CRO | 1817 |
| 50 | III | Prkić, Marko | CRO | 1808 |
| 51 | II | Pavićević, Zlatko | CRO | 1805 |
| 52 | III | Hrgetić, Vedran | CRO | 1801 |
| 53 | III | Pokrovac, Josip | CRO | 1800 |
| 54 | III | Arambašić, Luka | CRO | 1799 |
| 55 | Čurkovič, Jan | SLO | 1795 | |
| 56 | III | Karković, Juraj | CRO | 1785 |
| 57 | III | Balaban, Filip | CRO | 1784 |
| 58 | MK | Paulić, Franka | CRO | 1779 |
| 59 | II | Martić, Ivan | CRO | 1772 |
| 60 | III | Stefan, Marino | CRO | 1769 |
| 61 | III | Domazet, Danijel | CRO | 1764 |
| 62 | IV | Atiković, Leon | CRO | 1762 |
| 63 | Petrosino, Germano | ITA | 1761 | |
| 64 | Pichler, Clemens | AUT | 1753 | |
| 65 | MK | Čolić, Tami | CRO | 1749 |
| 66 | III | Radović, Sven | CRO | 1743 |
| 67 | Borovinšek, Anej | SLO | 1741 | |
| 68 | AFM | Zhezhov, Emil | MKD | 1732 |
| 69 | II | Gašparović, Roko | CRO | 1724 |
| 70 | Abdurahman, Ahmet Selim | MKD | 1715 | |
| 71 | III | Medić, Vito | CRO | 1714 |
| 72 | IV | Milanović Bolfek, Mak | CRO | 1714 |
| 73 | III | Benković, Duje | CRO | 1713 |
| 74 | III | Vidić, Luka | CRO | 1707 |
| 75 | MK | Vučenović, Diara | CRO | 1705 |
| 76 | I | Balent, Sara | CRO | 1702 |
| 77 | Ćorić, Ivan | BIH | 1701 | |
| 78 | III | Puljiz, Marin | CRO | 1696 |
| 79 | AFM | Genc, Gregor | SLO | 1694 |
| 80 | Pernek, Toni | CRO | 1693 | |
| 81 | III | Novosel, Zvonimir | CRO | 1690 |
| 82 | II | Pecotić, Rudi | CRO | 1689 |
| 83 | Javornik, Lina | SLO | 1684 | |
| 84 | IV | Mikačić, Ivan | CRO | 1676 |
| 85 | MK | Vlajčević, Matilda | CRO | 1674 |
| 86 | Pazarcioglu, Ilker | TUR | 1658 | |
| 87 | ACM | Pichler, Laurenz | AUT | 1652 |

