Read more: Monaco, Scotland and Germany break the news / Turkey reports problems / England on accommodation issues / Anish Giri critical of the situation

GM Alojzije Jankovic added Croatia to the list of countries with issues. In a statement for Chessdom, Alojzije Jankovic says, “We were unpleasantly surprised when we got the info from the Olympiad organizers that due to single rooms upgrading we will be forced to separate some of our team members to another hotel, not so close to the one we have got.” However, GM Jankovic adds another level to this problem, “The hotel price which was offered for those additional single rooms, sounded really strange, compared to usual prizes of those hotels around the year. And what’s even more strange, a usual Full board was not included, so the offer for each meal was 50€(!).“

GM Jankovic, who was a brilliant commentator in the live studio of the recently concluded EIYCC , noted, “It’s not a big deal to check with previous Olympiad organizers how many countries have those additional rooms requests, it’s not something new. I’m only mentioning countries with players and captains, but how about trainers, journalists etc. There is no point in dividing the teams… It’s quite clear that someone was quite unsuccessful in negotiating the Olympiad hotels. We can understand that Hungarian ministry might be inexperienced in organizing such a big chess event, however, what hurts me the most is that our highest chess association, FIDE, is obviously lacking some organizational know-how. Frankly speaking in this case, I really don’t know on which level, but hopefully that will be improved in future!“

Participants of the Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:

• Magnus Carlsen
• Alireza Firouzja
• Ian Nepomniachtchi
• Wesley So
• Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
• Leinier Dominguez
• Jorden van Foreest
• Veselin Topalov
• Ivan Saric

After the end of the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 and Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022, the overall tour ranking list is led by Levon Aronian with 19 GCT points, Wesley So with 16 GCT points and Fabiano Caruana with 13 GCT points.

Read more: Jan-Krzysztof Duda wins Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 /

Schedule of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour Croatia:

Solta Chess Open 2022 – Final rankings:

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The events will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, in accordance with FIDE Laws of Chess and the ECU Tournament Rules. The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

The total prize fund of the event will be 4.000 EUR. Prize list:

The completed application forms should be sent by official email to: hss.crochess@gmail.com. The complete registration form must include surname/s, first name/s, FIDE ID number, FIDE rating and title of each player. The registration deadline is extended to July 15, 2022.

Official regulations of the event: https://www.europechess.org/european-amateur-chess-championship-2022-official-regulations/
Featured photo: View of Zagreb – J.Duval

The time control will be: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move one. The top seeds are GM Nenad Fercec, GM Nebojsa Nikcevic, and FM Milan Popovic. (scroll down for starting rank list of players)

34th Open Pula 2022 – Starting rank list of participants:

The 9-round Swiss event is organized by the Chess Club Pula and Croatian Chess Federation. The total prize fund is 5340 EUR.

At the present 109 players from 16 countries are registered to take part in the event. Among them are 4 Grandmasters and 6 International Masters.

Tournament website

Preliminary list:

1. GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2501
2. GM Fernandez Daniel Howard ENG 2487
3. GM Tratar Marko SLO 2456
4. FM Gumularz Szymon POL 2452
5. GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2451
6. IM Haria Ravi ENG 2435
7. IM Loncar Robert CRO 2412
8. FM Horton Andrew P ENG 2403
9. FM Mcphillips Joseph ENG 2399
10. IM Filipovic Branko SUI 2382
11. IM Franic Milan CRO 2374
12. IM Zufic Miroslav CRO 2374
13. FM Beletic Daniel SLO 2370
14. FM Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor CRO 2321
15. IM Petran Peter SVK 2302
16. FM Reichmann Egon AUT 2265
17. FM Solberg Joachim NOR 2265
18. Popovic Milan S SRB 2264
19. Fossum Oystein Boyum NOR 2257
20. FM Glavas Dragan CRO 2252
21. FM Ciganovic Nikola CRO 2230
22. FM Zierke Oliver GER 2227
23. FM Srienz Christian AUT 2225
24. FM Uwira Oliver GER 2224
25. FM Krebs Johann AUT 2222
26. Babic Zvonko CRO 2208
27. FM Voscilla Adriano CRO 2202
28. Heindl Matthias AUT 2199
29. Ghersinich Enrico CRO 2180
30. Blagojevic Marijan CRO 2155
31. Jurman Roberto CRO 2142
32. Vasic Bosko CRO 2130
33. FM Kolesar Milan SVK 2119
34. Waldmann Gerald AUT 2119
35. WIM Dudas Eszter HUN 2116
36. Schaffert Walter GER 2114
37. Hagen Brede Andre Larsen NOR 2100
38. Grundekjon Christian NOR 2097
39. Lindsoe Fredrik Aunan NOR 2084
40. Kopec Mariusz POL 2083
41. Grbac Boris CRO 2082
42. Hadzipasic Emir BIH 2076
43. Roklicer Heike CRO 2070
44. Roth Josef GER 2037
45. Konic Zlatko CRO 2034
46. Bannery Benjamin FRA 2024
47. Kornitzky Tino GER 2010
48. Sos Fran CRO 1993
49. AIM Marchesich Giovanni ITA 1979
50. Siljan Milorad CRO 1971
51. Porter Sam J ENG 1969
52. Bartl Ulf GER 1962
53. Jurman Pjerino CRO 1960
54. Heyl Thomas GER 1955
55. Safarik Milan SVK 1950
56. Kundianok Vladislav RUS 1947
57. Kvaternik Kresimir CRO 1942
58. Weber Harald AUT 1919
59. Marceta Milan CRO 1916
60. Mrdjen David CRO 1909
61. Kainz Josef AUT 1897
62. Rajkovic Frano CRO 1895
63. Jost Jan Niklas GER 1894
64. Ikica Ante CRO 1882
65. Speicher Franz GER 1876
66. Barron Luke J ENG 1865
67. Froehlich-Dill Astrid GER 1856
68. Peric Davor CRO 1851
69. Pahljina Marko CRO 1846
70. Klement Ottomar AUT 1839
71. Saric Husnija CRO 1833
72. Terlevic Mladen CRO 1833
73. Aas Rune Oistein NOR 1832
74. Ghersinich Giuseppe CRO 1829
75. Volejnik Robertino CRO 1829
76. Lovric Dino CRO 1824
77. Groapa Aurelian ROU 1818
78. Tangelder Yonne NOR 1817
79. Becking Franz Josef GER 1803
80. Schnepel Thomas GER 1801
81. Filipovic Irena CRO 1800
82. Tusha John AUT 1797
83. Osswald Michael GER 1793
84. Mihelic Vesna SLO 1791
85. Koch Arno GER 1776
86. Schalloehr Knut GER 1760
87. Lotveit Sjur Vullum NOR 1743
88. Mezak Damir CRO 1726
89. Zimmermann Walter GER 1709
90. Moskaleva Arina RUS 1693
91. Desnica Jovan CRO 1680
92. Hadzipasic Suad CRO 1675
93. Perusko Niko CRO 1669
94. Benard Karl GER 1582
95. Nikolic Miroslav CRO 1571
96. Topic Joso CRO 1569
97. Kirschenhofer Sabine AUT 1548
98. Brajkovic Luka CRO 1507
99. Klikic Drazen GER 1505
100. Cesar Zlatko CRO 1503
101. Pammer Florence FRA 1501
102. Eggl Maximilian ENG 1480
103. Vicic Mark SLO 1472
104. Pahljina Ivo CRO 1463
105. Shatkovskaia Elizaveta RUS 1287
106. Babos Daniel HUN 1243
107. Vicic Maks SLO 1194
108. Tomaschitz Nikolaus AUT 0
109. Zlattinger Gerhard AUT 0

191 players from 25 countries competed in the 9-round Swiss event with the prize fund of 7500 EUR.

Local Grandmasters Saša Martinović and Zdenko Kožul shared the first place with 7,5 points each. The winner’s trophy goes to Martinović due to better tie-break score.

Full standings below. Tournament website

Final standings:

1. GM Martinović Saša CRO 2560 – 7.5
2. GM Kožul Zdenko CRO 2619 – 7.5
3. GM Brkić Ante CRO 2577 – 7
4. GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2506 – 7
5. IM Šale Srđan CRO 2420 – 7
6. GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2477 – 7
7. FM Plenča Julijan CRO 2410 – 7
8. IM Armanda Ivica CRO 2335 – 7
9. FM Tomazini Aljoša SLO 2365 – 6.5
10. IM Milenković Mladen SRB 2338 – 6.5
11. MK Pavić Filip CRO 2209 – 6.5
12. FM Henriksson Johan SWE 2243 – 6.5
13. IM Plenković Zdenko CRO 2409 – 6.5
14. FM Drnovšek Gal SLO 2367 – 6.5
15. FM Ostović Matija CRO 2352 – 6.5
16. FM Srbiš Jurica CRO 2426 – 6.5
17. IM Rodi Luis Ernesto URU 2344 – 6.5
18. FM Biliškov Vjekoslav CRO 2281 – 6
19. Aronsson Marten SWE 2317 – 6
20. FM Piškur Mitja SLO 2278 – 6
21. WGM Jaracz Barbara POL 2248 – 6
22. Kiselev Pavel RUS 2295 – 6
23. MK Makovec Bruno CRO 2281 – 6
24. FM Zelić Mladen CRO 2294 – 6
25. Van Veenendaal Elmer NED 2038 – 6
26. WIM Berke Ana CRO 2116 – 6
27. Niccoli Tony ENG 2037 – 6
28. GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2344 – 6
29. Van Laatum Maarten NED 2018 – 6
30. GM Šarić Ante CRO 2562 – 6
31. IM Kelečević Nedeljko SUI 2219 – 6
32. Ryzhkov Vjacheslav RUS 2168 – 6
33. Thorarinsson Pall A. ISL 2270 – 5.5
34. FM Muha Miljenko CRO 2214 – 5.5
35. FM Von Bahr Oskar SWE 2378 – 5.5
36. Roesch Mario GER 2154 – 5.5
37. Parligras Cosmin ROU 2260 – 5.5
38. Grinblat Artemiy RUS 2176 – 5.5
39. FM Stočko Josip CRO 2326 – 5.5
40. Houska Jiri CZE 2216 – 5.5
41. FM Blažeka Matej CRO 2275 – 5.5
42. Karsay Pascal GER 2047 – 5.5
43. Franca Veronika SLO 1991 – 5.5
44. MK Karabaić Ivan CRO 2182 – 5.5
45. WFM Janželj Lara SLO 2081 – 5.5
46. Theodoulidis Theodoros GRE 2069 – 5.5
47. MK Tomaš Ante CRO 2076 – 5.5
48. MK Milosavljević Jovan CRO 2082 – 5.5
49. Rozman Monika SLO 2112 – 5.5
50. Pyzio Amelia POL 1543 – 5.5
51. Van Der Vegt Seth NED 1995 – 5.5
52. Rotoni Matteo ITA 2075 – 5.5
53. I Balen Teo CRO 2013 – 5.5
54. Žnidarič Anže SLO 2010 – 5.5
55. Delaruelle Christian FRA 1779 – 5.5
56. I Žaper Mirko CRO 1967 – 5.5
57. MK Katavić Borivoj CRO 2168 – 5
58. Lafortune Emerick FRA 1938 – 5
59. Meertens Martin GER 2142 – 5
60. MK Vranković Ivan CRO 2077 – 5
61. I Luetić Ante CRO 2059 – 5
62. Šuta Andraz SLO 2093 – 5
63. Millward Kevin P ENG 1992 – 5
64. MK Krnić Ivan CRO 2151 – 5
65. NM Slamar Velimir CRO 2138 – 5
66. I Šarić Luka CRO 2057 – 5
67. I Bačetić Marin CRO 1940 – 5
68. Sesar Ivan BIH 2093 – 5
69. MK Kozarčanin Sead CRO 2015 – 5
70. Sadzikowski Marian POL 1890 – 5
71. I Batinić Josip CRO 2045 – 5
72. Zilverberg Jasper NED 2083 – 5
73. MK Nikić Patrick CRO 2026 – 5
74. Alessandro P. Franco ITA 1801 – 5
75. Troffiguer Olivier FRA 2069 – 5
76. MK Bočina Darko CRO 2139 – 5
77. Poliakov Artem RUS 2134 – 5
. Foglia Maurizio ITA 2035 – 5
79. II Andromak Franino CRO 1861 – 5
80. II Paradžik Berislav CRO 1922 – 5
81. II Jurić-Cvitanović Alen CRO 1844 – 5
82. I Glavičić Tino CRO 2049 – 4.5
83. Simić Vladica SRB 2093 – 4.5
84. FM Bontempi Piero ITA 2376 – 4.5
85. MK Glavan Marko CRO 2020 – 4.5
86. Abrahams Daniel CAN 2065 – 4.5
87. FM Bender Ivan CRO 2200 – 4.5
88. Ouwersloot Hans NED 1966 – 4.5
89. Lucovnik Tilen SLO 2082 – 4.5
90. III Klarić Ante CRO 1782 – 4.5
91. Maar Samuel GER 1998 – 4.5
92. Farkas Daniel HUN 2110 – 4.5
93. Adamopoulos Ioannis GRE 2028 – 4.5
94. II Simunić Krunoslav CRO 1761 – 4.5
95. Hajenius Willem BEL 2015 – 4.5
96. Aroven Mikael SWE 2112 – 4.5
97. III Horvat Damjan CRO 1920 – 4.5
98. II Porobija Antonio CRO 1939 – 4.5
99. II Bulić Bračulj Luka CRO 1740 – 4.5
100. Cristiani Cesare ITA 2023 – 4.5
101. Cattaneo Ugo ITA 1856 – 4.5
102. MK Sorić Romeo CRO 2122 – 4.5
103. Tardi Oscar FRA 1888 – 4.5
104. I Kolanović Kažimir CRO 1947 – 4.5
105. Axelsson Thomas SWE 1768 – 4.5
106. II Jurić Cvitanović Katislav CRO 1747 – 4.5
107. II Slobođanac Siniša CRO 1862 – 4.5
108. Mrvičin Marin GER 1866 – 4.5
109. Verdaguer Muntanya Marc ESP 2062 – 4
110. Toplak Juraj CRO 2030 – 4
111. Malinovsky Ilya RUS 2069 – 4
112. Ladisic Alex-Sacha FRA 2036 – 4
113. Van Ginneken Jeroen NED 1689 – 4
114. Jakša Cvetko SLO 1942 – 4
115. Luque Marin Pedro Antonio ESP 1823 – 4
116. II Turičar Goran CRO 1874 – 4
117. Fiedorek Michal POL 1881 – 4
118. Atovmian Artem RUS 1743 – 4
119. I Čotić Borna CRO 1932 – 4
120. Mileo Pierpaolo ITA 1836 – 4
121. II Mudrinić Nenad CRO 1821 – 4
122. I Matas Zdravko CRO 1982 – 4
123. II Šćulac Zvonimir CRO 1736 – 4
124. I Pejčinović Vitomir CRO 1862 – 4
125. WFM Walta Paivi FIN 1727 – 4
126. De Bruin Joost NED 1733 – 4
127. Ghidinelli Giorgio ITA 1840 – 4
128. II Mahečić Lovre CRO 1517 – 4
129. I Parađina Duško CRO 1802 – 4
130. Douglas Lionel FRA 1773 – 4
131. IV Jerković Sanjin CRO 1685 – 4
132. Šuta Tomaz SLO 1698 – 4
133. I Belinić Nina CRO 1691 – 4
134. III Barić Marko CRO 1590 – 4
135. NM Blažeka Mihaela CRO 1917 – 3.5
136. Blum Gernot GER 2020 – 3.5
137. III Bokun Josip CRO 1813 – 3.5
138. I Blažeka Đuro CRO 1866 – 3.5
139. II Šarić Branko CRO 1892 – 3.5
140. I Katulić Zlatko CRO 1662 – 3.5
141. Andromak Krešimir CRO 0 – 3.5
142. Tkadlecek Petr CZE 1756 – 3.5
143. III Vuković Igor CRO 1681 – 3.5
144. III Alfirević Duje CRO 1639 – 3.5
145. Flemming Klaus Dr. GER 1827 – 3.5
146. II Perić Davor CRO 1786 – 3.5
147. Panada Valter ITA 1824 – 3.5
148. Prazmowski Wlodzimierz POL 1524 – 3.5
149. I Blažeka Ivana CRO 1585 – 3.5
150. IV Laušić Mirko CRO 1746 – 3.5
151. Lundback Karl SWE 1914 – 3
152. Shishkin Vadim RUS 1803 – 3
153. III Smodlaka Ante CRO 1813 – 3
154. I Totić Željko CRO 1974 – 3
155. Mujacic Haris BIH 1884 – 3
156. Dieli Riccardo ITA 1854 – 3
157. Page Emmanuel FRA 1753 – 3
158. Marić Vedran BIH 1622 – 3
159. II Novak Ivo CRO 1869 – 3
160. Shabanaj Lefter ALB 1712 – 3
161. I Čačić Marija CRO 1653 – 3
162. Castaldini Marzia ITA 1517 – 3
163. Eterović Marko CRO 1476 – 3
164. Wallace Mitchel NED 1811 – 3
165. I Mindoljević Tino CRO 0 – 3
166. III Žaja Stjepan CRO 1696 – 3
167. II Dalić Tadija CRO 1902 – 2.5
168. III Denić Marin CRO 1527 – 2.5
169. Gerritse Youri NED 1941 – 2.5
170. Tomić Stjepan CRO 1757 – 2.5
171. Gerard Ferry F.J.F. ARU 2046 – 2.5
172. Vergara Meersohn Dario Cienfu ITA 1544 – 2.5
173. Galli Maria Vittoria ITA 0 – 2.5
174. Jablanovic Milos ESP 1471 – 2.5
175. Van Den Brande Norman FRA 1442 – 2.5
176. Delić Juraj CRO 1250 – 2.5
177. Galli Silvano ITA 0 – 2.5
178. Arsenec Charles-Andre FRA 1522 – 2
179. II Jozić Katarina CRO 1433 – 2
180. II Matas Mladen CRO 1852 – 2
181. Vergara Meersohn Marcos ITA 0 – 2
182. III Munitić Duje CRO 0 – 2
183. Vergara Meersohn Alberto Luis ITA 1224 – 2
184. Dinane Cynthia FRA 0 – 2
185. Blum Ulrike ESP 1359 – 1.5
186. IV Grbeša Jakov CRO 1738 – 1
187. Goleš Marino CRO 0 – 1
188. Bogdanović Anđela SRB 0 – 1
189. Galli Giulia Gabriella ITA 0 – 1
190. VK Bralić Željko CRO 1841 – 0.5
191. IV Labrović Jakov CRO 1858 – 0.5

The tournament system is 9-round Swiss and the total prize fund is 7500 EUR with 1300 EUR reserved for the winner.

Among the 192 registered players from 24 countries there are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters.

Last year ten players shared the first place.

Tournament website

Participants:

1. GM Kožul Zdenko CRO 2619
2. GM Brkić Ante CRO 2577
3. GM Šarić Ante CRO 2562
4. GM Martinović Saša CRO 2560
5. GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2506
6. GM Jaracz Pawel POL 2477
7. FM Srbiš Jurica CRO 2426
8. IM Šale Srđan CRO 2420
9. FM Plenča Julijan CRO 2410
10. IM Plenković Zdenko CRO 2409
11. FM Von Bahr Oskar SWE 2378
12. FM Bontempi Piero ITA 2376
13. FM Drnovsek Gal SLO 2367
14. FM Tomazini Aljosa SLO 2365
15. FM Ostović Matija CRO 2352
16. GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2344
17. IM Rodi Luis Ernesto URU 2344
18. IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2338
19. IM Armanda Ivica CRO 2335
20. FM Stočko Josip CRO 2326
21. Aronsson Marten SWE 2317
22. Kiselev Pavel RUS 2295
23. FM Zelić Mladen CRO 2294
24. FM Biliškov Vjekoslav CRO 2281
25. MK Makovec Bruno CRO 2281
26. FM Piskur Mitja SLO 2278
27. FM Blažeka Matej CRO 2275
28. Thorarinsson Pall A. ISL 2270
29. WGM Jaracz Barbara POL 2248
30. FM Henriksson Johan SWE 2243
31. IM Kelečević Nedeljko SUI 2219
32. Houska Jiri CZE 2216
33. FM Muha Miljenko CRO 2214
34. MK Pavić Filip CRO 2209
35. FM Bender Ivan CRO 2200
36. MK Karabaić Ivan CRO 2182
37. Grinblat Artemiy RUS 2176
38. MK Katavić Borivoj CRO 2168
39. Ryzhkov Vjacheslav RUS 2168
40. Roesch Mario GER 2154
41. MK Krnić Ivan CRO 2151
42. Meertens Martin GER 2142
43. MK Bočina Darko CRO 2139
44. NM Slamar Velimir CRO 2138
45. Poliakov Artem RUS 2134
46. MK Sorić Romeo CRO 2122
47. WIM Berke Ana CRO 2116
48. Aroven Mikael SWE 2112
49. Rozman Monika SLO 2112
50. Farkas Daniel HUN 2110
51. Sesar Ivan BIH 2093
52. Simic Vladica SRB 2093
53. Suta Andraz SLO 2093
54. Zilverberg Jasper NED 2083
55. MK Milosavljević Jovan CRO 2082
56. Lucovnik Tilen SLO 2082
57. WFM Janzelj Lara SLO 2081
58. MK Vranković Ivan CRO 2077
59. MK Tomaš Ante CRO 2076
60. Rotoni Matteo ITA 2075
61. Malinovsky Ilya RUS 2069
62. Theodoulidis Theodoros GRE 2069
63. Troffiguer Olivier FRA 2069
64. Abrahams Daniel CAN 2065
65. Verdaguer Muntanya Marc ESP 2062
66. I Luetić Ante CRO 2059
67. I Šarić Luka CRO 2057
68. I Glavičić Tino CRO 2049
69. Karsay Pascal GER 2047
70. Gerard Ferry F.J.F. ARU 2046
71. I Batinić Josip CRO 2045
72. Van Veenendaal Elmer NED 2038
73. Niccoli Tony ENG 2037
74. Ladisic Alex-Sacha FRA 2036
75. Foglia Maurizio ITA 2035
76. Toplak Juraj CRO 2030
77. Adamopoulos Ioannis GRE 2028
78. MK Nikić Patrick CRO 2026
79. Cristiani Cesare ITA 2023
80. MK Glavan Marko CRO 2020
81. Blum Gernot GER 2020
82. Van Laatum Maarten NED 2018
83. MK Kozarčanin Sead CRO 2015
84. Hajenius Willem BEL 2015
85. I Balen Teo CRO 2013
86. Znidaric Anze SLO 2010
87. Maar Samuel GER 1998
88. Van Der Vegt Seth NED 1995
89. Millward Kevin P ENG 1992
90. Franca Veronika SLO 1991
91. I Matas Zdravko CRO 1982
92. I Totić Željko CRO 1974
93. Ouwersloot Hans NED 1966
94. I Kolanović Kažimir CRO 1947
95. Jaksa Cvetko SLO 1942
96. Gerritse Youri NED 1941
97. I Bačetić Marin CRO 1940
98. II Porobija Antonio CRO 1939
99. Lafortune Emerick FRA 1938
100. I Čotić Borna CRO 1932
101. II Paradžik Berislav CRO 1922
102. III Horvat Damjan CRO 1920
103. NM Blažeka Mihaela CRO 1917
104. Lundback Karl SWE 1914
105. II Dalić Tadija CRO 1902
106. II Šarić Branko CRO 1892
107. Sadzikowski Marian POL 1890
108. Tardi Oscar FRA 1888
109. Mujacic Haris BIH 1884
110. Fiedorek Michal POL 1881
111. II Turičar Goran CRO 1874
112. II Novak Ivo CRO 1869
113. I Blažeka Đuro CRO 1866
114. Mrvicin Marin GER 1866
115. I Pejčinović Vitomir CRO 1862
116. II Slobođanac Siniša CRO 1862
117. II Andromak Franino CRO 1861
118. IV Labrović Jakov CRO 1858
119. Cattaneo Ugo ITA 1856
120. Dieli Riccardo ITA 1854
121. II Matas Mladen CRO 1852
122. II Jurić-Cvitanović Alen CRO 1844
123. VK Bralić Željko CRO 1841
124. Ghidinelli Giorgio ITA 1840
125. Mileo Pierpaolo ITA 1836
126. Flemming Klaus Dr. GER 1827
127. Panada Valter ITA 1824
128. Luque Marin Pedro Antonio ESP 1823
129. II Mudrinić Nenad CRO 1821
130. III Smodlaka Ante CRO 1813
131. III Bokun Josip CRO 1813
132. Wallace Mitchel NED 1811
133. Shishkin Vadim RUS 1803
134. I Parađina Duško CRO 1802
135. Alessandro P. Franco ITA 1801
136. II Perić Davor CRO 1786
137. III Klarić Ante CRO 1782
138. Delaruelle Christian FRA 1779
139. Douglas Lionel FRA 1773
140. Axelsson Thomas SWE 1768
141. II Simunić Krunoslav CRO 1761
142. Tomić Stjepan CRO 1757
143. Tkadlecek Petr CZE 1756
144. Page Emmanuel FRA 1753
145. II Jurić Cvitanović Katislav CRO 1747
146. IV Laušić Mirko CRO 1746
147. Atovmian Artem RUS 1743
148. II Bulić Bračulj Luka CRO 1740
149. IV Grbeša Jakov CRO 1738
150. II Šćulac Zvonimir CRO 1736
151. De Bruin Joost NED 1733
152. WFM Walta Paivi FIN 1727
153. Shabanaj Lefter ALB 1712
154. Suta Tomaz SLO 1698
155. III Žaja Stjepan CRO 1696
156. I Belinić Nina CRO 1691
157. Van Ginneken Jeroen NED 1689
158. IV Jerković Sanjin CRO 1685
159. III Vuković Igor CRO 1681
160. I Katulić Zlatko CRO 1662
161. I Čačić Marija CRO 1653
162. III Alfirević Duje CRO 1639
163. Marić Vedran BIH 1622
164. III Barić Marko CRO 1590
165. I Blažeka Ivana CRO 1585
166. Vergara Meersohn Dario Cienfu ITA 1544
167. Pyzio Amelia POL 1543
168. III Denić Marin CRO 1527
169. Prazmowski Wlodzimierz POL 1524
170. Arsenec Charles-Andre FRA 1522
171. II Mahečić Lovre CRO 1517
172. Castaldini Marzia ITA 1517
173. Eterović Marko CRO 1476
174. Jablanovic Milos ESP 1471
175. Van Den Brande Norman FRA 1442
176. II Jozić Katarina CRO 1433
177. Blum Ulrike ESP 1359
178. Delić Juraj CRO 1250
179. Vergara Meersohn Alberto Luis ITA 1224
180. Vergara Meersohn Marcos ITA 0
181. I Mindoljević Tino CRO 0
182. Bogdanovic Andjela SRB 0
183. VK Goleš Marino CRO 0
184. III Munitić Duje CRO 0
185. Andromak Krešimir CRO 0
186. Franković Borna CRO 0
187. Franković Gabriela CRO 0
188. Marović Luka CRO 0
189. Dinane Cynthia FRA 0
190. Galli Giulia Gabriella ITA 0
191. Galli Maria Vittoria ITA 0
192. Galli Silvano ITA 0

In the Open section GM Gabuzyan scored 8 points out of 9 games and convincingly triumphed ahead of his compatriot GM Zaven Andriasian and IM Maksim Chigaev (Ural State Mining University) who scored 6,5 points each and took silver and bronze respectively.

Draw was enough for Adela Velikic in the final round of the Women’s section to secure the victory with 7,5 points. Silver medal went to the top seed WGM Baira Kovanova (Ural State Mining University) with 7 points, while WIM Jovana Eric (University of Belgrade) took bronze with 6,5 points.

In the team ranking Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture won the Open competition with 14,5 points, silver went to Ural State Mining University with 12,5 points, while University of Belgrade took bronze with 11,5 points.

University of Belgrade won in team ranking in Women’s section with 14 points, second place went to Ural State Mining University with 12 points, and University of Ljubljana came third with 11,5 points.

Before the penultimate round a Blitz competition took place, played in two groups – Open and Women.

GM Zaven Andriasian (Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture) won in Open section with 8 points, followed by Russian players GM Pavel Ponkratov and IM Maksim Chigaev (Ural State Mining University) with 7,5 and 7 points respectively.

Women’s section was won by WFM Anastasia Travkina (Ural State Mining University) with 7,5 points. Second place went to Adela Velikic (University of Belgrade) with 6 points, while her compatriot WIM Mila Zarkovic took third place with 5,5 points.

The medal awarding ceremony for the chess event was held on 15th July. The medals to the winners were presented by Mr. Adam Roczek, EUSA President, Mrs. Ivana Ertlova, Chair of the EUSA Technical Commission and member of the EUSA Executive Committee, Mr. Oleksandr Sulypa, EUSA technical delegate, Mr. Alojzije Jankovic, Organising Committee’s technical delegate and his assistant Mr. Vid Brzica. The chess event in Zagreb was fully supported by the European Chess Union.

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European Universities Chess Games – Women:

1. Velikic Adela SRB 2188 University of Belgrade – 7.5
2. WGM Kovanova Baira RUS 2407 Ural State Mining University – 7
3. WIM Eric Jovana SRB 2201 University of Belgrade – 6.5
4. WIM Zarkovic Mila SRB 2134 University of Belgrade – 6.5
5. WFM Orehek Spela SLO 2020 University of Ljubljana – 6
6. Leonardi Caterina SLO 1864 University of Ljubljana – 5.5
7. Urbonaviciute Zivile LTU 1856 Mykolas Romeris University – 5.5
8. WFM Purgar Ivona CRO 2159 University of Zagreb – 5
9. WFM Ivekovic Ana CRO 2102 University of Zagreb – 5
10. WFM Travkina Anastasia RUS 2251 Ural State Mining University – 5
11. Matejak Karolina CRO 1724 University of Zagreb – 5
12. Keckes Anamaria CRO 1683 University J.J.Strossmayera of Osijek – 5
13. Cikvar Ana-Marija CRO 0 University J.J.Strossmayera of Osijek – 5
14. Kilic Gulseren TUR 1502 Mustafa Kemal University – 4.5
15. Konjusak Elizabeta CRO 0 University J.J.Strossmayera of Osijek – 4
16. Ozgen Zeynep TUR 0 Mustafa Kemal University – 2
17. Saglamel Sunduz TUR 0 Mustafa Kemal University – 2
18. Erenkul Seyma TUR 0 Mustafa Kemal University – 1.5
19. Ciurlionyte Silvija LTU 0 Mykolas Romeris University – 1.5

European Universities Chess Games – Men:

1. GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2554 Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture – 8
2. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2597 Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture – 6.5
3. IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2587 Ural State Mining University – 6.5
4. GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2692 Ural State Mining University – 6
5. IM Lukovic Vladimir SRB 2355 University of Belgrade – 6
6. GM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2551 University of Zagreb – 5.5
7. IM Stankovic Milos SRB 2432 University of Belgrade – 5.5
8. IM Laurusas Tomas LTU 2529 Mykolas Romeris University – 5.5
9. GM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2536 University of Belgrade – 5.5
10. IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo POR 2393 University of Porto – 5.5
11. Setkauskas Vaidas LTU 2312 Mykolas Romeris University – 5.5
12. FM Martyn Rafe ENG 2217 University of Cambridge – 5.5
13. FM Chow Samuel AUS 2327 University of Bristol – 5
14. FM Franklin Samuel G A ENG 2302 University of Cambridge – 5
15. Komut Burak TUR 1995 Yeditepe University – 5
16. Craft Isaac ENG 2006 University of Manchester – 5
17. Cvitkovic Filip CRO 2009 University of Zagreb – 4.5
18. FM Spalir Jernej SLO 2319 University of Ljubljana – 4.5
19. CM Van Der Velden Bram NED 2170 University of Cambridge – 4.5
20. Zupancic Jernej SLO 2166 University of Ljubljana – 4.5
21. Sipahioglu Irmak TUR 2139 Yeditepe University – 4.5
22. Komut Kaan TUR 1917 Yeditepe University – 4.5
23. Ivekovic Bozidar CRO 2351 University of Zagreb – 4
24. Thestrup Sixten DEN 2130 University of Manchester – 4
25. Lopez Gomez Jose Pablo MEX 2004 University of Manchester – 4
26. Manghiuc Bogdan-Adrian ROU 1897 University of Bristol – 4
27. Ribeiro Bruno Rafael Leite POR 1785 University of Porto – 4
28. Grezels Florian FRA 1977 University Toulouse III – Paul Saba – 4
29. Ivekovic Zvonimir CRO 2307 University of Zagreb – 3.5
30. Glazar Domagoj CRO 2071 University of Zagreb – 3.5
31. Garcia-Ruiz Fuentes Aitor ESP 1999 University of Bristol – 3.5
32. Abdelmoumen Oussama FRA 1852 University Toulouse III – Paul Saba – 3.5
33. Dupouy Francois FRA 2109 University Toulouse III – Paul Saba – 3
34. Gaygusuzoglu Gokhan TUR 1829 Yeditepe University – 3
35. Jergovic Andrija CRO 2006 University of Zagreb – 2.5
36. Balu Henish POR 1710 University of Porto – 2.5
37. Sharma Ravi ENG 0 University of Bristol – 2
38. Gupta Arpit IND 1684 University of Bristol – 1.5

The main event is the rapid tournament, separately men and women section, with time control 25 min + 10 sec/move, starting from the move 1. There will be 9 rounds, Swiss system. The two best results of delegation count for team competition.

The side tournament is the blitz tournament with the time control 3 min + 2 sec. This event is non-compulsory for participating teams.

The Round 1 starts on 12th July at 11:00 CET. Live broadcast on zng111.hr/eug2016/

European Universities Games are the largest multi-sport event in the European university sport and are held under the umbrella of European Universities Sports Association (EUSA). So far, EUG has been held twice (Cordoba 2012 and Rotterdam 2014).

European Chess Universities Games (men):

1. GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2692
2. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2597
3. IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2587
4. GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2554
5. GM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2551
6. GM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2536
7. IM Laurusas Tomas LTU 2529
8. IM Stankovic Milos SRB 2432
9. IM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo POR 2393
10. IM Lukovic Vladimir SRB 2355
11. Ivekovic Bozidar CRO 2351
12. FM Chow Samuel AUS 2327
13. FM Spalir Jernej SLO 2319
14. Setkauskas Vaidas LTU 2312
15. Ivekovic Zvonimir CRO 2307
16. FM Franklin Samuel G A ENG 2302
17. FM Martyn Rafe ENG 2217
18. CM Van Der Velden Bram NED 2170
19. Zupancic Jernej SLO 2166
20. Sipahioglu Irmak TUR 2139
21. Thestrup Sixten DEN 2130
22. Dupouy Francois FRA 2109
23. Glazar Domagoj CRO 2071
24. Cvitkovic Filip CRO 2009
25. Craft Isaac ENG 2006
26. Jergovic Andrija CRO 2006
27. Lopez Gomez Jose Pablo MEX 2004
28. Garcia-Ruiz Fuentes Aitor ESP 1999
29. Komut Burak TUR 1995
30. Grezels Florian FRA 1977
31. Komut Kaan TUR 1917
32. Manghiuc Bogdan-Adrian ROU 1897
33. Abdelmoumen Oussama FRA 1852
34. Gaygusuzoglu Gokhan TUR 1829
35. Ribeiro Bruno Rafael Leite POR 1785
36. Balu Henish POR 1710
37. Gupta Arpit IND 1684
38. Sharma Ravi ENG 0

European Chess Universities Games (women):

1. WGM Kovanova Baira RUS 2407
2. WFM Travkina Anastasia RUS 2251
3. WIM Eric Jovana SRB 2201
4. Velikic Adela SRB 2188
5. WFM Purgar Ivona CRO 2159
6. WIM Zarkovic Mila SRB 2134
7. WFM Ivekovic Ana CRO 2102
8. WFM Orehek Spela SLO 2020
9. Leonardi Caterina SLO 1864
10. Urbonaviciute Zivile LTU 1856
11. Matejak Karolina CRO 1724
12. Keckes Anamaria CRO 1683
13. Kilic Gulseren TUR 1502
14. Cikvar Ana-Marija CRO 0
15. Ciurlionyte Silvija LTU 0
16. Erenkul Seyma TUR 0
17. Konjusak Elizabeta CRO 0
18. Ozgen Zeynep TUR 0
19. Saglamel Sunduz TUR 0