July 10th 2022

The 5th edition of the International Chess Tournament “Solta Chess Open 2022” took place from 2-10 July in Grohote, Šolta. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.

Nearly 100 participants from 24 countries fought for the total prize fund of 10.000 euros. The top seeded GM Ante Brkic convincingly won the event scoring 8.5/9 points. He was 1.5 points ahead of three players who tied for the second place. FM Kacper Polok had the best tiebreaks and claimed second place, FM Lovro Cupic was third and Marin Denic came fourth. (scroll down for final rankings)

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GM Ante Brkic; Photo from Facebook

Solta Chess Open 2022 – venue; Photo from Solta Cultural Centre

Solta Chess Open 2022 – Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Brkic Ante		CRO	2611	8.5	49	44
2	FM	Polok Kacper		POL	2215	7	48	43
3	FM	Cupic Lovro		CRO	2250	7	44	39
4	I	Denic Marin	U18	CRO	2018	7	42	38
5	FM	Bartel Michal		POL	2195	6.5	49	45
6	IM	Bukal Vladimir Jr.		CRO	2372	6.5	48	43
7	FM	Zierke Oliver		GER	2252	6.5	44	40
8	CM	Persson Andreas		SWE	2154	6.5	42	38
9	FM	Zelic Mladen	S60	CRO	2235	6.5	42	38
10	GM	Kurajica Bojan	S60	CRO	2525	6.5	41	37
11	IM	Mencinger Vojko	S60	SLO	2320	6	52	47
12	FM	Begus Drasko		SRB	2323	6	45	40
13	MK	Bedic Zeljko		CRO	2068	6	44	40
14	FM	Bender Ivan		CRO	2252	6	42	38
15	FM	Muha Miljenko		CRO	2320	6	41	37
16	WIM	Kubicka Anna		POL	2222	5.5	47	43
17	WFM	Nikanova Ekaterina		ROU	2030	5.5	45	41
18	GM	Zaja Ivan		CRO	2445	5.5	45	41
19	MK	Sipic Hrvoje		CRO	2217	5.5	45	41
20		Elier Ali		LBA	2144	5.5	44	40
21	MK	Dumancic Simun	U18	CRO	1961	5.5	44	40
22	MK	Vucenovic Damian	U18	CRO	2047	5.5	41	37
23		Bergsson Stefan		ISL	2134	5.5	41	37
24	IM	Doric Nenad		CRO	2231	5.5	41	36
25	MK	Safar Sandro		CRO	2202	5.5	39	35
26	MK	Horvat Damjan		CRO	2141	5.5	38	34
27	CM	Kostov Deyan Samuil	U18	BUL	2188	5	46	41
28	MK	Cvitkovic Filip		CRO	2160	5	44	40
29		Pehar Borna	U18	CRO	1752	5	42	38
30	IM	Biti Ozren		CRO	2338	5	41	37
31		Siraj Anej		SLO	2028	5	41	36
32		Jelcic Marko		BIH	2201	5	40	36
33	FM	Biliskov Vjekoslav		CRO	2317	5	39	35
34	MK	Soldo Robert		CRO	2104	5	39	35
35		Morin-Pare Victor		CAN	1767	5	38	34
36	WFM	Ivekovic Tihana		CRO	2082	5	37	34
37	I	Martic Filip	U18	CRO	1859	5	37	34
38	I	Car Filip	U18	CRO	1937	5	36	33
39		Ladisic Alex-Sacha	S60	FRA	1985	5	35	31
40		Grochtmann Stephan		GER	2010	4.5	44	40
41	I	Sagovac Kristijan	U18	CRO	1879	4.5	43	39
42		Skabs Denis	U18	GER	1949	4.5	40	36
43		Kostov Kiril	U18	BUL	2010	4.5	39	36
44	MK	Dzaja Martin Zorislav		CRO	2025	4.5	39	36
45	FM	Smuk Zelimir	S60	CRO	1980	4.5	38	34
46		Lauda Alexandr		MDA	1916	4.5	38	34
47	MK	Sekelja Marko		CRO	2118	4.5	38	34
48		Siraj Svit	U18	SLO	1780	4.5	36	33
49		Anguera Staina Maxim	U18	ESP	1975	4.5	36	32
50		Stochnialek Dominika		POL	1718	4.5	35	32
51	II	Mesar Antun		CRO	1835	4.5	32	30
52	FM	Stocko Josip		CRO	2256	4	46	42
53		Vestfal Jan	U18	CZE	1918	4	37	35
54		Pirvulescu Adrian		ROU	1715	4	37	33
55		Petrik Matus		BEL	1755	4	36	32
56	III	Spoljaric Florijan	U18	CRO	1650	4	36	32
57	I	Ilijas Dejan		CRO	1936	4	35	32
58		Southcott-Moyers Indy	U18	ENG	2014	4	35	32
59	III	Car Jura	U18	CRO	1434	4	34	30
60		Siraj Vita	U18	SLO	1517	4	32	30
61		Njolstad Rune	S60	NOR	0	4	30	27
62	III	Labrovic Jakov		CRO	1786	3.5	41	38
63	FM	Veleski Robert		MKD	2146	3.5	40	36
64	NM	Starcevic Ante Leon		CRO	2226	3.5	39	35
65		Osttveit Martin		NOR	2042	3.5	38	34
66		Janas Peter	S60	SVK	1686	3.5	34	31
67	I	Dujic Ivan		CRO	1761	3.5	31	29
68	MK	Kovac Petra	U18	CRO	1509	3.5	30	28
69		Rakita Jandrija	S60	BIH	1645	3.5	29	27
70		Sparada Petar	U18	CRO	1220	3.5	29	27
71	NM	Draganic Stjepan	S60	CRO	2034	3	42	38
72		Spelec Darko	S60	SLO	1883	3	40	36
73		Skreno Vladimir		SVK	2083	3	40	36
74	IM	Vujakovic Branko	S60	CRO	2298	3	38	34
75	I	Gal Andrej	U18	CRO	1861	3	36	34
76	MK	Muha Magdalena		CRO	1758	3	33	31
77		Stanojevic Blaz	U18	CRO	1403	3	33	31
78		Barca Michal		SVK	1744	3	33	30
79		Gaspar Zdravko	S60	AUT	1569	3	26	24
80	IV	Kikic Stjepan	U18	CRO	1342	3	24	23
81		Gunnesdal Lars		NOR	2079	2.5	39	36
82	FM	Brigljevic Milan	S60	CRO	2182	2.5	36	32
83	I	Novak Ivo		CRO	1975	2.5	35	31
84	I	Mesar Darko		CRO	1856	2.5	33	31
85		Prestholm Trym		NOR	1208	2.5	33	30
86		Kostov Troyan	U18	BUL	1395	2.5	31	28
87	IV	Kikic Marin	U18	CRO	1344	2.5	29	27
88		Seref Erdogan		GER	1992	2	35	32
89	IV	Krtic Filip	U18	CRO	0	2	29	28
90	II	Dujic Ozana	U18	CRO	1328	2	24	22
91		Roth Josef	S60	GER	2001	1.5	35	32
92	MK	Basaric Srdan	S60	CRO	2051	1.5	34	31
93	IM	Plenca Jadranko		CRO	2435	1.5	34	31
94	FM	Hadzi – Manev Ljubomir	S60	MKD	1958	1.5	33	30
95	MK	Krnic Ivan	S60	CRO	2079	1.5	31	28
96		Lipari Alberto	S60	ITA	1344	1.5	31	28
97		Baran Petar	S60	CRO	1476	1.5	25	23
98	IM	Filipovic Branko	S60	SUI	2326	1	30	27
99	III	Mocic Ivano	U18	CRO	1577	0.5	29	27