Ivan Šarić emerged as the winner of the 2022 Croatian Chess Championship and took his fourth national title. He previously won this event in 2009, 2013 and 2018.
The 2022 Croatian Chess Championship, a round-robin with classical time control, took place from 29 November to 9 December 2022 at Pax hotel in Split, the second-largest city in the country.
A native of Split, Šarić stumbled in the first round falling to the defending champion Zdenko Kozul but did not flinch and turned in an excellent performance to finish on 7½/11, a full point ahead of his main competitors.
Ante Brkić, Marin Bosiočić and Zoran Jovanović tied for second place scoring 6½/11, with the first two winning silver and bronze, respectively, thanks to better tiebreaks. Brkić and Jovanović became the only unbeaten players in the event.
Final standings:
1 | GM | Šarić, Ivan | 2674 | 7½ |
2 | GM | Brkić, Ante | 2610 | 6½ |
3 | GM | Bosiočić, Marin | 2536 | 6½ |
4 | GM | Jovanović, Zoran | 2513 | 6½ |
5 | GM | Martinović, Saša | 2557 | 6 |
6 | GM | Stević, Hrvoje | 2543 | 6 |
7 | GM | Šarić, Ante | 2504 | 6 |
8 | GM | Kožul, Zdenko | 2539 | 5½ |
9 | GM | Kurajica, Bojan | 2487 | 4½ |
10 | GM | Zelčić, Robert | 2496 | 4½ |
11 | IM | Dorić, Darko | 2446 | 4 |
12 | IM | Bukal, Vladimir Jr. | 2411 | 2½ |
Photo: Official website
Official website: hrvatski-sahovski-savez.hr/
