Former captain of the SPICE – Knight Raiders chess team, GM Davorin Kuljasevic, tied for 1st (wins the trophy on tiebreaks) at the 5th Open “Mediterranean 2017”. Last year, Davorin played board 1 for the Knight Raiders and helped them win the U.S. National Collegiate Championship by beating GM Leonid Kritz in the final round with black.
Congratulations to Davorin!
Final top 15 finishers
| 1 | GM | Kuljašević Davorin | CRO | 2560 | 7.0 | 43.0 |
| 2 | GM | Kožul Zdenko | CRO | 2577 | 7.0 | 42.5 |
| 3 | GM | Martinović Saša | CRO | 2504 | 6.5 | 41.5 |
| 4 | GM | Predojević Borki | BIH | 2642 | 6.5 | 41.5 |
| 5 | GM | Šarić Ante | CRO | 2497 | 6.5 | 41.5 |
| 6 | IM | Dorić Darko | CRO | 2504 | 6.5 | 41.5 |
| 7 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2543 | 6.5 | 40.0 |
| 8 | GM | Tratar Marko | SLO | 2495 | 6.5 | 38.5 |
| 9 | GM | Jovanić Ognjen | CRO | 2476 | 6.5 | 38.0 |
| 10 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | TUR | 2426 | 6.0 | 41.5 |
| 11 | GM | Cvitan Ognjen | CRO | 2523 | 6.0 | 41.0 |
| 12 | IM | Žufić Miroslav | CRO | 2409 | 6.0 | 39.5 |
| 13 | GM | Lazić Miroljub | SRB | 2459 | 6.0 | 39.0 |
| 14 | GM | Baron Tal | ISR | 2504 | 6.0 | 38.0 |
| 15 | IM | Šale Srđan | CRO | 2386 | 6.0 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Šutković Damir | BIH | 2339 | 6.0 | 35.5 | |
| 17 | IM | Kanmazalp Ogulcan | TUR | 2401 | 6.0 | 35.5 |
| 18 | IM | Battaglini Gabriel | FRA | 2423 | 6.0 | 33.0 |
| 19 | IM | Lončar Robert | CRO | 2415 | 6.0 | 33.0 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Davorin!