The 17th Trieste Chess Festival took place from August 29 – September 5, 2015, in the splendid city of Trieste, part of the Italian Adriatic coast.
GM Marin Bosiocic from Croatia topped the 9-round Swiss event with 7/9 points. He shared the first place with GM Alberto David from Italy, but the tie-break score decided the trophy in favor of Bosiocic.
Hungarian GM Gyula Pap, Ukrainian GM Andrey Vovk, Ukrainian GM Vladimir Baklan and Slovenian IM Leon Mazi tied for the third place at 6.5 points each.
The 15-year-old Ivana Hrescak from Slovenia emerged the best female players with 4.5 points.
Final standings (top 15):
1 GM Bosiocic Marin 2552 2672 CRO 7.0
2 GM David Alberto 2584 2614 ITA 7.0
3 GM Pap Gyula 2536 2615 HUN 6.5
4 GM Vovk Andrey 2606 2625 UKR 6.5
5 GM Baklan Vladimir 2608 2629 UKR 6.5
6 IM Mazi Leon 2405 2585 SLO 6.5
7 GM Maiorov Nikita 2552 2458 BLR 6.0
8 IM Codenotti Marco 2424 2442 ITA 6.0
9 IM Hendriks Willy 2384 2358 NED 6.0
10 FM Mikalsen Erlend 2350 2287 NOR 6.0
11 FM Moroni Luca Jr 2461 2428 ITA 5.5
12 IM Korpa Bence 2433 2362 HUN 5.5
13 GM Werle Jan 2525 2371 NED 5.5
14 FM Ostovic Matija 2322 2267 CRO 5.5
15 GM Jovanic Ognjen 2459 2493 CRO 5.0
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