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
Susan Polgar November 19, 2011 Chess Research, General News 1 Comment
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