IM Davorin Kuljasevic (plays board 1 for the Texas Tech Knight Raiders Chess Team) just won the Croatian Cup with his team Mladost Zagreb. They finished ahead of teams with very strong players such as Pavasovič, Šarić, Bologan, Ribli, Grachev, Stević, Kurajica, Rogić, etc.

Davorin will try to earn his final GM norm this summer in Europe before returning for his final year at Texas Tech University. Congratulations to Davorin and his team!

Here are the results of his team:

Bo.
Name RtgI FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. Games RtgAvg n w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 GM Kožul Zdenko 2579 CRO 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5,0 6 2524 6 5 3,37 1,63 10 16,3
2 GM Janković Alojzije 2559 CRO 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4,0 6 2419 6 4 3,78 0,22 10 2,2
3 IM Kuljašević Davorin 2539 CRO 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4,5 6 2355 6 4,5 4,18 0,32 10 3,2
4 GM Hulak Krunoslav 2511 CRO 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4,0 6 2289 6 4 4,11 -0,11 10 -1,1

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr34262.aspx?art=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000

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