The Chess Club Brda, City of Split and Croatian Chess Federation are organizing the 5th Split Chess Open 2015on 9-16th August at Hotel Zagreb in Split, Croatia.
The tournament system is 9-rounds Swiss and the total prize fund is 8500 EUR.
Among the 176 registered players from 20 countries there are 11 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters.
Last year winners were IM Evgenij Kalegin (Russia), GM Ante Brkic (Croatia), GM Sinisa Drazic (Serbia) and GM Ante Saric (Croatia).
Participants (top seeds):
1. GM Kožul Zdenko CRO 2613
2. GM Brkić Ante CRO 2607
3. GM Šarić Ante CRO 2577
4. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2576
5. GM Bosiočić Marin CRO 2552
6. GM Kurajica Bojan BIH 2513
7. IM Sipos Istvan HUN 2493
8. GM Turner Matthew J SCO 2480
9. IM Lyrberg Patrik SWE 2477
10. IM Dorić Darko CRO 2473
11. GM Jovanić Ognjen CRO 2459
12. GM Barlov Dragan SRB 2440
13. GM Dražić Siniša SRB 2432
14. Kaczmarczyk Dennis GER 2418
15. FM Bagi Mate HUN 2417