International Chess Tournament Zadar Open is taking place on 16-22nd December, 2012, at the Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts Borik in Zadar, Croatia.
The tournament consists of two groups, Open A for the players rated above 2300 FIDE and Open B for the players rated U2200. Players rated between 2200-2300 can choose the group in which they would prefer to compete.
Both groups will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system, with the time control 90 min + 30 sec. Top prize in Open A is 2200 EUR while the first place in Open B brings 500 EUR.
Last year winner was GM Hrvoje Stevic
Zadar Open 2012 Group A:
1 GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2638
2 GM Kožul Zdenko CRO 2638
3 GM Šarić Ivan CRO 2626
4 GM Stević Hrvoje CRO 2622
5 GM Predojević Borki BIH 2600
6 GM Brkić Ante CRO 2583
7 GM Palac Mladen CRO 2582
8 GM Kuljašević Davorin CRO 2561 (former SPICE student)
9 GM Zelčić Robert CRO 2560
10 GM Jovanović Zoran CRO 2503
11 GM Lalić Bogdan CRO 2484
12 GM Šulava Nenad CRO 2482
13 WGM Videnova Iva BUL 2336
Go Davorin!
I am not for non-traditional chessmen, but those are awesome!