Humanitarian Rapid Open Gunja 2014 was organized by Chess Club “Gunja” in collaboration with Gunja Municipality on 14th September 2014 in Gunja, a village and municipality in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava River in the region of Cvelferija, Croatia.
Earlier this year Balkans were struck by the worst flooding in the last 120 years and the village of Gunja was one of the many affected places. The main sponsors Shirli Commerce d.o.o., Modea d.o.o. and Gutić d.o.o. supported the humanitarian chess event with 10.000 HRK (nearly 1.320 €) in cash prizes.
10% of each prize plus the total sum gathered by starting fees (approximately 5 € per player) will be awarded to the village of Gunja, supporting damaged areas and affected people.
155 players from 4 different countries (Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia, France and Serbia) took part in the event, including 12 GMs, 11 IMs and 10 FMs.
The international 9-round Swiss event was played in a rapid format with a time control 10′ + 5″ and was rated for FIDE rapid rating.
GM Mladen Palac (Croatia) and GM Zoran Jovanovic (Croatia) were superior with 7,5 points each, but Palac prevailed on a better tie-break score.
Third place was shared in a six-way tie by GM Robert Zelcic (Croatia), GM Dusan Popovic (Serbia), GM Miodrag Savic (Serbia), GM Hrvoje Stevic (Croatia), GM Misa Pap (Serbia) and GM Miroljub Lazic (Serbia) on 7 points each. You can see the full standings below.
Official website/ Live games with analysis
Impressive.