GM Leon Luke Mendonca wins 27th HIT Chess Open with perfect 9/9!

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Indian Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca scored impressive 9/9 points to clinch the 27th edition of the HIT Chess Open in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. With the performance of 3196, Mendonca earned 26,4 rating points and won the first money prize of 1,000 EUR.

Three players tied for the second place trailing by 2.5 points: GM Sabino Brunello, GM Marko Tratar and GM Aleksa Strikovic. Tiebreak criteria favored the Italian grandmaster Brunello, Slovenian grandmaster Tratar came third and the Serbian grandmaster Strikovic finished the event in the fourth place.

The 27th edition of the HIT Chess Open took place from 16-23 March in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with 84 players in the field. The time control was: 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

27th HIT Chess Open final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2558	9	0	48	53
2	GM	Brunello, Sabino	ITA	2512	6.5	0	48	53
3	GM	Tratar, Marko	SLO	2397	6.5	0	48	53
4	GM	Strikovic, Aleksa	SRB	2446	6.5	0	47	52
5	GM	Cvitan, Ognjen	CRO	2446	6	0	47	51
6	FM	Lavrencic, Matic	SLO	2319	6	0	45	49
7	FM	Favaloro, Andrea	ITA	2407	6	0	45	49
8	FM	Bifulco, Michel	ITA	2312	6	0	44	48
9	GM	Drazic, Sinisa	SRB	2368	6	0	43	47
10	GM	Beliavsky, Alexander G	SLO	2499	6	0	43	47
11	FM	Dobrovoljc, Vid	SLO	2384	6	0	39	42
12	FM	Tisaj, Domen	SLO	2372	5.5	0	49	54
13	GM	Davies, Nigel R	ENG	2380	5.5	0	47	52
14		Kozlovic, Jernej	SLO	1878	5.5	0	45	49
15		Gregoric, Andraz	SLO	2206	5.5	0	44	48
16		Zamar Kodelja, Jurij	SLO	2254	5.5	0	43	47
17	FM	Van Dael, Siem	NED	2312	5.5	0	43	47
18	CM	Chinguun, Bayaraa	MGL	2013	5.5	0	42	45
19	GM	Fercec, Nenad	CRO	2423	5.5	0	40	44
20		Pennica, Andrea	ITA	2094	5.5	0	39	42
21	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	ENG	2439	5	0	50	55
22	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	SLO	2265	5	0	46	51
23	CM	Garsky, Vladyslav	UKR	2253	5	0	46	49
24	FM	Beletic, Daniel	SLO	2269	5	0	43	47
25	FM	Belli, Giorgio	ITA	2192	5	0	43	46
26		Chubakov, Sultan	KGZ	2190	5	0	42	45
27	CM	Debevec, Blaz	SLO	2070	5	0	40	44
28		Mestek, Igor	SLO	2124	5	0	39	43
29		Skrbec, Leon	SLO	2144	5	0	39	43
30	GM	Djuric, Stefan	SRB	2256	5	0	39	43
31		Pisacane, Pietro	ITA	2129	5	0	38	41
32		Bartolome Martin, Angel	ESP	1735	5	0	37	41
33		Zuttioni, Federico	ITA	2192	5	0	37	40
	FM	Praznik, Anton	SLO	2078	5	0	37	40
35		Kekic, Urban	SLO	1722	5	0	34	36
36		Labrovic, Jakov	CRO	1888	5	0	33	35
37		Perossa, Nicolas	ITA	2141	4.5	0	44	48
38		Herega, Nejc	SLO	2214	4.5	0	43	47
39		Csontos, Aron	HUN	1938	4.5	0	39	41
40	MK	Siraj, Svit	SLO	1998	4.5	0	38	42
41		Devnani, Kush	IND	2133	4.5	0	38	41
42		Cansu, Batuhan	TUR	2014	4.5	0	37	41
43		Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2015	4.5	0	37	41
44		Budai, Leonardo	ITA	1918	4.5	0	36	40
45		Kodric, Gasper	SLO	2054	4.5	0	36	40
46		Novak, Rok	SLO	1895	4.5	0	35	38
47		Petrosino, Germano	ITA	1633	4.5	0	35	37
48		Zlatanovic, Marcus	SLO	1652	4.5	0	32	35
49	FM	Pasini, Nicolo	ITA	2209	4	0	41	44
50		Caruso, Augusto	ITA	2149	4	0	38	42
51	MK	Kersic, Matej	SLO	2091	4	0	38	41
52		Racnik, Tone	SLO	1877	4	0	37	40
53	MK	Cirkvencic, Franci	SLO	1962	4	0	37	40
54		Laco, Giuseppe	ITA	1916	4	0	36	38
55		Vah, Denis	SLO	1968	4	0	35	38
		Pirs, Matjaz	SLO	1944	4	0	35	38
57		Benazzo, Angelo	ITA	1621	4	0	35	37
58		Gruden, Matej	ITA	1848	4	0	34	36
59		Pagano, Sergio	ITA	1879	4	0	34	36
60		Vidmar, Klara	SLO	1812	4	0	33	36
61		Veselic, Maks	SLO	1589	4	0	33	36
62		Vicic, Mark	SLO	1690	4	0	31	34
63		Jalovec, Igor	SLO	1604	3.5	0	39	42
64		Bradac, Simon	SLO	1816	3.5	0	36	39
65		Budai, Federico	ITA	1744	3.5	0	36	38
66		Pozniak, Yunna	UKR	1685	3.5	0	35	38
67		Azinovic, Igor	SLO	1649	3.5	0	34	38
68		Mazzi, Leonardo	ITA	1766	3.5	0	34	36
69		Papler, Peter	SLO	1718	3.5	0	33	35
70		Vogrin, Aljaz	SLO	1530	3.5	0	32	35
71		Ivsek, Cveto	SLO	1754	3.5	0	32	34
72	II	Bajec, Borut	SLO	1734	3.5	0	28	31
73		Kobal, Sasa	ITA	2034	3	0	37	41
74		Di Lascio, Savino	ITA	1755	3	0	32	34
75		Savoia, Serge	ITA	1625	3	0	32	33
76		Rigatti, Giorgio	ITA	1761	3	0	31	33
77		Sirk, Matija	SLO	1535	3	0	30	31
78		Menon, Michele	ITA	1586	3	0	26	28
79		Cortese, Lina	ITA	1598	3	0	26	27
80		Gelardi, Davide	ITA	1948	2.5	0	34	36
81		Zlatanovic, Srdjan	SLO	1718	2.5	0	29	31
82		Juvan, Vid	SLO	1570	2.5	0	28	30
83		Mihelj, Edvard	SLO	1637	2	0	28	31
84	I	Cokan, Mirko	SLO	1677	2	0	26	28