The 28th edition of the HIT Chess Open will be held from 26th January to 2nd February in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The event features two sections: Open A (for players rated 1500+) and Open B (for players rated U1500).
The main Open A tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for each move and the prize fund of 5.000 EUR. Already nearly 100 players from 16 countries registered for the event and the top-seeds are: GM Ferenc Berkes (Hungary, 2613), GM Matej Sebenik (Slovenia, 2536), and GM Pier Luigi Basso (Italy, 2482) who started the year with the triumph at the Sevilla Chess Open 2024. Complete starting list of players can be found below.
Playing schedule:
| Round | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024/01/26 | 17:00 |
| 2 | 2024/01/27 | 10:00 |
| 3 | 2024/01/27 | 17:00 |
| 4 | 2024/01/28 | 17:00 |
| 5 | 2024/01/29 | 17:00 |
| 6 | 2024/01/30 | 17:00 |
| 7 | 2024/01/31 | 17:00 |
| 8 | 2024/02/01 | 17:00 |
| 9 | 2024/02/02 | 15:00 |
Detailed information can be found on the tournament website.
HIT Chess Open 2024 – Starting list of players:
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | GM | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2613 |
| 2 | GM | Sebenik, Matej | SLO | 2536 |
| 3 | GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | ITA | 2482 |
| 4 | IM | Csonka, Balazs | HUN | 2479 |
| 5 | GM | Beliavsky, Alexander G | SLO | 2475 |
| 6 | IM | Doric, Darko | CRO | 2456 |
| 7 | IM | Ceres, Dragos | MDA | 2438 |
| 8 | GM | Cvitan, Ognjen | CRO | 2422 |
| 9 | GM | Fercec, Nenad | CRO | 2410 |
| 10 | IM | Karacsonyi, Gellert | HUN | 2398 |
| 11 | IM | Kulkarni, Bhakti | IND | 2364 |
| 12 | GM | Davies, Nigel R | ENG | 2349 |
| 13 | WIM | Gaal, Zsoka | HUN | 2341 |
| 14 | FM | Goroshkov, Maksym | SLO | 2338 |
| 15 | FM | Ongut, Tamas Gunes | HUN | 2310 |
| 16 | FM | Lavrencic, Matic | SLO | 2299 |
| 17 | FM | Stevanic, David | SLO | 2294 |
| 18 | FM | Furlan, Miha | SLO | 2287 |
| 19 | FM | Ashwath, R. | IND | 2284 |
| 20 | FM | Perossa, Nicolas | ITA | 2277 |
| 21 | GM | Drazic, Sinisa | SRB | 2270 |
| 22 | Plaskan, Jure | SLO | 2262 | |
| 23 | FM | Bodrogi, Bendeguz | HUN | 2261 |
| 24 | Herega, Nejc | SLO | 2257 | |
| 25 | GM | Djuric, Stefan | SRB | 2220 |
| 26 | Skrbec, Leon | SLO | 2218 | |
| 27 | Gregoric, Andraz | SLO | 2217 | |
| 28 | Zupancic, Jernej | SLO | 2211 | |
| 29 | CM | Marchesich, Giovanni | ITA | 2210 |
| 30 | CM | Garsky, Vladyslav | UKR | 2186 |
| 31 | FM | Ceschia, Ivano | ITA | 2183 |
| 32 | Siraj, Svit | SLO | 2182 | |
| 33 | Kozlovic, Jernej | SLO | 2174 | |
| 34 | Caruso, Augusto | ITA | 2159 | |
| 35 | Szegedy, Matyas | HUN | 2129 | |
| 36 | WIM | Hrescak, Ivana | SLO | 2117 |
| 37 | Centrih, Aleks | SLO | 2082 | |
| 38 | Mestek, Igor | SLO | 2080 | |
| 39 | CM | Debevec, Blaz | SLO | 2077 |
| 40 | Markocic, Tine | SLO | 2055 | |
| 41 | Trybus, Daniel | POL | 2039 | |
| 42 | CM | Bazilius, Augustinas | LTU | 2030 |
| 43 | WFM | Kejzar, Petra | SLO | 2025 |
| 44 | Zupancic, Urban | SLO | 2025 | |
| 45 | WCM | Dorokhina, Elizaveta | FID | 1994 |
| 46 | Pirs, Matjaz | SLO | 1965 | |
| 47 | Cziko, Eduard-Carol | ROU | 1946 | |
| 48 | Labrovic, Jakov | CRO | 1925 | |
| 49 | Privitera, Franco | ITA | 1919 | |
| 50 | Orsatti, Marcello | ITA | 1918 | |
| 51 | Capaliku, Aleks | ITA | 1913 | |
| 52 | Horvath, Andras | HUN | 1901 | |
| 53 | Hozjan, Erik | SLO | 1897 | |
| 54 | Kukushkin, Ivan | LAT | 1890 | |
| 55 | Atakay, Mustafa | USA | 1889 | |
| 56 | Kekic, Urban | SLO | 1885 | |
| 57 | Veselic, Maks | SLO | 1874 | |
| 58 | Budai, Federico | ITA | 1861 | |
| 59 | Pagnutti, Lorenzo | ITA | 1859 | |
| 60 | Tonel, Giulia | ITA | 1851 | |
| 61 | Racnik, Tone | SLO | 1849 | |
| 62 | Budai, Leonardo | ITA | 1847 | |
| 63 | Pagano, Sergio | ITA | 1821 | |
| 64 | Novak, Rok | SLO | 1777 | |
| 65 | Gricnik, Tine | SLO | 1758 | |
| 66 | Rigatti, Giorgio | ITA | 1749 | |
| 67 | Zlatanovic, Marcus | SLO | 1745 | |
| 68 | Barbir, Petar | CRO | 1738 | |
| 69 | Vicic, Mark | SLO | 1729 | |
| 70 | Petrosino, Germano | ITA | 1715 | |
| 71 | Ivsek, Cveto | SLO | 1711 | |
| 72 | Bajec, Borut | SLO | 1703 | |
| 73 | Jalovec, Igor | SLO | 1703 | |
| 74 | Guid, Taja | SLO | 1698 | |
| 75 | Gratton, Damjan | SLO | 1691 | |
| 76 | Papler, Peter | SLO | 1691 | |
| 77 | Zlatanovic, Srdjan | SLO | 1675 | |
| 78 | Vodnik, Val | SLO | 1661 | |
| 79 | Mazzi, Leonardo | ITA | 1647 | |
| 80 | Deschi, Leonardo Simone | ITA | 1639 | |
| 81 | Gergolet, Jan | ITA | 1632 | |
| 82 | Mihelj, Edvard | SLO | 1618 | |
| 83 | Cokan, Mirko | SLO | 1614 | |
| 84 | Petrovcic, Cvetko | SLO | 1611 | |
| 85 | Beber, Anja | SLO | 1606 | |
| 86 | Cortese, Lina | ITA | 1582 | |
| 87 | Belyaletdinov, Leonard | SLO | 1581 | |
| 88 | Mulec, Dejan | SLO | 1577 | |
| 89 | Milicevic, Zoran | ITA | 1550 | |
| 90 | Trybus, Dominika | POL | 1530 |
