GM Ivan Saric claims Croatian Chess Championship 2022

The Croatian National Chess Championship 2022 took place from November 28 – December 9 at Hotel Pax, Split. It was a 12-player round-robin tournament with a total prize fund of 10.000 euros.

GM Ivan Saric won the event scoring 7.5 points. After a loss in the first round, Saric left unbeaten and clinched his fourth national champion title. GM Ante Brkic, GM Marin Bosiocic and GM Zoran Jovanovic tied for second with 6.5 points, each, with tiebreak criteria favoring Ante Brkic who won silver and Marin Bosiocic who claimed bronze. See the final rankings below

Final rankings – Croatian Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Šarić Ivan	CRO	2674	7.5	4	38.3	0
2	GM	Brkić Ante	CRO	2610	6.5	4	34	0
3	GM	Bosiočić Marin	CRO	2536	6.5	4	33.8	0
4	GM	Jovanović Zoran	CRO	2513	6.5	3.5	34	0
5	GM	Martinović Saša	CRO	2557	6	3.5	31.3	0
6	GM	Stević Hrvoje	CRO	2543	6	3.5	31	0
7	GM	Šarić Ante	CRO	2504	6	2.5	28.8	0
8	GM	Kožul Zdenko	CRO	2539	5.5	3	30	0
9	GM	Kurajica Bojan	CRO	2487	4.5	3.5	25	0
10	GM	Zelčić Robert	CRO	2496	4.5	1.5	20.3	0
11	IM	Dorić Darko	CRO	2446	4	3	22.5	0
12	IM	Bukal Vladimir Jr.	CRO	2411	2.5	1.5	13.3	0