Hit open B 2026

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 30 Jan 2026 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1569, and top seed was Jozef Janezic (🇸🇮 SLO, 1613).

Jozef Janezic (🇸🇮 SLO, 1613) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Gal Kostic (6.5) and Jakob Brank (6.0). Janezic shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Fabio Lettera (1505) beat Janus Lipuscek (1608), a +103-point gap.

Location

🇸🇮Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Dates

23 Jan 2026 → 30 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇮Jozef Janezic1613

Avg top 10

1,569

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇸🇮Slovenia×32

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
Jozef Janezic
🇸🇮SLO·1613
8.5pts·1954perf+40.0
🥈
Gal Kostic
🇸🇮SLO
6.5pts·1597perf0.0
🥉
Jakob Brank
🇸🇮SLO·1530
6.0pts·1703perf+46.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Jozef Janezic led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Janezic8.5Kostic6.5Komel6Komic6Brank6Premerl6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jan

Jozef Janezic takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jozef Janezic beat Gal Kostic (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jozef Janezic 6 wins (R4–R9)Gal Kostic 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jozef Janezic	*	1	1	1
2Gal Kostic	0	*	1	—
3Dragutin Komel	0	0	*	—
4Jacopo Komic	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Janezic, Jozef	1613	SLO	+11B	+10N	=3B	+24N	+4B	+2N	+13B	+6N	+7N	8.5	45.5	49.0	46.00	1954	+40.0
2	Kostic, Gal	0	SLO	+17B	+19N	+11B	=3N	+6B	−1B	+10N	+13N	−8B	6.5	46.0	50.0	32.50	1597	0.0
3	Brank, Jakob	1530	SLO	+25N	+12B	=1N	=2B	+10N	+15B	+5N	−7B	−4N	6.0	48.0	51.5	32.00	1703	+46.8
4	Premerl, Ana Kaja	1611	SLO	=5N	=9B	+25N	+22B	−1N	=16B	=14N	+17B	+3B	6.0	44.0	47.5	28.50	1546	-21.2
5	Soba, Franc	1510	SLO	=4B	+14N	=9B	−6N	+8B	+20N	−3B	+19N	+13B	6.0	43.5	47.5	29.75	1546	+5.8
6	Komel, Dragutin	1576	SLO	+19B	+18N	−24N	+5B	−2N	+27B	+16N	−1B	+10N	6.0	42.5	45.5	27.00	1659	+26.0
7	Komic, Jacopo	0	SLO	+32N	+31B	−12N	+21B	−16N	+24B	+9N	+3N	−1B	6.0	39.5	42.0	24.00	1575	0.0
8	Donchenko, Tymur	0	SLO	−12N	+33B	−16N	+32B	−5N	+21B	+24N	+18B	+2N	6.0	36.5	38.5	23.00	1343	0.0
9	Lapajne Melink, Jakob	1502	SLO	+14B	=4N	=5N	+12B	+18N	−13B	−7B	=11N	+19B	5.5	42.5	46.5	27.00	1731	+72.4
10	Lettera, Fabio	1505	ITA	+31N	−1B	+13N	+16B	−3B	+14N	−2B	+20N	−6B	5.0	45.5	48.0	21.00	1575	+11.4
11	Herega, Nastja	1526	SLO	−1N	+28B	−2N	+23B	=12N	=18B	+27N	=9B	=15N	5.0	42.0	45.0	20.00	1422	-16.0
12	Sever, Florjan	1527	SLO	+8B	−3N	+7B	−9N	=11B	=17N	=26B	=14B	+27N	5.0	41.5	44.5	24.00	1342	-38.8
13	Nevenkic, Marussig Svit	0	SLO	+?N	+29B	−10B	+31N	+17B	+9N	−1N	−2B	−5N	5.0	41.5	41.5	15.50	1528	0.0
14	Groselj, Mirjam	1586	SLO	−9N	−5B	+32N	+25B	+22N	−10B	=4B	=12N	+20B	5.0	39.0	41.5	19.50	1291	-75.2
15	Softic, Kenan	0	SLO	+26B	=23N	−22B	+19N	+28B	−3N	−17B	+31N	=11B	5.0	34.0	36.5	17.50	1553	0.0
16	Vezjak, David	1541	SLO	−18B	+20N	+8B	−10N	+7B	=4N	−6B	+26N	−17N	4.5	42.0	45.5	22.50	1291	-35.2
17	Sattler, Alan	0	SLO	−2N	+27B	F	+33B	−13N	=12B	+15N	−4N	+16B	4.5	38.0	40.0	17.00	1558	0.0
18	Crnigoj, Tadej	0	SLO	+16N	−6B	F	+20N	−9B	=11N	+22B	−8N	+30B	4.5	38.0	38.0	18.00	1447	0.0
19	Hajdinjak, Marijan	1471	SLO	−6N	−2B	+30N	−15B	+23N	+33B	+34N	−5B	−9N	4.0	38.0	40.0	11.00	729	-25.2
20	Morencic, Lara	0	SLO	+21N	−16B	+29N	−18B	+33N	−5B	+25N	−10B	−14N	4.0	35.5	37.5	12.50	1273	0.0
21	FIDE 14667304	0	—	−20B	+35N	+26B	−7N	−27B	−8N	+?B	−22N	+29N	4.0	31.0	31.0	8.00	1449	0.0
22	Morencic, Mathias	0	SLO	F	+?B	+15N	−4N	−14B	F	−18N	+21B	+32B	4.0	27.0	27.0	11.50	799	0.0
23	Kofol, Rafael	0	SLO	+27N	=15B	F	−11N	−19B	=31N	−32B	+35N	+34B	4.0	26.5	28.0	10.25	1261	0.0
24	Suligoj, Nejc	1571	SLO	+29N	F	+6B	−1B	F	−7N	−8B	=32N	+26B	3.5	35.5	35.5	13.75	1665	+7.6
25	FIDE 14661403	0	—	−3B	+34N	−4B	−14N	+?B	−26N	−20B	+28N	=31B	3.5	32.0	32.0	6.25	1262	0.0
26	Kragelj, Rok	0	SLO	−15N	−32B	−21N	+35B	+30N	+25B	=12N	−16B	−24N	3.5	31.0	32.5	10.50	1271	0.0
27	Premerl, Maj	0	SLO	−23B	−17N	F	+?B	+21N	−6N	−11B	+34N	−12B	3.0	30.5	30.5	6.00	742	0.0
28	Kofol, Rajmond	0	SLO	+35B	−11N	F	+30B	−15N	−34B	−29N	−25B	+?N	3.0	27.5	27.5	4.50	676	0.0
29	Premerl, Tin	1429	SLO	−24B	−13N	−20B	+34N	=31B	=35N	+28B	−30N	−21B	3.0	27.0	28.5	7.00	1397	-3.2
30	Strel, Luka	0	SLO	−33N	F	−19B	−28N	−26B	+?N	+35B	+29B	−18N	3.0	21.5	21.5	4.50	1450	0.0
31	Lipuscek, Janus	1608	SLO	−10B	−7N	F	−13B	=29N	=23B	+33N	−15B	=25N	2.5	35.5	37.5	7.25	1275	-34.8
32	Sattler, Adam	0	SLO	−7B	+26N	−14B	−8N	−34B	F	+23N	=24B	−22N	2.5	34.0	34.0	9.25	1386	0.0
33	Markovcic, Masa	0	SLO	+30B	−8N	+34B	−17N	−20B	−19N	−31B	−?N	−35N	2.0	27.5	27.5	5.00	739	0.0
34	Vaupotic, Tim	0	SLO	F	−25B	−33N	−29B	+32N	+28N	−19B	−27B	−23N	2.0	25.0	25.0	5.50	650	0.0
35	Premerl, Tit	0	SLO	−28N	−21B	−?N	−26N	F	=29B	−30N	−23B	+33B	1.5	22.5	22.5	3.50	1429	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lapajne Melink, JakobSLO
+72.4
5.5 pts · #3
2Brank, JakobSLO
+46.8
6.0 pts · #6
3Janezic, JozefSLO
+40.0
8.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Groselj, MirjamSLO
-75.2
5.0 pts · #18
2Sever, FlorjanSLO
-38.8
5.0 pts · #16
3Vezjak, DavidSLO
-35.2
4.5 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R1+103 Elo gap
Lettera, Fabio1505 beat Lipuscek, Janus1608