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B: GRAND PRIX HSS - 2026. Blitz

KnockoutBlitz
Location
🇭🇷Zagreb, Croatia
Dates
25 Jan 2026 → 31 Jan 2026
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
2,399
Participants
2
Titled players · 2
GM×1
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇷Croatia×2
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMIvan Zaja
    🇭🇷CRO·2366
    2.0pts·2557perf+7.7
  • 🥈
    IMSasa Rezan
    🇭🇷CRO·2432
    1.0pts·2241perf-7.7

How it unfolded

Top 2 · 7 rounds

GM Ivan Zaja led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 16 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
16
16
16
16
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Zaja2Rezan1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Ivan Zaja never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 3 games

GM Ivan Zaja 2.0–1.0 against IM Sasa Rezan (R5 1-0, R6 0-1, R7 1-0) — decisive in 3/3.

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zaja, IvanGM2366CROFFFF+2N−2B+2N2.06.07.02.002557+7.7
2Rezan, SasaIM2432CROFFFF−1B+1N−1B1.012.014.02.002241-7.7

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers