Croatian Open Championship
Zagreb, Hotel Porin 15.-16.05.2004.
Croatian Igo Alliance
Toyota IGS-Pandanet European Go Tour
The Croatian Open Go Championship was held last weekend in the capital of Croatia, Zagreb. 33 contestants took part in the championship, 21 of which being from Croatia. This year's tournament was one of 12 Toyota IGS-Pandanet European Go Tour tournaments, which are 12 strongest tournaments in Europe. Therefore, several top European contestants played in the Croatian Open. Tibor Pocsai, a 6-dan player from Hungary, European champion from 1987 and a multiple Hungarian champion dominated the tournament and took the title of Croatian Open Champion with 5 straight wins. This tournament is the third this year which the powerful Hungarian has won, the first two being the Hungarian Open and the Slovenian Open, both held in the second half of April. The Croatian Open Championship was, in addition, a qualifying tournament for the part in the final of Croatian Singles Championship, the so-called "Tournament of the Six". The candidates for this championship had been thus selected in four categories. Along with Zoran Mutabžija 5-dan, Mladen Smud 2-dan and Velimir Kuhar 5-dan which have qualified prior to the Croatian Open, by playing in the Croatian Open three more players qualified in the strongest category - the seniors: Sead Bačevina 2-dan, Daniel Zrno 3-kyu i Ismet Alibašić 1-dan. The Tournament of the Six will be held in October this year. In addition to Toyota and IGS-Pandanet, which are the general sponsors of European Go Tour, the organizers wish to thank
Jamnica, Franck and
Zagreb Tourist Board,
which have supplied the contestants with their quality products. Throughout the weekend, the contestants could enjoy the natural water Jana, various juices and various snacks, namely the Tip Top sticks and pizza flavored Tip Top. Many thank you's to all sponsors who made this tournament possible, and also to our host
Hotel Porin,
which gave us a home and supported the tournament.
Croatian Open Championship
Zagreb, Hotel Porin 15.-16.05.2004.
No. Player Rng Ct.MMS Pts 1 2 3 4 5 Win SOS
1 Pocsai Tibor 6d HUN 14 19 6+ 4+ 5+ 3+ 2+ 5 83
2 Nechanicky Radek 6d CZ 14 17 3- 7+ 4+ 5+ 1- 3 85
3 Silt Ondrej 5d CZ 14 17 2+ 5- 6+ 1- 7+ 3 84
4 Kosegi Diana 6d HUN 14 17 9+ 1- 2- 6+ 5+ 3 83
5 Mutabžija Zoran 5d HR 14 16 7+ 3+ 1- 2- 4- 2 86
6 Pocsai Rita 4d HUN 14 16 1- 9+ 3- 4- 11+ 2 82
7 Matoh Leon 5d SI 14 16 5- 2- 10+ 9+ 3- 2 80
8 Kuzela Martin 4d CZ 13 16 -- 12+ 9- 11+ 13+ 3 70
9 Omoji Astushi 4d JP 14 15 4- 6- 8+ 7- 10- 1 80
10 Kelemen Zoltan 2d HUN 12 15 12+ 11+ 7- 13- 9+ 3 73
11 Smud Mladen 2d HR 12 14 13+ 10- 12+ 8- 6- 2 75
12 Bačevina Sead 2d HR 12 14 10- 8- 11- 16+ 15+ 2 69
13 Dienes Peter 1d HUN 11 14 11- 14+ 17+ 10+ 8- 3 68
14 Alibašić Ismet 1d HR 11 12 17- 13- -- 18+ 16- 1 59
15 Koncsek Barna 2k HR 9 12 16- 19+ 18+ 17+ 12- 3 58
16 Zrno Daniel 3k HR 8 12 15+ 22+ 19+ 12- 14+ 4 56
17 Bednjanec Zvonko 2k HR 9 11 14+ 18+ 13- 15- 19- 2 59
18 Ožvald Gabrijel 2k HR 9 11 21+ 17- 15- 14- 20+ 2 53
19 Vasiljević Vedran 3k HR 8 10 23+ 15- 16- 20- 17+ 2 52
20 Urban Alexandra 5k HUN 6 9 22- 23+ 24+ 19+ 18- 3 44
21 Fodi Zoltan 5k HUN 6 9 18- 24- 25+ 23+ 22+ 3 40
22 Štrbac Dino 5k HR 6 8 20+ 16- 23- 24+ 21- 2 45
23 Meštrović Stjepan 8k HR 6 8 19- 20- 22+ 21- 26+ 2 41
24 Knapić Andrej 8k HR 4 7 26+ 21+ 20- 22- 27+ 3 36
25 Tumpa Tajana 9k HR 2 6 27+ 26+ 21- 28+ 29+ 4 26
26 Mutabžija Jasmina 7k HR 4 5 24- 25- 27- 31+ 23- 1 28
27 Robotić Tea 10k HR 2 5 25- 28+ 26+ 30+ 24- 3 25
28 Zadjelović Siniša 10k HR 1 4 29+ 27- 30+ 25- 31+ 3 19
29 Novak Marko 12k HR 0 3 28-free 33+ 32+ 25- 3 15
30 Svob Petra 14k HR 0 3 31+ 32+ 28- 27- 33+ 3 14
31 Vračan Marko 13k HR 0 2 30- 33+ 32+ 26- 28- 2 15
32 Štrbac Vlado 14k HR 0 2 33+ 30- 31- 29-free 2 10
33 Margan Vedran 25k HR 0 1 32- 31- 29-free 30- 1 10