The Croatian Chess Federation and Croatian Comission for women’s chess organized the 2014 edition of the Croatian Cup for women on 22-23rd November 2014 at the Palace Hotel**** in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia.
The event was a 5-round Swiss Team rapid tournament with tempo of play 30′ + 30″, valid for FIDE rapid rating.
The team of “Liburnija” Rijeka with members WIM Borka Franciskovic, WGM Iva Videnova and WFM Zrinka Deur – Saric lifted the trophy on 9/10 points, leaving the runner-up “Mladost” Zagreb one point behind.
Tihana Ivekovic, WIM Vlasta Macek and Brigita Stadler took the silver for “Mladost”.
Third place was shared in a four-way tie by “Dama” Đakovo, “Liburnija II” Rijeka, “Mornar” Split and “Sisak” Sisak on 6 points each.
However, the young players from “Dama” Iva Hlavac, Neomi Grgic, Nadina Mahmutbegovic and Zvjezdana Ivekovic remained third on a better tie-break score. You can see the full standings below.
Final standings:
1 ŠK Liburnija, Rijeka 9
2 HAŠK Mladost, Zagreb 8
3 ŠK Dama, Đakovo 6
4 ŠK Liburnija II, Rijeka 6
5 ŠK Mornar Split 6
6 ŠD Sisak, Sisak 6
7 ŠK Polet, Buševec 5
8 ŠK Ericssson Nikola Tesla, Zagreb 5
9 ŠD Sisak II, Sisak 3
10 ŠK Zagreb, Zagreb 3
11 ŠK Caissa, Vukovar 2
12 ŠK Silent, Zagreb 1