Mornarevac Ante Šarić nastupio je na kratkom openu „Gonzaga Charity Classic“ u Dublinu. Na festivalu je ukupno sudjelovalo 230 igrača. Na glavnom, „Masters“ turniru sudjelovalo je 50 igrača, među kojima su četvorica nosioci najviše titule. Naš igrač odigrao je odličan turnir i ostvario 4.5/5. Nakon pobjede u posljednjem kolu Ante je mislio da je prvi, jer je imao uvjerljivo najači buholc. Međutim odmah nakon je uslijedio šok. Sudac mu je rekao da mora razigravati blitz tempom s Australcem Justinom Tanom koji je također ostvario 4.5/5. Razigravanje za 1. mjesto je pravilo na ovom turniru, a naš igrač toga nije bio svjestan ranije. Kako je u 5. kolu posljednji završio partiju, praktički je odmah morao na blitz megdan, a pod dojmom teške posljednje partije. Igralo se tempom 3+2, a prvak je onaj koji prvi dobije partiju. Nažalost Ante je izgubio prvu blitz partiju gdje je zamijenio redoslijed poteza u poznatoj varijanti i ostao bez figure. Bez obzira na poraz u tiebreaku može biti jako zadovoljan svojim nastupom na ovom kratkom openu.
Gonzaga Classic doigravanje
GONZAGA CHARITY CLASSIC 2018
| Rank | Name | Score | Rating | TPR | W-We | BH | PS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | GM Saric, Ante | 4.5 | 2537 | 2672 | +0.66 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2 | IM Tan, Justin | 4.5 | 2466 | 2595 | +0.60 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | GM Fodor, Tamas | 4.0 | 2493 | 2448 | -0.15 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 4 | FM Tilicheev, Viacheslav | 4.0 | 2515 | 2468 | -0.06 | 15.5 | 11.5 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 5 | GM Petrov, Marian | 3.5 | 2470 | 2337 | -0.61 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FM Daly, Colm | 3.5 | 2342 | 2450 | +0.84 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | IM Valdes Escobar, Alvaro | 3.5 | 2372 | 2324 | +0.01 | 14.5 | 11.5 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FM O’Donnell, Conor | 3.5 | 2344 | 2272 | -0.21 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 9 | Delaney, Killian | 3.5 | 2196 | 2311 | +0.78 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sgnaolin, Davide | 3.5 | 2256 | 2392 | +0.96 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 11 | Jones, Steven | 3.5 | 2171 | 2363 | +1.27 | 13.5 | 10.0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Abrahams, Daniel | 3.5 | 2127 | 2230 | +0.72 | 11.5 | 9.5 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 13 | FM O’Gorman, Tom | 3.5 | 2215 | 2232 | +0.16 | 11.0 | 9.5 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Wallace, Paul A. | 3.0 | 2191 | 2287 | +0.58 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FM Fitzsimons, David | 3.0 | 2339 | 2181 | -0.70 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 16 | Freeman, Gordon | 3.0 | 2156 | 2201 | +0.15 | 13.5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | + | 0 |
| 17 | Li, Henry | 3.0 | 2127 | 2191 | +0.34 | 12.5 | 9.0 | = | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Yin, Stanley | 3.0 | 1993 | 2151 | +0.86 | 11.5 | 7.0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | IM Alienkin, Aleksander | 2.5 | 2397 | 2154 | -1.41 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | WFM Bhatia, Kanwal | 2.5 | 2023 | 2196 | +0.79 | 15.0 | 7.5 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GM Vasilev, Milen | 2.5 | 2415 | 2096 | -1.81 | 14.5 | 9.0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 22 | Manojlovic, Mihailo | 2.5 | 2042 | 2096 | +0.25 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Murray, David B. | 2.5 | 2133 | 2205 | +0.40 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 24 | Healy, John | 2.5 | 1844 | 2018 | +1.12 | 13.5 | 7.0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 25 | Fox, Anthony | 2.5 | 2044 | 2002 | -0.27 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Marhofer, Daniel | 2.5 | 1721 | 1975 | +1.01 | 12.5 | 8.0 | + | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | McMorrow, John | 2.5 | 2035 | 2137 | +0.47 | 11.5 | 6.5 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Manojlovic, Zdravko | 2.5 | 1943 | 2004 | +0.28 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 29 | Artola, Gerardo | 2.5 | 1938 | 2036 | +0.61 | 10.5 | 5.5 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | WFM Bukhteeva, Viktoria | 2.5 | 2225 | 1938 | -1.68 | 10.0 | 6.5 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Magnussen, Helge | 2.5 | 2099 | 1919 | -1.16 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Melaugh, Shane | 2.0 | 2050 | 2152 | +0.36 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| 33 | Haque, Muhtarim-Ul | 2.0 | 1841 | 2072 | +1.23 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Buonanno, Raffaele | 2.0 | 1929 | 1960 | +0.15 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Boyle, Bernard | 2.0 | 1889 | 1890 | -0.03 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | + |
| 36 | Ruchko, Denis | 2.0 | 1841 | 1804 | -0.17 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | + | ½ | ½ |
| 37 | McLoughlin, Sean | 2.0 | 1835 | 1904 | +0.43 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | French, Max | 2.0 | 2031 | 1920 | -0.86 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 39 | Skrzypnik, Tomasz | 1.5 | 1963 | 2000 | +0.08 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Lincoln, Marc | 1.5 | 1923 | 2018 | +0.33 | 14.0 | 6.5 | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Wynarczyk, Raymond | 1.5 | 1933 | 1891 | -0.35 | 13.0 | 5.0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ |
| 42 | Scallan, Fiachra | 1.5 | 1963 | 1846 | -0.91 | 12.5 | 5.0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 43 | O’Gorman, Alice | 1.5 | 1853 | 1930 | +0.41 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | WFM Mirza, Diana | 1.5 | 1861 | 1857 | -0.07 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Haque, Mustakim-Ul | 1.5 | 1868 | 1879 | +0.03 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 46 | McCarthy, Tim | 1.0 | 2028 | 1811 | -1.45 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | O’Neill, Paul | 1.0 | 1946 | 1779 | -1.12 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ |
| 48 | Tirziman, Rudolf | 1.0 | 1940 | 1833 | -0.66 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ |
| 49 | Melaugh, Gavin | 1.0 | 2014 | 1245 | -1.49 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | – |
| 50 | Cafolla, Peter | 0.0 | 1982 | 1336 | -0.71 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |