Seven players tied for the top of the 35th Staufer Chess Open

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The 35th Staufer Chess Open took place from 2nd-6th January in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The main Open A tournament gathered 277 players and the B open had 283 participants who competed for the total prize fund of 9.000 euros.

After nine played rounds, as many as seven players had the same score tying for first place in the Open A, including: IM Christopher Noe (Germany, 2509), GM Visakh N R (India, 2501), FM Bennet Hagner (Germany, 2407), FM Tobias Kolb (Germany, 2342), GM Spyridon Skembris (Greece, 2264), FM Teimur Toktomushev (Switzerland, 2262) and GM Peng Li Min (Switzerland, 2518).

IM Christopher Noe had the best tiebreaks to clinch the title, GM Visakh N R came second, FM Bennet Hagner finished third, FM Tobias Kolb was fourth, GM Spyridon Skembris took fifth place, FM Teimur Toktomushev came sixth and the top-seeded GM Peng Li Min had the lowest tiebreaks finishing the event in the seventh place.

IM Lu Miaoyi (China, 2429) emerged as the best-ranked female player in the event, with the score of 6 points and better tiebreaks than WGM Kateryna Dolzhykova (Germany, 2299) and WIM Anne Czaeczine (Germany, 2173) who had the same score.

Final standings – 35th Staufer Chess Open:

Rg.		Name	Land	EloI	Pkt.
1	IM	Noe, Christopher	GER	2509	7
2	GM	Visakh N R,	IND	2501	7
	FM	Hagner, Bennet	GER	2407	7
4	FM	Kolb, Tobias	GER	2342	7
5	GM	Skembris, Spyridon	GRE	2264	7
6	FM	Toktomushev, Teimur	SUI	2262	7
7	GM	Peng, Li Min	SUI	2518	7
8	GM	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	BEL	2414	6.5
9	FM	Besou, Hussain	GER	2322	6.5
	FM	Hasanov, Zaur	GER	2231	6.5
		Ferster, Fabian	LIE	2231	6.5
12	FM	Sydykov, Bayastan	KGZ	2221	6.5
13	GM	Korneev, Oleg	ESP	2486	6.5
		Herrmann, Jakob	GER	2234	6.5
15		Duong, Quang Bach	GER	2207	6.5
16	GM	Velicka, Petr	CZE	2332	6.5
17	IM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2429	6
18	IM	Gschnitzer, Adrian	GER	2442	6
19	IM	Harshavardhan G B,	IND	2405	6
20	FM	Stork, Oliver	GER	2396	6
21		Gut, Lionel	SUI	2152	6
22	IM	Langheinrich, Ferenc	GER	2338	6
23		Vuckovic, Zarko	GER	2344	6
	IM	Zeller, Frank	GER	2325	6
	WGM	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	GER	2299	6
26	FM	Riehle, Marco	GER	2388	6
27	FM	Ehmann, Thilo	GER	2332	6
	WIM	Czäczine, Anne	GER	2173	6
29	FM	Ohler, Julius	GER	2235	6
30		Schellenberg, Simon	SUI	2191	6
31		Lübke, Florentin	GER	2146	6
		Stock, Jörg	GER	2101	6
		Rosenboom, Niko	GER	1971	6
34	FM	Boder, Jan	GER	2324	6
		Albert, Markus	GER	2202	6
36	FM	Schmitz, Thorsten	GER	2244	6
37		Lesny, Florian	GER	2232	6
		Zhang, Yibo	GER	1982	6
39		Gut, Raphael	SUI	2133	6
40	IM	Senthil Maran K,	IND	2398	5.5
41	FM	Meißner, Felix	GER	2372	5.5
42		Melestean, Maxim	GER	1962	5.5
43	FM	Henrich, Thomas	GER	2061	5.5
44	FM	Degenhard, Simon	GER	2241	5.5
		Phatak Aanjaneya,	IND	2064	5.5
46	FM	Hasenohr, Benedict	SUI	2289	5.5
47	FM	Hahn, Markus	GER	2329	5.5
		Burian, Simon	GER	2186	5.5
49		Budzyn, Matthias	GER	2004	5.5
50		Kocak, Ediz	GER	2173	5.5
		Mandalka, Justus	GER	2059	5.5
52		Fruth, David	GER	2132	5.5
53		Marynychenko, Yehor	UKR	2063	5.5
54	FM	Bruch, Ingo	GER	2230	5.5
		Chen, Muxi	CHN	2104	5.5
	CM	Schnicke, Robert	GER	2065	5.5
57		Eull, Emil	GER	2165	5.5
58		Li, Yunqi	GER	1990	5.5
59		Bratu, Mircea	GER	2049	5.5
60		Karle, Sam	GER	2056	5.5
61	FM	Unzicker, Ferdinand,Dr.	GER	2266	5.5
62	FM	Herbrig, Alexander	GER	2325	5
63		Melestean, Timur	GER	2157	5
64		Albrecht, Neil	GER	2055	5
65		Baranyai-Molnar, Adam-Kristof	HUN	2246	5
		Yasmo, Daniil	GER	2138	5
67	FM	Lutz, Ruben	GER	2268	5
		Schuffenhauer, Robert	GER	2017	5
69		Walter, Thomas	GER	2095	5
		Schwab, Matthias	GER	2075	5
71		Cilo, Selimhan	GER	2088	5
		Nönnig, Jakob	GER	2065	5
73		Poysti, Nathanael	GER	2185	5
		Rautela, Sadbhav	IND	2001	5
		Kulm, Justin	GER	1998	5
76	FM	Klaska, Philipp Leon	GER	2264	5
		Mester, Philipp	GER	2174	5
78		Notz, Lukas	GER	1996	5
79	FM	Sahin, Ozgun	TUR	2202	5
	FM	Heimrath, Reiner	GER	2169	5
81		Dordevic, Tom	GER	2135	5
82		Wenzel, Calvin	GER	2073	5
		Longo, Massimo	GER	2071	5
	WFM	Rindhiya V,	IND	1999	5
		Herrmann, Arthur	GER	1992	5
86	FM	Gheng, Josef	GER	2261	5
		Smolny, Frieder	GER	2114	5
		Kutzner, Stephen	GER	2018	5
		Reindl, Arno	GER	1974	5
90		Udelnov, Valentin	GER	2052	5
		Scholtes, Benedikt	GER	2029	5
		Jaskulski, Jan	POL	1984	5
		Harringer, Manfred	GER	1975	5
94	IM	Jurek, Josef	CZE	2196	5
		Sreeramulu, Aarush	GER	2016	5
96		Willim, Michael	GER	2019	5
		Kurze, Christoph	GER	1946	5
98	FM	Chassard, Cedric	GER	2268	5
		Braun, Kristin	GER	2031	5
100		Klaric, Zoran	GER	2022	5
		Khoshnevis, Farzin-Daniel	GER	1950	5
102		Wolf, Ulrich Martin,Dr.	GER	2193	5
	WFM	Khrapko, Marharyta	GER	2168	5
104		Oyberman, Iliia	UKR	2095	5
105	CM	Schellmann, Frank	GER	1992	5
106		Gentner, Markus	GER	1994	5
107		Schwilk, Michael	GER	1983	5
108		Wenninger, Philipp	GER	2340	4.5
	WCM	Acarbay, Algi	TUR	2031	4.5
110	FM	Aepfler, Christian	GER	2146	4.5
		Strathmann, Sacha	GER	2125	4.5
		Leck, Jakob	GER	2040	4.5
113		Humbert, Arthur	GER	2025	4.5
114		Latzke, Boris	GER	2197	4.5
	FM	Krockenberger, Martin	GER	2146	4.5
		Müller, Mark	GER	2004	4.5
		Wezel, Sebastian	GER	1943	4.5
		Günther, Christian,Dr.	GER	1937	4.5
119		Thomas, Ingo	GER	2084	4.5
		Forster, Lukas	GER	2030	4.5
		Sieber, Heiko	GER	1947	4.5
122	WFM	Kostak, Tetyana	GER	2127	4.5
		Baur, Frank	GER	2069	4.5
124		Nunez Grégoire, Daniel	GER	2040	4.5
125		Müller, Philipp	GER	1987	4.5
126		Schmidt, Martin	GER	2072	4.5
		Chen, Qingzhi Alexander	GER	1952	4.5
128		Gula, Julian	GER	2104	4.5
		Stephanblome, Felix	GER	2044	4.5
		Heilig, Tim Markus	GER	1900	4.5
		Gavrin, Tim	GER	1866	4.5
132	FM	Wiechert, Hans	GER	2156	4.5
		Hehn, Hartmut	GER	2001	4.5
		Melzer, Marcel	GER	1906	4.5
135		Merk, Tobias,Dr.	GER	2022	4.5
		Koppen, Harald	GER	1997	4.5
		Cummings, Nicolai	GER	1967	4.5
138	FM	Schulz, Karsten	GER	2165	4.5
		Herter, Arne	GER	2098	4.5
		Maass, Walter	GER	2054	4.5
		Leck, Gerrit	GER	2018	4.5
		Fichtner, Ewald	GER	2011	4.5
143		Liebhart, Marcel	GER	2009	4.5
		Kalia, Anant	GER	1891	4.5
145		Platz, Daniel	GER	1993	4.5
146		Scheeff, Volker	GER	1998	4.5
147		Shen, Tingrui	GER	2171	4.5
148		Novak, Volker	GER	2124	4.5
149		Oyberman, Mikhail	UKR	2052	4.5
		Voigt, Anastasia	GER	1945	4.5
151		Rempel, Alexander	GER	1804	4.5
152	IM	Kersten, Uwe	GER	2175	4.5
153		Lerchl, Clemens	GER	1941	4.5
154		Vihan, Shourya	GER	2047	4
155		Kuipers, Dustin	GER	2086	4
156		Nitsche, Nikolai	GER	2106	4
157		Schratzenstaller, Andreas	GER	2049	4
158		Huber, Benedikt	GER	2194	4
	FM	Lorscheid, Gerhard	GER	2170	4
		Blodig, Vincent	GER	2081	4
161	CM	Foerster-Yialamas, Lucas	GER	2136	4
		Hart, Martin	NED	2087	4
		Werner, Rosalie	GER	2009	4
164	FM	Becx, Cesar	NED	2021	4
		Werner, Florin	GER	1947	4
	WCM	Gupta, Sara	USA	1872	4
167		Grill, Bernd	GER	2137	4
		Shevchenko, Igor	GER	1788	4
169		Schönwälder, Bernd	GER	1980	4
		Dobierzin, Olaf	GER	1958	4
		Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh	GER	1850	4
172		Heinrich, Alexander,Dr.	GER	2075	4
		Mück, Heinz-Peter	GER	1888	4
174		Diller, Peter	GER	1912	4
		Pradeep, Harshill	GER	1908	4
176		Mader, Fabian	GER	2016	4
		Sulzbacher, Kurt	GER	1997	4
		Pohle, Saskia	GER	1839	4
179		Savic, Robert,Dr.	GER	1946	4
		Bruss, Robert	GER	1944	4
		Neininger, Sarah	GER	1827	4
		Retzlaff, Kian	GER	1826	4
		Czäczine, Paula	GER	1811	4
184		Biegler, Markus	GER	2071	4
		Papadopoulou, Soultana	GER	1911	4
186		Klotz, Simon	GER	1973	4
		Jansen, Malte	GER	1871	4
188		Lemli, Thomas	GER	2046	4
		Gheng, Dominik	GER	1980	4
		Hottinger, Simon	SUI	1791	4
191		Nuding, Matthias,Dr.	GER	2060	4
		Schlotterbeck, Peter	GER	1984	4
		Seehaus, Bernhard,Dr.	GER	1936	4
		Klos, Johannes	GER	1823	4
195		Perner, Bastian	GER	1917	4
		Dorweiler, Roger Paul	BRA	1901	4
197		Metzdorf, Jonas	GER	1769	4
198		Vuckovic, Robert	GER	1963	4
199		Bethe, Stephan	GER	2047	3.5
200		Weiss, Andreas	GER	2038	3.5
		Steinberger, Michael	GER	1882	3.5
202		Jansen, Dirk Norbert	GER	2052	3.5
203	CM	Heron, Andrew	LIE	2122	3.5
204		Gheng, Simona	GER	1957	3.5
205	CM	Hönick, Andreas	GER	2109	3.5
		Gabriel, Josef	GER	1997	3.5
207		Koppe, Connor	GER	1982	3.5
		Cummings, Orlyn	GER	1958	3.5
209		Papadopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	2244	3.5
		Eedle, Eric F	ENG	1919	3.5
211		Naumann, Axel	GER	2131	3.5
212		Döserich, Jürgen	GER	1959	3.5
		Zargaran, Sepas	GER	1911	3.5
214		Schnabel, Andreas	GER	1951	3.5
215		Denk, Jürgen	GER	1962	3.5
		Sensoy, Emir	GER	1818	3.5
217		Hartmann, Theo	GER	2041	3.5
		Beuter, Christof	GER	1897	3.5
		Wagner, Cosima Thien-An	GER	1834	3.5
220		Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib	GER	1960	3.5
		Stierle, Martin	GER	1954	3.5
		Rödel, Jannis	GER	1848	3.5
		Feick, Claas Marten	GER	1840	3.5
224		Peri, Jean-Christophe	GER	1846	3.5
225		Berner, Jürgen	GER	1969	3.5
		Baur, Volker,Dr.	GER	1946	3.5
		Winand, Edgar	GER	1893	3.5
		Özkurt, Kaan	GER	1825	3.5
229		Leßmeister, Patrick	GER	1857	3.5
230		Körbel, Ekkehard	GER	1931	3.5
231		Paeslack, Luis	GER	2040	3
232	FM	Neukirchner, Pascal	GER	2241	3
233	CM	Loef, Dirk	GER	2052	3
234		Tscharotschkin, Michael	GER	2095	3
235		Zieger, Michael,Dr.	GER	2025	3
236	FM	Chittka, Julius	GER	2308	3
237		Wunderlich, Elias	GER	2083	3
		Weichsberger, Simon	GER	1854	3
		Richter, Johanna	GER	1745	3
240		Goldinov, Daniel	GER	1950	3
		Rode, Stefan	GER	1909	3
242		Wolf, Rainer	GER	2024	3
		Petrik, Matus	BEL	1895	3
		Powalla, Christian	GER	1888	3
		Britsch, Benjamin	GER	1872	3
		Draude, Theo	GER	1830	3
247		Rechner, Jan Philipp	GER	1831	3
248		Oberschilp, Friedrich	GER	1903	3
249		Schumacher, Markus	GER	1870	3
250		Werner, Tom	GER	1910	3
251		Bergmann, Lennart	GER	1878	2.5
252		Nagel, Matthias	GER	1848	2.5
253		Rukwid, Marc	GER	1960	2.5
254		Federer, Colin	SUI	1934	2.5
		Fischermann, Simon	GER	1855	2.5
256		Berger, Hauke	GER	1977	2.5
		Stehning, Toni	GER	1894	2.5
		Schrimpf, Michael	AUT	1836	2.5
259		Stehning, Ralf	GER	1914	2.5
		Wang, Simon	GER	1810	2.5
261		Döbel, Maximilian	GER	1804	2.5
262		Kempfer, Justus	GER	1803	2.5
263		Osterried, Paul	GER	1753	2.5
264		Retzlaff, Nick	GER	1979	2.5
265		Stoll, Katja	GER	1856	2.5
266		Langner, Robin	GER	2032	2
267		Metz, Berthold	GER	1851	2
268		Schnücker, Marcel	GER	1856	2
269		Launert, Martin,Dr.	GER	1815	2
270		Gampper, Steffen	GER	1840	2
271	CM	Rempe, Jonas	GER	2209	1.5
272		Turner, Radek	CZE	2074	1.5
273		Bauer, Dieter	GER	1833	1.5
274		Arnhold, Steffi	GER	2152	1
275		Heizmann, Jonas	GER	1841	1
276		Stiefel, Roland	GER	2054	0.5
277		König, Dirk	GER	1955	0