Six players topped the Munich Chess Open 2023

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The 1st Munich International Chess Festival 2023 took place from May 31 to June 6 in Munich, Germany, with three European Champions in the field: GM Alexey Sarana (Serbia, 2685), European Individual Chess Champion 2021 GM Anton Demchenko (FIDE, 2623) and European Individual Chess Champion 2014 GM Alexander Motylev (FIDE, 2604)!

The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the total prize fund of 30.000 euros. As many as six players tied for the top scoring 7 points, each, and the tiebreak criteria determined the final rankings. GM Alexander Motylev (FIDE, 2604) was first, GM Alexey Sarana (Serbia, 2685) came second, GM Anton Demchenko (FIDE, 2623) finished third, IM Aljoscha Feuerstack (Germany, 2462) was fourth, IM Maximilian Berchtenbreiter (Germany, 2483) came fifth, and IM Ruben Gideon Koellner (Germany, 2426) finished in the 6th place. Replay all games here

1st Munich Chess Open 2023 – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Motylev, Alexander			FID	2604	7	45	56	2442
2	GM	Sarana, Alexey			SRB	2685	7	44	55	2433
3	GM	Demchenko, Anton			FID	2623	7	43	56	2399
4	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha			GER	2462	7	41	52	2392
5	IM	Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian			GER	2483	7	39	49	2328
6	IM	Koellner, Ruben Gideon			GER	2426	7	38	48	2378
7	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	U18		IND	2517	6.5	42	54	2351
8	GM	Dimitrov, Radoslav			BUL	2488	6.5	40	50	2331
9	GM	Korneev, Oleg			ESP	2457	6.5	38	48	2349
10	IM	Fedorovsky, Michael			GER	2387	6.5	36	46	2273
11	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin			AUT	2405	6.5	36	46	2304
12	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.			IND	2502	6.5	36	45	2262
13	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur			ISL	2402	6	42	53	2394
14	IM	Harshavardhan, G B			IND	2408	6	40	51	2323
15	FM	Trost, Edvin	U18		SWE	2399	6	39	50	2357
16	IM	Sorensen, Hampus			SWE	2449	6	39	50	2338
17	IM	Nitin, S.			IND	2389	6	38	50	2314
18	IM	Kramer, Julian			GER	2487	6	38	48	2286
19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2435	6	37	49	2258
20	IM	Vogel, Roven			GER	2453	6	36	46	2322
21	FM	Costa, Leonardo	U18		GER	2343	6	35	46	2190
22	FM	Citak, Selim			TUR	2332	6	32	42	2158
23	FM	Tarhan, Adar	U18		TUR	2317	5.5	40	51	2323
24	IM	Kulon, Klaudia		w	POL	2314	5.5	38	49	2371
25	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	U18	w	UKR	2335	5.5	38	48	2260
26	IM	Zysk, Robert			GER	2391	5.5	37	48	2267
27	IM	Parkhov, Yair			ISR	2505	5.5	37	48	2295
28	IM	Ceres, Dragos			MDA	2400	5.5	37	47	2234
29	FM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	U18		ISL	2338	5.5	37	46	2301
30		Zajogin, Alexander			FID	2386	5.5	36	45	2172
31	FM	Degenhard, Simon			GER	2247	5.5	36	46	2274
32	FM	Dauner, Benedikt			GER	2400	5.5	36	46	2248
33	IM	Hacker, Jonas			GER	2435	5.5	36	45	2214
34	IM	Souhardo, Basak	U18		IND	2400	5.5	35	46	2191
35		Kunal, M.			IND	2106	5.5	35	45	2290
36	FM	Senthil, Maran K			IND	2135	5.5	35	45	2249
37		Gramb, Marius			GER	2225	5.5	35	43	2263
38	FM	Ipek, Egehan	U18		TUR	2308	5.5	34	45	2221
39		Stoettner, Moritz			GER	2126	5.5	34	43	2217
40	FM	Goldbeck, Lars			GER	2207	5.5	34	43	2310
41	FM	Harsh, Suresh	U18		IND	2298	5.5	33	42	2183
42		Parvanyan, Alfred			GER	2140	5.5	32	42	2180
43	FM	Peycheva, Gergana		w	BUL	2218	5.5	32	40	2245
44	CM	Koellner, Aaron Noah			GER	2143	5.5	29	38	2130
45	FM	Saya, Ethan			FRA	2181	5.5	28	37	2062
46	FM	Grimm, Julius			GER	2299	5	39	49	2328
47	IM	Koepke, Christian			GER	2308	5	38	48	2303
48	FM	Ivanov, Mike			CAN	2321	5	37	47	2271
49	FM	Dalaud, Dorian			FRA	2292	5	35	46	2320
50	FM	Jarocka, Liwia		w	POL	2225	5	35	45	2251
51		Reimann, Sebastian			GER	2265	5	34	43	2209
52		Hinterreiter, Markus			GER	2194	5	34	42	2251
53		Monninger, Moritz			GER	2138	5	33	43	2163
54	FM	Krause, Jonah			GER	2395	5	33	43	2220
55		Hoffmann, Sebastian			GER	2151	5	33	43	2185
56	CM	Tulchynskyi, Feliks	U14		UKR	2246	5	33	42	2210
57	IM	Bracker, Frank			GER	2311	5	32	42	2152
58		Stoettner, Lukas			GER	2096	5	30	38	2164
59		Schleicher, Guido			GER	2164	5	28	37	2088
60		Reis, Thomas			GER	2196	5	28	36	2028
61	WIM	Imnadze, Nato		w	GEO	2266	5	28	35	2017
62	GM	Jobava, Baadur			GEO	2578	4.5	39	50	2276
63	FM	Mai, Philipp  Dr.			GER	2315	4.5	38	49	2312
64	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja		w	NED	2170	4.5	37	47	2254
65	WFM	Butenandt, Svenja	U18	w	GER	2135	4.5	35	46	2225
66		Jinan, Jomon			IND	2432	4.5	35	45	2225
67		Petersen, Marcel			GER	2037	4.5	35	45	2111
68		Fuchs, Florian	U18		GER	2058	4.5	35	45	2152
69	CM	Derraugh, Geordie			CAN	2116	4.5	35	44	2220
70		Perkampus, Laurin			GER	2165	4.5	35	43	2276
71	CM	Khandelwal, Ankush			ENG	2205	4.5	34	45	2264
72		Engesser, Jonas			GER	2103	4.5	34	44	2193
73	AIM	Bhavik, Ahuja	U18		IND	1992	4.5	34	43	2238
74		Herbrig, Alexander			GER	2235	4.5	33	42	2178
75		Friedel, Marcus			GER	2162	4.5	32	41	2108
76	WFM	Li, Zhuoling		w	CHN	2216	4.5	32	42	2166
77	FM	Salvermoser, Bernd			AUT	2133	4.5	32	40	2187
78	FM	Meier, Volker			GER	2234	4.5	30	39	2072
79		Teichert, Felix			GER	2008	4.5	29	38	2154
80		Wichmann, Adrian			GER	2062	4.5	29	37	2121
81		Kudrytskyi, Stanislav			UKR	2048	4.5	29	38	2088
82		Bratu, Mircea			GER	1836	4.5	29	37	2109
83		Tunka, Philipp			GER	2032	4.5	29	37	2090
84		Kessler, Jan			GER	2091	4.5	28	35	2111
85		Boeddeker, Henry			GER	2068	4.5	28	35	2048
86	FM	Kononenko, Alexander	S60		UKR	2220	4.5	27	36	2092
87		Werner, Denis	U18		GER	2076	4	38	49	2304
88	CM	Krawczyk, Flawian	U18		POL	1995	4	36	45	2187
89	GM	Basso, Pier Luigi			ITA	2520	4	34	44	2216
90	WGM	Varshini, V		w	IND	2122	4	33	43	2282
91		Rindhiya, V		w	IND	1837	4	33	42	2194
92		Mota, Pankit			IND	2094	4	32	41	2175
93		Lochte, Thomas	S60		GER	1994	4	31	40	2120
94		Kartsev, Nikolay			GER	2074	4	31	40	2144
95		Leeb, Simon			GER	2242	4	30	40	2172
96		Forster, Lukas			GER	2049	4	30	39	2154
97		Heer, Stephan			SUI	2047	4	30	38	2097
98		Stierhof, Michael			GER	1974	4	29	38	2106
99		Shatil, Shir	U18		ISR	2180	4	29	37	2101
100		Eldho, Skaria			IND	1912	4	29	36	2113
101		Dushatov, Timur	U14		KAZ	2009	4	28	36	2062
102		Riewe, Gerhard			GER	2120	4	28	36	2026
103		Klenk, Robert			GER	2046	4	28	36	2036
104	WCM	Shatil, Or	U14	w	ISR	1951	4	26	34	2046
105	FM	Loew, Gerald	S60		GER	2173	4	26	33	2038
106	CM	Jaivardhan, Raj	U14		IND	1901	4	25	32	2098
107		Fuchs, Michael	S60		GER	1988	4	25	32	1926
108		Vincenti, Leonardo	U14		ITA	1996	4	24	31	2033
109		Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan			ROU	2021	4	23	31	2013
110		Beckert, Alessandro			GER	1877	4	23	30	2058
111		Hoppstaedter, Daniel	U18		GER	2000	4	23	30	1985
112		Manucharyan, Andriy			GER	2000	3.5	33	42	2180
113		Player, Edmund C			ENG	2204	3.5	32	39	2102
114		Schwan, Aaron	U18		GER	1800	3.5	31	39	2081
115		Huber, Benedikt	U14		GER	1879	3.5	31	38	2138
116		Mashchenko, Tamila	U18	w	UKR	1863	3.5	30	40	2108
117		Czap, Bernard			GER	2048	3.5	29	37	2087
118		Parsch, Christian			GER	1918	3.5	29	37	2071
119		Weiss, Thomas			GER	2040	3.5	28	37	2037
120		Koukas, Anastasios			GRE	2003	3.5	27	35	2064
121		Wehr, Stephan			GER	0	3.5	26	34	1914
122	IM	Gedajlovic, Max			CAN	2436	3	35	45	2202
123	GM	Chatalbashev, Boris			DEN	2506	3	34	43	2232
124	IM	Parvanyan, Ashot			GER	2431	3	33	42	2187
125	FM	Wahedi, Ahmad Siar			GER	2274	3	31	39	2213
126		Beck, Felix			GER	0	3	30	38	2109
127	FM	Lorscheid, Gerhard	S60		GER	2114	3	29	37	2138
128		Knoblauch, Leonhard			GER	2134	3	28	37	2121
129		Jacob, Tobias			GER	2015	3	28	36	2049
130		Debertshaeuser, Joern	S60		GER	2029	3	28	36	2084
131		Oest, Thorsten	S60		GER	1983	3	28	35	2086
132		Brychcy, Felix			GER	2064	3	27	36	2041
133		Lohvinov, Petro	U18		UKR	2302	3	27	35	1996
134		Aumueller, Naum	U18		GER	1799	3	25	32	2006
135		Steinhauer, Artur			GER	1965	3	25	31	2044
136		Schnabel, Bennett			GER	2063	3	24	33	1973
137	FM	Miller, Eduard			GER	2333	2.5	31	40	2159
138		Ritzka, Simon			GER	2052	2.5	31	38	2149
139		Tsakona, Maria	U18	w	GRE	2033	2.5	30	39	2127
140		Eichler, Alexander			GER	1834	2.5	28	36	2048
141		Humbert, Arthur	U18		GER	1835	2.5	28	35	2098
142		Apaar, Saxena	U14		IND	2012	2.5	27	34	1927
143		Braun, Michael			GER	2102	2.5	26	35	2045
144		Guggenberger, Guido			GER	1910	2.5	26	35	2016
145		Mazatis, Benjamin			GER	1738	2.5	24	31	2025
146		Basener, Winfried	S60		GER	1998	2	30	38	2186
147		Kampert, Andreas	S60		GER	2014	2	29	36	2127
148		Lerchl, Clemens	U18		GER	1950	2	28	35	2074
149	CM	Matthes, Aaron			GER	2241	2	26	35	2049
150	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia		w	GRE	1994	2	26	32	1996
151		Gradwohl, Manfred	S60		GER	1857	2	25	34	2040
152		Sakkal, Cherin	S60		GER	2018	2	25	33	1975
153		Wehrle, Maximilian	U18		GER	1806	2	24	30	1996
154		Heppert, Lars			GER	1891	2	24	31	1886
155		Biedenkopf, Philipp			GER	1939	2	24	30	2025
156		Acarbay, Algi		w	TUR	1962	1.5	21	28	1997
157		Jakob, Matthias			GER	1994	1	29	37	2165
158		Vollnhals, Michael			GER	0	1	27	34	1883
159		Demir, Bilal			TUR	1958	1	26	32	2051
160	WFM	Mayrhuber, Nikola		w	AUT	2094	1	25	34	2227
161		Lever, Erwan			FRA	2289	1	24	31	2036
162		Ruecker, Benjamin			GER	2179	0.5	24	31	1836