The 2nd edition of the Bruhl International Chess Open concluded yesterday in Bruhl, Germany, after five swiss rounds played within two categories: Open A and Open B.
The top-seeded GM Chongsheng Zeng (China, 2597) lived up to the expectations and won the Open A tournament scoring perfect 5/5 points. IM Ruben Gideon Kollner (Germany 2482) finished in clear second place with the score of 4.5 points, while as many as eight players scored 4 points (each) to tie for the third place. Having the best tiebreak criteria, IM Vadim Petrovkiy finished the event in the third place. Final rankings can be seen below.
The 73rd and 142nd seeds of the Open B surprised and tied for the first place in the B tournament with the score of 5/5 points. 15-year-old Kemal Eymen Esmer (Luxembourg) had better tiebreaks to finish first, while 21-year-old Yagiz Bilgehan Kup (Turkey) came second.
The event was organized by Brรผhler Schachklub 1920 eV, and detailed information can be found on the official webpage.
Final rankings – Bruhl Chess Open 2024 (Open A -left, Open B – right):
Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | |
1 | GM | Zeng, Chongsheng | CHN | 2597 | 5 |
2 | IM | Kรถllner, Ruben Gideon | GER | 2482 | 4.5 |
3 | IM | Petrovskiy, Vadim | UKR | 2430 | 4 |
4 | FM | Weber, Samuel | GER | 2237 | 4 |
5 | Razin, Vadim | UKR | 2372 | 4 | |
6 | FM | Dauner, Benedikt | GER | 2383 | 4 |
7 | GM | Kunin, Vitaly | GER | 2521 | 4 |
8 | IM | Chen, Qi b | CHN | 2467 | 4 |
9 | CM | Korchynskyi, Mykola | UKR | 2223 | 4 |
10 | GM | Bagrationi, Alexander | ISR | 2443 | 4 |
11 | Weidemann, Jakob | GER | 2082 | 3.5 | |
12 | Stolwijk, Colin | NED | 2249 | 3.5 | |
13 | FM | Hirneise, Jens | GER | 2270 | 3.5 |
14 | Klaska, Philipp Leon | GER | 2123 | 3.5 | |
15 | Nezhyvenko, Mykhaylo | GER | 1954 | 3.5 | |
16 | GM | Chatalbashev, Boris | DEN | 2457 | 3.5 |
17 | Restorff, Felix | GER | 2094 | 3.5 | |
18 | Popvasilev, Kaloyan | GER | 2208 | 3.5 | |
19 | FM | Michalczak, Thomas | GER | 2205 | 3.5 |
20 | Korten, Lando | GER | 2193 | 3.5 | |
21 | IM | Barp, Alberto | ITA | 2437 | 3.5 |
22 | WIM | Imnadze, Nato | GEO | 2228 | 3.5 |
23 | Peters, Alex | GER | 2167 | 3.5 | |
24 | Bastians, Felix | GER | 2157 | 3.5 | |
25 | Zhang, Xiao | CHN | 2137 | 3 | |
26 | Sydykov, Bayastan | KGZ | 2105 | 3 | |
27 | IM | Bogdanov, Egor | UKR | 2396 | 3 |
28 | Asadzade, Idris | GER | 2229 | 3 | |
29 | Vanduyfhuys, Igor | BEL | 2052 | 3 | |
30 | Gallasch, Robin | GER | 2086 | 3 | |
31 | Vladov, Arsenii | UKR | 1997 | 3 | |
32 | Notz, Lukas | GER | 1928 | 3 | |
33 | Poysti, Nathanael | GER | 2163 | 3 | |
34 | Bilenko, Yaroslav | UKR | 2088 | 3 | |
35 | FM | Marcziter, Dmitrii | GER | 2190 | 3 |
36 | Runte, Moritz | GER | 2167 | 3 | |
37 | Grรผnter, Martin | GER | 2235 | 3 | |
38 | IM | Langheinrich, Ferenc | GER | 2347 | 3 |
39 | Akhmatovski, Maxim | GER | 2084 | 3 | |
40 | Spilles, Matthias | GER | 2109 | 3 | |
41 | Keller, Thomas | GER | 2258 | 3 | |
42 | Nied, Pascal | GER | 2107 | 3 | |
43 | Stemmler, Fabian | GER | 2135 | 3 | |
44 | Menzel, Maximilian | GER | 2115 | 3 | |
45 | FM | Huhndorf, Arnold | GER | 2075 | 3 |
46 | Nopper, Louis | GER | 1736 | 3 | |
47 | Meuer, David | GER | 2030 | 2.5 | |
48 | IM | Gudok, Viktor | UKR | 2077 | 2.5 |
49 | Kruse, Victor | GER | 1997 | 2.5 | |
50 | Rosol, Philip | POL | 2042 | 2.5 | |
51 | Tomasjan, Samuel | GER | 1955 | 2.5 | |
52 | Iolis, Oleg | BEL | 2150 | 2.5 | |
53 | Lenz, Joshua | GER | 1929 | 2.5 | |
54 | Cramer, Volker | GER | 2045 | 2.5 | |
55 | Kreutz, Jonas | GER | 2006 | 2.5 | |
Mรถller, Tom | GER | 1677 | 2.5 | ||
57 | Neurohr, Jรผrgen | GER | 1983 | 2.5 | |
58 | Sohlmann, Jan-Henning | GER | 2235 | 2.5 | |
59 | Sheng, Ming | GER | 1855 | 2.5 | |
60 | Rybarczyk, Klaus | GER | 2132 | 2.5 | |
61 | Fox, Daniel | GER | 2185 | 2.5 | |
62 | Scholz, Alexander | GER | 2009 | 2.5 | |
63 | Neubauer, Jรผrgen | GER | 1995 | 2.5 | |
64 | CM | Gรผlsen, Taylan | GER | 2130 | 2.5 |
65 | Koehler, Ronald | GER | 2081 | 2.5 | |
66 | Kliashtornyi, Arkadii | UKR | 1978 | 2.5 | |
67 | Gluma, Christian | GER | 2256 | 2.5 | |
Weber, Olaf | GER | 2062 | 2.5 | ||
69 | Kutzner, Stephen | GER | 2013 | 2.5 | |
70 | Vlasov, Igor | GER | 2034 | 2.5 | |
71 | Chitsazian, Daniel | GER | 2014 | 2.5 | |
72 | Magold, Victor | ROU | 1991 | 2.5 | |
73 | Browning, Rebecca | GER | 1900 | 2 | |
74 | Mainka, Ingmar | GER | 1695 | 2 | |
75 | Thiemann, Marc | GER | 1871 | 2 | |
76 | Zhuikov, Edgard | UKR | 1801 | 2 | |
77 | Damm, Yannic | GER | 1948 | 2 | |
78 | Marcziter, Alex | GER | 1902 | 2 | |
79 | Xue, Luka | GER | 2058 | 2 | |
80 | Schmidt, Kai-Uwe | GER | 1965 | 2 | |
81 | Henrich, David | GER | 2072 | 2 | |
82 | Gramb, Marius | GER | 2166 | 2 | |
83 | CM | Kรถllner, Aaron Noah | GER | 2165 | 2 |
84 | Devenney, Martin | SWE | 1814 | 2 | |
85 | Uhlmann, Tim | GER | 1934 | 2 | |
86 | Nasirov, Ruslan | UKR | 2021 | 2 | |
87 | Langenberg, Magnus | GER | 0 | 2 | |
88 | Boos, Philipp | GER | 1894 | 2 | |
89 | FM | Blasek, Ralph | GER | 2169 | 2 |
90 | Wenzke, Elias | GER | 1840 | 1.5 | |
91 | Bertram, Karsten | GER | 1942 | 1.5 | |
92 | Kamp, Adrian | GER | 2055 | 1.5 | |
93 | Rauch, Sรถren | GER | 1940 | 1.5 | |
94 | Feldhaus, Thomas | GER | 1849 | 1.5 | |
95 | Slowik, Martin | GER | 1960 | 1.5 | |
Hรถfer, Severin Paul | GER | 1890 | 1.5 | ||
97 | Speck, Stefan | GER | 1861 | 1.5 | |
98 | Heiligtag, Matthias | GER | 1775 | 1.5 | |
99 | Riemland, Arnold | GER | 2132 | 1.5 | |
100 | Langlois-Remillard, Alexis | CAN | 1990 | 1.5 | |
101 | Kuhn, Andreas | GER | 1823 | 1.5 | |
102 | Fischermann, Simon | GER | 1718 | 1 | |
103 | Holzwarth, Felix | GER | 1774 | 1 | |
104 | Schelhorn, Paul | GER | 1821 | 1 | |
105 | Rahimi, Rahim | GER | 2056 | 1 | |
106 | Schulze, Manfred | GER | 1828 | 1 | |
107 | Cheng, Noah | GER | 1767 | 1 | |
108 | Belin, Anton | GER | 1771 | 1 | |
109 | Jopek, Eugen | GER | 1924 | 1 | |
110 | Vieira, Daniel | USA | 1784 | 1 | |
111 | Dรถnitz, Christian,Dr. | GER | 1917 | 0.5 | |
112 | Klugstedt, Vincent | GER | 1995 | 0.5 | |
113 | Hotan, Darion | ENG | 1906 | 0.5 | |
114 | Ismail, Tamer | BEL | 2136 | 0 | |
Masius, Patrick,Dr. | GER | 1928 | 0 | ||
116 | Shivkumar, Siddharth | GER | 1803 | 0 | |
117 | Bui, Alestiel | GER | 1759 | 0 |
Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. |
1 | Esmer, Kemal Eymen | LUX | 1446 | 5 |
2 | Kup, Yagiz Bilgehan | TUR | 0 | 5 |
3 | Weiler, Wolfgang | GER | 1910 | 4.5 |
Mueller, Irakli, Dr. | GER | 0 | 4.5 | |
5 | Brauer, Julian | GER | 1477 | 4.5 |
6 | Dieckerhoff, Stefan | GER | 1739 | 4 |
7 | Rabiya, Karim | GER | 1742 | 4 |
8 | Schรถne, Finn | GER | 1626 | 4 |
9 | Brandt, Greta | GER | 1476 | 4 |
10 | Matzner, Julian | GER | 1657 | 4 |
11 | Direk, Oguzhan | GER | 1657 | 4 |
12 | Bezhenar, Georgy | FID | 1873 | 4 |
13 | Brรคuer, Karl-Heinz | GER | 1841 | 4 |
14 | Mercan, Emre Furkan | TUR | 0 | 4 |
15 | Hitz, Ben | GER | 1739 | 4 |
Dornreiter, Michael | GER | 1694 | 4 | |
17 | Shivkumar, Shreyas | GER | 1484 | 3.5 |
18 | Potrafke, Lukas | GER | 1755 | 3.5 |
19 | Zhong, Xianghui | GER | 1754 | 3.5 |
20 | Mรผller, Dennis | GER | 1762 | 3.5 |
21 | Fels, Mattis | GER | 1572 | 3.5 |
22 | Wacker, Nikolaj | GER | 0 | 3.5 |
23 | Gupta, Akul | NED | 1471 | 3.5 |
24 | Tariverdiyev, Elman | GER | 1763 | 3.5 |
25 | Chaus, Maria | RUS | 1799 | 3.5 |
26 | Schmitz, Constantin | GER | 1506 | 3.5 |
27 | Becker, Samuel | GER | 1338 | 3.5 |
28 | Breuer, Achim | GER | 1517 | 3 |
29 | Geschke, David | GER | 1416 | 3 |
30 | Schรคde, Maximilian | GER | 1661 | 3 |
31 | Hepting, Frank | GER | 1636 | 3 |
Liu, Jonas | GER | 1488 | 3 | |
Tokmak, Tugay | GER | 0 | 3 | |
34 | Georgopoulos, Nicolas | +GE | 0 | 3 |
35 | Datta, Anupam | GER | 1531 | 3 |
36 | Mรผnch, Carsten | GER | 0 | 3 |
37 | Pick, Max | GER | 1904 | 3 |
38 | Mรผller, Konstantin | GER | 1648 | 3 |
39 | Ziegler, Arndt Henning | GER | 1403 | 3 |
40 | Geschke, Jonathan | GER | 1424 | 3 |
41 | Pfening, Richard | GER | 1523 | 3 |
42 | Schรคfer, Markus | GER | 0 | 3 |
43 | Kohlhaw, Marc | GER | 0 | 3 |
44 | Bรผdenbender, Hermann | GER | 1707 | 3 |
45 | Erhardt, Daniel | GER | 1470 | 3 |
46 | Alnafkhosh, Nashaat | GER | 1790 | 3 |
47 | Einsweiler, Michel | LUX | 0 | 3 |
48 | Stockhardt, Claus | GER | 0 | 3 |
49 | Mรผller, Thorsten | GER | 0 | 3 |
50 | Hartwig, Eric-Jordan | GER | 1638 | 3 |
51 | Niebel, Guido | GER | 1656 | 3 |
52 | Ross, Udo | GER | 0 | 3 |
53 | Clauร, Annika | GER | 1546 | 3 |
54 | Weber, Andreas | GER | 1567 | 3 |
55 | Meyer, Noah Franziskus | GER | 0 | 3 |
56 | Atar, Efecan | GER | 1646 | 3 |
57 | Schulz, Robin | GER | 1444 | 3 |
58 | Wirtjes, Edzard | GER | 1493 | 3 |
59 | Geier, Jakob | GER | 1464 | 3 |
60 | Zimmermann, Michael | GER | 1797 | 2.5 |
61 | Atar, Semih Akif | GER | 1396 | 2.5 |
62 | Philipp, Josua | GER | 1455 | 2.5 |
63 | Kamper, Marco | GER | 1765 | 2.5 |
64 | Zimmer, Elmar | GER | 1590 | 2.5 |
65 | Asadzade, Muhammed | GER | 1621 | 2.5 |
66 | Shynkar, Daria | UKR | 1339 | 2.5 |
67 | Jaskolla, Oswald | GER | 0 | 2.5 |
68 | Neumair, Dorian | GER | 1524 | 2.5 |
69 | Cadet, Halil Emre | TUR | 1474 | 2.5 |
70 | Bochynek, Josua Peter | GER | 1689 | 2.5 |
71 | Abboud, Rabia | GER | 1586 | 2.5 |
72 | Baumgรคrtner, Jens | GER | 1693 | 2.5 |
73 | Meyer, Tobias Benjamin | GER | 0 | 2.5 |
74 | Fischermann, Charlotte | GER | 1249 | 2.5 |
Reifenschneider, Timo | GER | 0 | 2.5 | |
76 | Bartsch, Karl-Heinz | GER | 0 | 2.5 |
77 | Gail, Edgar | GER | 1614 | 2.5 |
78 | Brandt, Marc | GER | 1405 | 2.5 |
79 | Reiter, Ute | GER | 1178 | 2.5 |
80 | Gรถb, Franziska | GER | 1316 | 2 |
81 | Esmer, Hamza | LUX | 1226 | 2 |
82 | Vukelic, Lukas | GER | 0 | 2 |
83 | Kramer, Lars | GER | 1538 | 2 |
84 | Stuch, Hans-Ferdinand | GER | 1543 | 2 |
85 | Mohebbi, Sam | GER | 1567 | 2 |
Filis, Fotios | GER | 1107 | 2 | |
87 | Wallat, Joel | GER | 1407 | 2 |
88 | Steinberg, Matthew | USA | 1385 | 2 |
89 | Fehlker, Felix | GER | 0 | 2 |
90 | Verlage, Niklas | GER | 0 | 2 |
91 | Prenzel, Thomas | GER | 1460 | 2 |
Ganser, Anton | GER | 0 | 2 | |
93 | Ctistis, Alexander | GER | 0 | 2 |
94 | Gellrich, Harald | GER | 1618 | 2 |
95 | Labib Iskander, Marcus | GER | 0 | 2 |
96 | Krenzel, Christoph | GER | 0 | 2 |
97 | Kupke, Jonas | GER | 1515 | 2 |
Jeuken, Thomas | GER | 1362 | 2 | |
99 | Mueller, Kilian | GER | 1383 | 2 |
100 | Langauer, Mihael | GER | 0 | 2 |
101 | Staudt, Merle | GER | 0 | 2 |
102 | Besthorn, Kaspar | GER | 0 | 2 |
103 | Nagel, Simon | GER | 0 | 2 |
104 | Ramien, Eva | GER | 1324 | 2 |
105 | Leopold, Patrick | GER | 1522 | 1.5 |
106 | Marzec, Witold | GER | 1599 | 1.5 |
107 | Kleinschmidt, Christoph,Dr. | GER | 0 | 1.5 |
108 | Baumann, Simon | GER | 1442 | 1.5 |
109 | Lรผders Vega, Iago Ernst | GER | 1399 | 1.5 |
110 | Plitzner, Hans Joachim | GER | 1698 | 1.5 |
111 | Bilal, Zahir | JOR | 0 | 1.5 |
112 | Kowalski, Hans-Ludwig | GER | 1378 | 1.5 |
113 | Friedel, Jonas | GER | 0 | 1.5 |
114 | Kranz, Kilian | GER | 0 | 1.5 |
115 | Dรถnitz, Julian | GER | 1473 | 1 |
116 | Hopperdietzel, Juergen | GER | 0 | 1 |
117 | Weber, Sophia | GER | 0 | 1 |
118 | Kuhle, Heinrich | GER | 1451 | 1 |
119 | Bock, Jรผrgen | GER | 1702 | 1 |
120 | Gulsen, Askin | TUR | 1421 | 1 |
121 | Mรผller, Jรผrgen | GER | 1652 | 1 |
Gritz, Theodor | GER | 0 | 1 | |
123 | Langer, David | GER | 0 | 1 |
124 | Koennecke, Jan | GER | 0 | 1 |
125 | Oelsen, Eric | GER | 0 | 1 |
126 | Filis, Leon | GER | 0 | 1 |
127 | Lichtblau, Ernst | GER | 1683 | 1 |
128 | Muschalek, Ingo | GER | 0 | 1 |
129 | Brandt, Hilda | GER | 0 | 1 |
130 | Skorupa, Hans-Ingo | GER | 1532 | 1 |
131 | Stolzenwald, Frank | GER | 1316 | 0.5 |
132 | Zisimou, Dimitrios | GER | 0 | 0.5 |
133 | Fels, Georg | GER | 1351 | 0.5 |
134 | Jรคckle, Ulrich | GER | 0 | 0.5 |
135 | Slowik, Anna | GER | 0 | 0 |
136 | Braun, Michael | GER | 0 | 0 |
Weber, Marcel | GER | 0 | 0 | |
138 | Freiknecht, Axel | GER | 1684 | 0 |
139 | Weber, Luke | GER | 0 | 0 |