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GM Aditya Mittal wins SV Werder Bremen 125-year Jubilee Chess Tournament

by L'immortale

The SV Werder Bremen sports club celebrated its 125th anniversary last week, organizing a 125-year Jubilee Chess Tournament in Bremen, Germany. The tournament gathered 24 titled players from 10 countries, marking the 75th anniversary of the SV Werder Bremen chess club. The event was played from 2-10 March, in 9 rounds, swiss system, with classical time control.

GM Aditya Mittal (India, 2594) emerged as a convincing winner of the event with a score of 7/9 points. 17-year-old Indian grandmaster went unbeaten in the championship, and finished a full point ahead of GM Pawel Teclaf (Poland, 2556) who was second with 6 points. As many as four players tied for third, scoring 5.5 points each: GM Bobby Cheng (Australia, 2584), GM Szymon Gumularz (Poland, 2590), and GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine, 2568).

The Winners of the event; photo by SV Werder Bremen chess club

FM Jana Schneider (Germany, 2303) was the best-ranked female player in the event with a score of 5 points. WGM Mitra Hejazipour (France, 2356) followed with 5.5 points, and WGM Viktoria Radeva (Bulgaria, 2325) was third-ranked female with 3.5 points.

The Managing Director of the SV Werder Bremen club Anne-Kathrin Laufmann took part in the awarding ceremony of the tournament. She expressed her happiness that Werder was able to host such an important international tournament to mark the club’s anniversary. “Werder is more than football!”, she concluded.

Anne-Kathrin Laufmann with female participants of the event

Photos and detailed information about the event are available on the SV Werder Bremen website / chess-results.

Final rankings – 125th Jubilee of the SV Werder Bremen chess tournament:

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. 
1GMMittal, AdityaIND25947
2GMTeclaf, PawelPOL25566
3GMCheng, Bobby SkyAUS25845.5
4GMGumularz, SzymonPOL25905.5
5GMEfimenko, ZaharUKR25685.5
6GMPlat, VojtechCZE25285.5
7FMColbow, CollinGER23735
8FMSchneider, JanaGER23035
9GMPruijssers, RoelandNED25375
10IMWachinger, NikolasGER24424.5
11FMGloeckler, ChristianGER23564.5
12FMKopylov, DanielGER23464.5
13WGMHejazipour, MitraFRA23564.5
14IMKopylov, MichaelUKR23524.5
15IMPajeken, Jakob LeonGER24244.5
16IMKrastev, AlexanderGER24574.5
17GMKnaak, RainerGER24504.5
18IMMeins, GerlefGER23904
19IMBreutigam, MartinGER23594
20IMReuker, JariGER23833.5
21WGMRadeva, ViktoriaBUL23253.5
22FMWiegmann, SaschaGER22973
23IMGuichard, PaulineFRA23852
24FMSรถderstrรถm, AdrianSWE22882

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