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

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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).

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.

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.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Mittal, Aditya	IND	2594	7
2	GM	Teclaf, Pawel	POL	2556	6
3	GM	Cheng, Bobby Sky	AUS	2584	5.5
4	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2590	5.5
5	GM	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2568	5.5
6	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2528	5.5
7	FM	Colbow, Collin	GER	2373	5
8	FM	Schneider, Jana	GER	2303	5
9	GM	Pruijssers, Roeland	NED	2537	5
10	IM	Wachinger, Nikolas	GER	2442	4.5
11	FM	Gloeckler, Christian	GER	2356	4.5
12	FM	Kopylov, Daniel	GER	2346	4.5
13	WGM	Hejazipour, Mitra	FRA	2356	4.5
14	IM	Kopylov, Michael	UKR	2352	4.5
15	IM	Pajeken, Jakob Leon	GER	2424	4.5
16	IM	Krastev, Alexander	GER	2457	4.5
17	GM	Knaak, Rainer	GER	2450	4.5
18	IM	Meins, Gerlef	GER	2390	4
19	IM	Breutigam, Martin	GER	2359	4
20	IM	Reuker, Jari	GER	2383	3.5
21	WGM	Radeva, Viktoria	BUL	2325	3.5
22	FM	Wiegmann, Sascha	GER	2297	3
23	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2385	2
24	FM	Söderström, Adrian	SWE	2288	2