GM Chongsheng Zeng wins Bruhl Chess Open 2024

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.

Bruhl Chess Open 2024 – Playing venue; Photo by Bruhler Schachklub 1920 eV twitter

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 Brühler 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	Köllner, 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		Grünter, 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
		Möller, Tom	GER	1677	2.5
57		Neurohr, Jürgen	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, Jürgen	GER	1995	2.5
64	CM	Gülsen, 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	Köllner, 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, Sören	GER	1940	1.5
94		Feldhaus, Thomas	GER	1849	1.5
95		Slowik, Martin	GER	1960	1.5
		Höfer, 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		Dönitz, 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	Schöne, 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	Bräuer, 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	Müller, 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	Schäde, 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	Münch, Carsten	GER	0	3
37	Pick, Max	GER	1904	3
38	Müller, Konstantin	GER	1648	3
39	Ziegler, Arndt Henning	GER	1403	3
40	Geschke, Jonathan	GER	1424	3
41	Pfening, Richard	GER	1523	3
42	Schäfer, Markus	GER	0	3
43	Kohlhaw, Marc	GER	0	3
44	Büdenbender, 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	Müller, Thorsten	GER	0	3
50	Hartwig, Eric-Jordan	GER	1638	3
51	Niebel, Guido	GER	1656	3
52	Ross, Udo	GER	0	3
53	Clauß, 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	Baumgärtner, 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	Göb, 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	Lüders 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	Dönitz, Julian	GER	1473	1
116	Hopperdietzel, Juergen	GER	0	1
117	Weber, Sophia	GER	0	1
118	Kuhle, Heinrich	GER	1451	1
119	Bock, Jürgen	GER	1702	1
120	Gulsen, Askin	TUR	1421	1
121	Müller, Jürgen	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	Jäckle, 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

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