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The Graz Chess Open 2024 will take place from 17-23 February 2024 in the capital city of the southern Austrian province of Styria, the city of Graz. The festival features five tournaments: Open A (for players rated 2000+), Open B (for players rated U2000), Open C (for players rated U1700), weekend tournament and Blitz tournament.
Final report: GM Socko Bartosz emerged as the Winner of the Graz Chess Open 2024
The Open A, B and C tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for each move, and the draw offers are not allowed before move 30. The total prize fund of the Graz Chess Open 2024 amounts to 8.500 euros, with 1.500 euros reserved for the Winner of the Open A tournament.
Already more than 250 players from 36 countries registered for the event, and the top-seeded players in the main Open A are: GM Jergus Pechac (Slovakia, 2575), GM Humpy Koneru (India, 2554), GM Bartosz Socko (Poland, 2553) etc.
Official website of the event / Results & Pairings
The current starting list of players can be seen below:
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | GM | Pechac, Jergus | SVK | 2573 |
| 2 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2554 |
| 3 | GM | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2549 |
| 4 | GM | Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R. | BRA | 2493 |
| 5 | GM | Barbosa, Evandro Amorim | BRA | 2491 |
| 6 | Bhattacharyya, Soham | IND | 2477 | |
| 7 | IM | Agmanov, Zhandos | KAZ | 2461 |
| 8 | GM | Poetsch, Hagen | GER | 2459 |
| 9 | IM | Krastev, Alexander | GER | 2457 |
| 10 | IM | Froewis, Georg | AUT | 2449 |
| 11 | GM | Tadic, Branko | SRB | 2430 |
| 12 | IM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2421 |
| 13 | IM | Morris, James | AUS | 2418 |
| 14 | FM | Stribuk, Artiom | FID | 2403 |
| 15 | FM | Lumachi, Gabriele | ITA | 2397 |
| 16 | IM | Leisch, Lukas | AUT | 2393 |
| 17 | IM | Poormosavi, Seyed Kian | IRI | 2384 |
| 18 | FM | Dahl, Christoph | GER | 2380 |
| 19 | FM | Weishaeutel, Moritz | GER | 2380 |
| 20 | FM | Sowinski, Pawel | POL | 2377 |
| 21 | FM | Dauner, Benedikt | GER | 2369 |
| 22 | WGM | Alinasab, Mobina | IRI | 2351 |
| 23 | FM | Hรถfelsauer, Thomas | GER | 2331 |
| 24 | FM | Elgersma, Onno | NED | 2323 |
| 25 | FM | Chyzy, Jakub | POL | 2321 |
| 26 | CM | Krawczyk, Flawian | POL | 2321 |
| 27 | FM | Brilej, Jaka | SLO | 2320 |
| 28 | FM | Chinguun, Sumiya | MGL | 2319 |
| 29 | FM | Ahmad, Khagan | AZE | 2317 |
| 30 | CM | Tan, Jun Ying | MAS | 2315 |
| 31 | FM | Steindl, Johannes | AUT | 2311 |
| 32 | FM | Goldbeck, Lars | GER | 2301 |
| 33 | FM | Bettalli, Francesco | ITA | 2300 |
| 34 | FM | Schernthaner, David | AUT | 2299 |
| 35 | FM | Dehlinger, Alexander | GER | 2294 |
| 36 | FM | Sandhรถfner, Florian | AUT | 2291 |
| 37 | FM | Oberhofer, Cรฉdric | GER | 2282 |
| 38 | WIM | Balabayeva, Xeniya | KAZ | 2282 |
| 39 | FM | Huber, Benedikt | GER | 2262 |
| 40 | Nazarenus, Moritz | GER | 2252 | |
| 41 | Rog, Bartlomiej | POL | 2249 | |
| 42 | FM | Bartel, Michal | POL | 2246 |
| 43 | FM | Neuschmied, Siegfried | AUT | 2238 |
| 44 | Jurakic, Lukas | CRO | 2235 | |
| 45 | CM | Bauer, Thomas | AUT | 2234 |
| 46 | Wendl, Philipp | AUT | 2230 | |
| 47 | Kolodziejski, Piotr | POL | 2215 | |
| 48 | FM | Fishchuk, Vladyslav | UKR | 2213 |
| 49 | WFM | Shvedova, Alexandra | FID | 2213 |
| 50 | CM | Krzywda, Andrzej | POL | 2211 |
| 51 | FM | Hamidi, Amir Mohammad | IRI | 2204 |
| 52 | Kรถlber, Daniel | AUT | 2202 | |
| 53 | Felmery, Mate | HUN | 2200 | |
| 54 | FM | Stevik, Patrik | SVK | 2196 |
| 55 | WFM | Skuhala, Barbara | SLO | 2188 |
| 56 | Rรผcker, Benjamin | GER | 2188 | |
| 57 | CM | Burrer, Fabian | AUT | 2183 |
| 58 | WFM | Siekanska, Maria | POL | 2182 |
| 59 | CM | Zeneli, Klendi | ALB | 2177 |
| 60 | Javornik, Nik | SLO | 2176 | |
| 61 | CM | Khalakhan, Jurij | AUT | 2174 |
| 62 | Kozlovic, Jernej | SLO | 2174 | |
| 63 | FM | Stigar, Petter | NOR | 2173 |
| 64 | Kocak, Ediz | GER | 2169 | |
| 65 | WFM | Koridze, Lile | GEO | 2167 |
| 66 | Arnold, Rhys | NED | 2167 | |
| 67 | WGM | Huda, Maryana | UKR | 2160 |
| 68 | Praczukowski, Stanislaw | POL | 2160 | |
| 69 | Lezzerini, Marco | ITA | 2158 | |
| 70 | Mueller, Magnus | GER | 2157 | |
| 71 | CM | Xhembulla, Aleksander | ALB | 2156 |
| 72 | Steiner, Gรผnter | AUT | 2156 | |
| 73 | Xu, Yang | CHN | 2149 | |
| 74 | WIM | Roessler, Ulrike | GER | 2145 |
| 75 | Lau, Lut Yin Luke | HKG | 2142 | |
| 76 | Schouten, Jordy | NED | 2138 | |
| 77 | Radzimski, Antoni | POL | 2133 | |
| 78 | CM | Mika, Tomasz | POL | 2130 |
| 79 | Colev, Ivor | CRO | 2130 | |
| 80 | Colonetti, Fabio | ITA | 2129 | |
| 81 | Bouska, Jiri | CZE | 2125 | |
| 82 | FM | Wegerer, Fred Ing. | AUT | 2120 |
| 83 | Van Rootselaar, Rik | NED | 2118 | |
| 84 | Rozycki, Bartlomiej | POL | 2114 | |
| 85 | Ramaj, Ergit | ALB | 2109 | |
| 86 | Ilijic, Mihajilo | AUT | 2099 | |
| 87 | Nied, Pascal | GER | 2099 | |
| 88 | Terkiewicz, Bruno | POL | 2099 | |
| 89 | Leitgeb, Julian | AUT | 2096 | |
| 90 | Malik, Maciej | POL | 2089 | |
| 91 | Biedenkopf, Philipp | GER | 2087 | |
| 92 | Golis, Wiktor | POL | 2086 | |
| 93 | Clijsen, Mark | NED | 2085 | |
| 94 | Rechberger, Franz | AUT | 2084 | |
| 95 | Ritzerveld, Noah | NED | 2083 | |
| 96 | WCM | Myagmarsuren, Mandukai | MGL | 2081 |
| 97 | CM | Vaupot, Luka | SLO | 2078 |
| 98 | WFM | Teuschler, Barbara | AUT | 2077 |
| 99 | Gruenwald, Simon | AUT | 2074 | |
| 100 | Herczeg, Marcell | HUN | 2073 | |
| 101 | Moritz, Christian Mag. | AUT | 2072 | |
| 102 | Tumur-Ochir, Duluu | MGL | 2072 | |
| 103 | WCM | Shatil, Or | ISR | 2066 |
| 104 | Sri, Sai Baswanth P | IND | 2064 | |
| 105 | FM | Rama, Lorenc | ALB | 2063 |
| 106 | Chubakov, Sultan | KGZ | 2062 | |
| 107 | Sulyok, Eszter | HUN | 2058 | |
| 108 | Maglioni, Leonardo | ITA | 2057 | |
| 109 | Brzezina, Piotr | POL | 2050 | |
| 110 | Sauper, Dorian | AUT | 2045 | |
| 111 | Zaytsev, Alexander | AUT | 2045 | |
| 112 | WFM | Zabrzanska, Weronika | POL | 2044 |
| 113 | Szczotka, Klara | POL | 2044 | |
| 114 | Szvetits, Rene | AUT | 2044 | |
| 115 | Bergero, Simone | ITA | 2043 | |
| 116 | Eibinger, Manuel DI. Dr. | AUT | 2043 | |
| 117 | Rempe, Jonas | GER | 2043 | |
| 118 | Lizzul Coppe, Mirko | ITA | 2042 | |
| 119 | Pacher, Simon | AUT | 2042 | |
| 120 | Stadler, Andreas | GER | 2042 | |
| 121 | WIM | Sultanbek, Zeinep | KAZ | 2040 |
| 122 | Raeke, Philipp | AUT | 2034 | |
| 123 | Bitarafhaghighi, Hossein | AUT | 2033 | |
| 124 | Kather, Yannick | GER | 2033 | |
| 125 | Gortemaker, Lucas | NED | 2029 | |
| 126 | Rohler, Siegfried | GER | 2021 | |
| 127 | WCM | Vetokhina, Sofia | RUS | 2020 |
| 128 | Bratko, Alexander | AUT | 2018 | |
| 129 | Kodric, Gasper | SLO | 2018 | |
| 130 | Dushatov, Timur | KAZ | 2016 | |
| 131 | Mehlhorn, David | GER | 2015 | |
| 132 | Dumbelovic, Novak | SRB | 2014 | |
| 133 | CM | Valtiner, Adamo | AUT | 2012 |
| 134 | Reisenhofer, Maximilian | AUT | 2011 | |
| 135 | Goudriaan, Rafael | NED | 2005 | |
| 136 | Diachek, Andriy | POL | 2002 | |
| 137 | Grooten, Tommy | NED | 2000 | |
| 138 | Zielonka, Adam | POL | 2000 | |
| 139 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | IND | 1999 | |
| 140 | Triebl, Andreas | AUT | 1995 | |
| 141 | Daksh, Jain | IND | 1990 | |
| 142 | Tan, Zhong Kai | SGP | 1987 | |
| 143 | Saveljevs, Aleksandrs | LAT | 1974 | |
| 144 | Panda, Barnabas | HUN | 1972 | |
| 145 | Sohn, Benedikt | AUT | 1966 | |
| 146 | Stichter, Constantin Paul | GER | 1966 | |
| 147 | Tregubenko, Nikolay | FID | 1966 | |
| 148 | Mizicka, Matus | SVK | 1959 | |
| 149 | Eichler, Alexander | GER | 1956 | |
| 150 | CM | Csernyik, Mark | HUN | 1954 |
| 151 | MK | Wallner, Dieter Dr. | AUT | 1953 |
| 152 | Lochte, Thomas | GER | 1949 | |
| 153 | Mina, Marco | ITA | 1946 | |
| 154 | Vah, Denis | SLO | 1944 | |
| 155 | Kukushkin, Ivan | LAT | 1940 | |
| 156 | WCM | Maria, Lia-Alexandra | ROU | 1937 |
| 157 | Labrovic, Jakov | CRO | 1937 | |
| 158 | Sauper, Boris Michael | AUT | 1937 | |
| 159 | Mashchenko, Tamila | UKR | 1929 | |
| 160 | Rosenzweig, Itzhak | ISR | 1929 | |
| 161 | Privitera, Franco | ITA | 1919 | |
| 162 | Brzezina, Pawel | POL | 1914 | |
| 163 | Hasala, Richard | SVK | 1910 | |
| 164 | Chiszko, Oskar | POL | 1903 |
