Hans Niemann triumphs at the Grenke Chess Open 2024

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GM Hans Niemann sealed a sole victory at the Grenke Chess Open 2024!

As many as six players headed into the last round co-leading the tournament with the score of 7/8 points. In three direct clashes for the first place and the top prize of 20.000 euros, two games finished in a draw, while GM Hans Niemann (USA, 2676) scored a victory against GM Velimir Ivic (Serbia, 2582). With a victory in the last round, Hans Niemann scored impressive 8/9 points without a single loss in the event, and pocketed the money prize of 20.000 euros. As the Winner of the Open A tournament, Niemann could also qualify for the next edition of the Grenke Chess Classic which features the world’s best grandmasters, including Magnus Carlsen.

Congratulations to @HansMokeNiemann for winning the GRENKE Chess Open! pic.twitter.com/gEmGgiMCid

— GRENKEChess 2024 (@GRENKEChess) April 1, 2024

Nine players followed Hans Niemann, trailing by half a point. The tiers for 2-10 place were: GM Ivan Saric (Croatia, 2670), GM Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia, 2690), GM Dmitrij Kollars (Germany, 2629), GM Maksim Chigaev (Spain, 2617), GM Arjun Erigaisi (India, 2748), GM Kirill Shevchenko (Romania, 2670), GM David Anton Gujarro (Spain, 2671), IM Bryce Tiglon (USA, 2509), and GM Matthias Bluebaum (Germany, 2655).

IM Divya Deshmukh (India, 2424) emerged as the best-ranked female player in the tournament. With a great score of 7/9 points, Divya Deshmukh finished the tournament sharing 11-37 place.

The largest Open tournament in the world, Grenke Chess Open, this year gathered 2700 players. Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website / chess-results.

Final rankings – Grenke Chess Open 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Niemann,  Hans Moke	USA	2676	8
2	GM	Saric,  Ivan	CRO	2670	7.5
3	GM	Fedoseev,  Vladimir	SLO	2690	7.5
4	GM	Kollars,  Dmitrij	GER	2629	7.5
5	GM	Chigaev,  Maksim	ESP	2617	7.5
6	GM	Erigaisi Arjun,	IND	2748	7.5
	GM	Shevchenko,  Kirill	ROU	2670	7.5
8	GM	Anton Guijarro,  David	ESP	2671	7.5
9	IM	Tiglon,  Bryce	USA	2509	7.5
10	GM	Bluebaum,  Matthias	GER	2655	7.5
11	GM	Svane,  Frederik	GER	2617	7
12	GM	Svane,  Rasmus	GER	2623	7
13	GM	Yoo,  Christopher Woojin	USA	2583	7
14	GM	Maurizzi,  Marc`Andria	FRA	2602	7
15	GM	Sjugirov,  Sanan	HUN	2690	7
	GM	Ivic,  Velimir	SRB	2582	7
17	GM	Sarana,  Alexey	SRB	2699	7
18	GM	Gavrilescu,  David	ROU	2524	7
19	GM	Kamsky,  Gata	USA	2616	7
	IM	Erdogmus,  Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2540	7
21	GM	Pultinevicius,  Paulius	LTU	2575	7
	GM	Nasuta,  Grzegorz	POL	2552	7
	IM	Vogel,  Roven	GER	2521	7
24	GM	Indjic,  Aleksandar	SRB	2595	7
	IM	Hrbek,  Stepan	CZE	2417	7
26	GM	Muradli,  Mahammad	AZE	2555	7
	GM	Hong,  Andrew	USA	2542	7
	IM	Buckels,  Valentin	GER	2450	7
29	IM	Bazakutsa,  Svyatoslav	UKR	2462	7
	IM	Petkidis,  Anthony	GER	2423	7
31	IM	Kramer,  Julian	GER	2469	7
	IM	Wachinger,  Nikolas	GER	2442	7
	IM	Divya Deshmukh,	IND	2424	7
34	IM	Koellner,  Ruben Gideon	GER	2453	7
35	IM	Krastev,  Alexander	GER	2457	7
36	GM	Gharibyan,  Mamikon	ARM	2499	7
37	IM	Feuerstack,  Aljoscha	GER	2471	7
38	FM	Costa,  Leonardo	GER	2479	6.5
39	IM	Horvath,  Dominik	AUT	2534	6.5
40	IM	Fromm,  Marius	GER	2445	6.5
41	GM	Engel,  Luis	GER	2547	6.5
42	IM	Noe,  Christopher	GER	2527	6.5
43	IM	Cukrowski,  Filip	POL	2394	6.5
44	GM	Meier,  Georg	URU	2620	6.5
	GM	Kazakouski,  Valery	LTU	2608	6.5
	FM	Lumachi,  Gabriele	ITA	2413	6.5
47	IM	Lewtak,  Damian	POL	2343	6.5
48	GM	Vavulin,  Maxim	GER	2538	6.5
49	GM	Papp,  Gabor	HUN	2558	6.5
	GM	Nevednichy,  Vladislav	ROU	2445	6.5
	GM	Milov,  Leonid	GER	2415	6.5
	FM	Glantz,  Robert	GER	2375	6.5
53	FM	Kostov,  Deyan Samuil	BUL	2328	6.5
		Giorgadze,  Giorgi	GEO	2061	6.5
55	IM	Kilic,  Eray	TUR	2439	6.5
56	WIM	Gaal,  Zsoka	HUN	2379	6.5
57	FM	Schmider,  Niklas	GER	2421	6.5
	WIM	Sliwicka,  Alicja	POL	2309	6.5
59	IM	Bulmaga,  Irina	ROU	2429	6.5
	GM	Dourerassou,  Jonathan	FRA	2414	6.5
	FM	Gnojek,  Petr	CZE	2414	6.5
62		Albers,  Sasa	NED	2269	6.5
63	GM	Mishra,  Abhimanyu	USA	2627	6
64	FM	Nothnagel,  Marian Can	GER	2381	6
65	IM	Baum,  Jonasz	POL	2400	6
66		Janeczko,  Jakub	POL	2278	6
67	GM	Meshkovs,  Nikita	LAT	2556	6
	IM	Rosner,  Jonas	GER	2431	6
69	IM	Parkhov,  Yair	ISR	2518	6
	IM	Pasti,  Aron	HUN	2373	6
71	IM	Haring,  Filip	SVK	2452	6
72	IM	Ben Ari,  Yannay	ISR	2434	6
	FM	Weishaeutel,  Moritz	GER	2378	6
	FM	Dahl,  Christoph	GER	2367	6
75	FM	Culum,  Sanjin	BIH	2359	6
76	GM	Kozul,  Zdenko	CRO	2529	6
	FM	Nemec,  Jachym	CZE	2412	6
	FM	Svanda,  Ondrej	CZE	2370	6
	WGM	Tokhirjonova,  Gulrukhbegim	USA	2365	6
	FM	Knuedel,  Torben	GER	2299	6
81	FM	De Boer,  Eelke	NED	2395	6
	FM	Frank,  Adam	CZE	2284	6
83	IM	Kopylov,  Michael	UKR	2352	6
	FM	Stelmaszyk,  Nico	GER	2347	6
	WIM	Dolzhykova,  Kateryna	GER	2259	6
		Herm,  Marcel	GER	2079	6
87	IM	Saraci,  Nderim	KOS	2450	6
	IM	Eugene,  Floryan	FRA	2422	6
	IM	Monroy,  Charles	FRA	2393	6
	FM	Holtel,  Jasper	GER	2330	6
	FM	Lavrencic,  Matic	SLO	2322	6
	FM	Toktomushev,  Teimur	SUI	2268	6
93	GM	Heberla,  Bartlomiej	POL	2557	6
	GM	Guliyev,  Namig	AZE	2508	6
	IM	Froewis,  Georg	AUT	2450	6
	FM	Durak,  Can	TUR	2450	6
	FM	Bochnicka,  Vladimir	SVK	2413	6
	FM	Zuferi,  Enis	GER	2400	6
	FM	Sowinski,  Pawel	POL	2387	6
	FM	Skawinski,  Arkadiusz	POL	2347	6
	FM	Gschiel,  Alexander	AUT	2336	6
	FM	Huber,  Benedikt	GER	2247	6
103	GM	Schlosser,  Philipp	GER	2511	6
	IM	Ghimpu,  Samuel-Timotei	ROU	2467	6
	IM	Seo,  Jung Min	SWE	2450	6
	IM	Vanczak,  Tamas	HUN	2431	6
	IM	Garifullina,  Leya	FID	2413	6
	FM	Kuhn,  Clement	FRA	2349	6
	IM	Kulon,  Klaudia	POL	2335	6
		Lutz,  Ruben	GER	2270	6
111	IM	Brodowski,  Piotr	POL	2435	6
	FM	Baranciuc,  Alexandr	MDA	2336	6
	FM	Pigeat,  Alexandre	FRA	2333	6
	FM	Stork,  Oliver	GER	2329	6
115	FM	Kanov,  Nikola	BUL	2424	6
	IM	Muckle,  Julius	GER	2389	6
	FM	Kruckenhauser,  Arthur	AUT	2355	6
	FM	Kopylov,  Daniel	GER	2346	6
	FM	Hampel,  Felix	GER	2294	6
120	IM	Schneider,  Ilja	GER	2460	6
	IM	Krause,  Benedict	GER	2406	6
	IM	Decuigniere,  Tom	FRA	2402	6
	FM	Weber,  Samuel	GER	2293	6
	CM	Jaskolka,  Tomasz	POL	2241	6
125	IM	Parvanyan,  Ashot	GER	2415	6
		Kitze,  Alexander	GER	2299	6
	CM	Ferey,  Antonin	FRA	2190	6
128	FM	Kolb,  Tobias	GER	2323	6
	FM	Hecht,  Carsten	GER	2295	6
	FM	Terekhov,  Andrey	FRA	2241	6
131	FM	Papasimakopoulos,  Alexandros	GRE	2402	6
	IM	Beikert,  Guenther, Dr.	GER	2370	6
		Schulze,  Torben, Dr.	GER	2317	6
	WIM	Rudzinska,  Michalina	POL	2302	6
	WFM	Bashylina,  Luisa	GER	2149	6
136	FM	Braun,  Georg	GER	2398	6
	CM	Ulasevich,  Sergei	FID	2261	6
138		Hovhannisyan,  Artur	GER	2214	6
		Hoffmann,  Sebastian	GER	2189	6
140	IM	Koepke,  Christian	GER	2305	6
		Goldmann,  David	GER	1969	6
142	IM	Roser,  Kevin	FRA	2379	6
	FM	Sidletskyi,  Ivan	UKR	2336	6
	FM	Wyss,  Jonas	SUI	2293	6
	FM	Jahncke,  Giso	GER	2250	6
		Paseka,  Matyas	CZE	2233	6
147	FM	Bettalli,  Francesco	ITA	2309	6
	FM	Van Roon,  Sjoerd	NED	2238	6
149	FM	Hagner,  Bennet	GER	2354	6
150		Bruns,  Kai-Christian	GER	1922	6