IM Alberto Barp wins the North West Cup Chess Open 2024

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The 25th edition of the North West Cup Chess Open took place from 25-28 January in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany, with the participation of 400 players who competed in three rating categories: Open A (for players rated 1850+), Open B (for players rated 1001-1849) and Open C (for players rated U1500). The total prize fund of the event exceeded 7.000 EUR, with 1.200 EUR reserved for the Winner of the Open A.

IM Alberto Barp (Italy, 2437) won the event thanks to better tiebreak criteria than his compatriot GM Lorenzo Lodici who had the same score of 6/7 points. As many as eight players tied for third place scoring 5.5 points each, but GM Erik Van den Doel came third with the best tiebreaks. Final rankings can be found below.

25th North West Chess Cup – Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	IM	Barp, Alberto	ITA	2437	6	1
2	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2548	6	2
3	GM	Van den Doel, Erik	NED	2551	5.5	3
4	GM	Korneev, Oleg	ESP	2474	5.5	4
5		Zhang, Xiao	CHN	2137	5.5	5
6	IM	Skytte, Rasmus	DEN	2342	5.5	6
7	GM	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	UKR	2477	5.5	7
8	IM	Chen, Qi b	CHN	2467	5.5	8
9	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha	GER	2467	5.5	9
10	GM	Milov, Leonid	GER	2422	5.5	10
11	IM	Langheinrich, Ferenc	GER	2347	5	11
12	IM	Kramer, Julian	GER	2470	5	12
13	IM	Gusain, Himal	IND	2457	5	13
14	WIM	Schulze, Lara	GER	2285	5	14
15		Hirneise, Jens	GER	2270	5	15
16		Meins, Gerlef	GER	2401	5	16
17	WGM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2252	5	17
18	IM	Schneider, Ilja	GER	2468	5	18
19		Besou, Hussain	GER	2277	5	19
20		Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh	DEN	2318	5	20
21		Bargsten, Justus	GER	2216	5	21
22		Stelmaszyk, Nico	GER	2363	4.5	22
23	IM	Kopylov, Michael	UKR	2354	4.5	23
24	IM	Lammers, Markus	GER	2315	4.5	24
25	IM	Reuker, Jari	GER	2378	4.5	25
26	FM	Rietze, Clemens	GER	2341	4.5	26
27		Braeutigam, Alexander	GER	1934	4.5	27
28		Giorgadze, Giorgi	GEO	1931	4.5	28
29	FM	Voege, Tobias	GER	2283	4.5	29
30	GM	Gutman, Lev	GER	2307	4.5	30
31		Knuedel, Torben	GER	2287	4.5	31
32	WGM	Xu, Yuanyuan	CHN	2313	4.5	32
33		Nechitaylo, Nikita	UKR	2221	4.5	33
34		Piotrowski, Christopher	GER	2061	4.5	34
35		Helms, Finn	GER	2026	4.5	35
36		Lommers, Frank	NED	2201	4.5	36
37		Hammann, Jonas	GER	1997	4.5	37
38		De Jong, Tom	NED	2132	4.5	38
39		Chon, Yongjoon	KOR	1843	4	39
40		Hald Falkesgaard, Jeppe	DEN	2158	4	40
41		Peters, Tom	GER	2102	4	41
42		Brandt, Sebastian	GER	2207	4	42
43		Thorsen, Adrian Stenstrop	DEN	2118	4	43
44		Keyser, Robin	GER	2135	4	44
45		Steffens, Olaf	GER	2172	4	45
46		Collin, Moritz Vallentin	SUI	2165	4	46
47		Gebhardt, Ulrich Dr.	GER	1982	4	47
48		De Vries, Carsten	GER	1895	4	48
49		Skembris, Simon Max	GER	2171	4	49
50		Cornelisse, John	NED	2116	4	50
51	FM	Schmitzer, Klaus	GER	2228	4	51
52		Bashylina, Luisa	GER	2165	4	52
53		Weigand, Anton	GER	2013	4	53
54		Boehme, Arne	GER	2149	4	54
55		Andries, Alf	DEN	2069	4	55
56		Reimer, Philip	GER	2152	4	56
57	FM	Hebbinghaus, Holger	GER	2164	4	57
58		Toniolo, Samuel	ITA	2030	4	58
59		Poschadel, Andreas Gregor	GER	2010	4	59
60		Mueer, Sebastian	GER	2189	4	60
61		Weidenhoefer, Max	GER	1985	4	61
62	GM	Skembris, Spyridon	GRE	2353	4	62
63		Heinemann, Ernst	GER	2033	4	63
64		Jaquet, Reinier	NED	1906	4	64
65		Langedijk, Ardjan	NED	2049	4	65
66		Lu, Yunong Elias	GER	1802	4	66
67		Zander, Emil	DEN	2147	4	67
68		Muehlenhaus, Sven	GER	2113	4	68
69	IM	Bracker, Frank	GER	2306	3.5	69
70	FM	Hedke, Fred	GER	2237	3.5	70
71		Winkler, Yonathan	GER	1972	3.5	71
72		Burkhardt, Holger	GER	2032	3.5	72
73		Dimitrijeski, Kristian	GER	2111	3.5	73
74		Suranyi, Pal	HUN	2002	3.5	74
75		Weidenbach, Tim Dr.	GER	2009	3.5	75
76		Sickmann, Lisa	GER	1961	3.5	76
77		Van der Valk, Niklas	GER	2104	3.5	77
78		Buck, Lars	GER	2138	3.5	78
79	FM	Laubsch, Bernd	GER	2259	3.5	79
80		Schoeneshoefer, Adrian	GER	1993	3.5	80
81		Tarasenko, Nazar	GER	1955	3.5	81
82		Bruemmel, Arend	GER	2105	3.5	82
83		Braeutigam, Katerina	GER	1843	3.5	83
84		Sandmann, Villads Majvang	DEN	1997	3.5	84
85		Buzzoni, Eugenio	GER	1973	3.5	85
86		Valiente, Paulo	NED	1871	3.5	86
87		Ziller, Christian	GER	2031	3.5	87
88	FM	Becx, Cesar	NED	1958	3.5	88
89		Meessen, Max	GER	2145	3.5	89
90		Kroencke, Manfred	GER	2009	3.5	90
91		Kuempers, Ulrich	GER	1995	3.5	91
92		Chubakov, Sultan	KGZ	2073	3	92
93		Steinle, Carsten	GER	1973	3	93
94		Rau, Nikita	GER	2033	3	94
95		Litfin, Boris	GER	1907	3	95
96		Klugstedt, Vincent	GER	1995	3	96
97		Hermanowski, Mark	GER	1890	3	97
98		Oest, Thorsten	GER	1981	3	98
99		Tunka, Philipp	GER	2043	3	99
100		Madsen, Jens Ingemann	DEN	1911	3	100
101		Eggenstein, Frank	GER	1955	3	101
102		Eriksson, Christian Altenburg	DEN	2059	3	102
103		Van Amerongen-Jansen, Peggy	NED	1868	3	103
104		Roth, Thorsten	GER	1969	3	104
105		Hans, Julian	GER	1925	3	105
106		Bielmeier, Ludwig	GER	1973	3	106
107		Wehding, Anton Bonsvig	DEN	1991	3	107
108		Kornrumpf, Joachim	GER	2004	3	108
109		Herzwurm, Robert	GER	1906	3	109
110		Boehm, Stefan Dr.	GER	2017	3	110
111		Wessels, Stefan	GER	1943	3	111
112		Dumjahn, Carsten	GER	2012	3	112
113		Guo, Philipp Ziming	GER	2039	3	113
114		Van Amerongen, Arjen	NED	2000	3	114
115		Krause, Klaus	GER	2029	3	115
116		Dittmann, Tobias	GER	1871	3	116
117		Stern, Philipp	GER	1877	3	117
118		Klattenhoff, Holger	GER	1941	3	118
119		Wagner, Jan	GER	2151	3	119
120		Mueller, Marcus	GER	2137	3	120
121		Derlich, Sarah Sima	DEN	1759	2.5	121
122		Nielsen-Refs, Karl-Emil Elmer	DEN	1791	2.5	122
123		Schnier, Steffen	GER	1894	2.5	123
124		Klein, Markus	GER	1888	2.5	124
125		Friesen, Viktor	GER	2155	2.5	125
126	IM	Sahl, Bjarke	NOR	2249	2.5	126
127		Dopychai, Reent	GER	1920	2.5	127
128		Theile-Rasche, Ingo	GER	1866	2.5	128
129		Schaefer, Maik	GER	1884	2.5	129
130		Lehmann, Edwin	GER	1875	2.5	130
131		Vormann, Dirk	GER	1854	2.5	131
132		Hundack, Rolf	GER	2092	2.5	132
133		Schat, Carlos	GER	2005	2.5	133
134		Staerk, Elisa	GER	1978	2.5	134
135		Hilck, Dirk	GER	1997	2.5	135
136		Scheffner, Jarno	GER	1993	2.5	136
137		Bruntse, Kathrine Lindegaard	DEN	1752	2.5	137
138		Hoogendoorn, Fre	NED	1999	2.5	138
139		Over, Klaus	GER	2005	2.5	139
140		Schuette, Marcel	GER	1934	2.5	140
141		Giese, Stefan	GER	2027	2	141
142		Bundan, Edward	GER	1706	2	142
143		Pfitzer, Norbert Prof. Dr.	GER	2062	2	143
144		Kasten, Marcel	GER	1930	2	144
145		Geers, Bernhard	GER	1926	2	145
146		Wemssen, Lothar	GER	1906	2	146
147		Rummelshaus, Heinz	GER	1803	2	147
148		Ringwelski, Marius	GER	1986	2	148
149		Stepanjan, Marianne	GER	1678	2	149
150		Stoy, Ulf	GER	1985	2	150
151		Pothast, Laurenz	GER	1823	2	151
152		Wilmink, Anna	GER	1822	2	152
153		Meyer, Thorsten	GER	1931	2	153
154		Toby, Albert	NED	1958	2	154
155		Roehrkasten, Reinhard	GER	1879	2	155
156		Woestmann, Ulrich	GER	1901	1.5	156
157		Sturm, Tobias	GER	1908	1.5	157
158		Quehl, Thomas	GER	1969	1.5	158
159		Launert, Martin Dr.	GER	1833	1.5	159
160		Ditmas, Hugh	GER	1890	1.5	160
161		Eschholz, Enno	GER	2174	1	161
162		Osbild, Reiner Dr.	GER	1987	1	162
163		Gebben, Alwin	GER	1910	1	163
164	FM	Rueberg, Jobst	GER	2040	1	164
165		Ewald, Patrick	GER	1972	1	165
166		Van Amerongen, Marleen	NED	2067	0.5	166
167		Voss, Georg	GER	1894	0.5	167