Three European Champions top the field of the 1st Munich Chess Festival 2023

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The 1st Munich International Chess Festival is taking place from May 31 – June 6 in Munich, Germany, within the framework of the International Sunway Chess Festival Sitges. The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, in two rating categories: A and B, with the total prize fund of 30.000 euros.

The field of the A tournament is headlined by three European Champions: European Individual Chess Champion 2023 GM Alexey Sarana (Serbia, 2685), European Individual Chess Champion 2021 GM Anton Demchenko (FIDE, 2623) and European Individual Chess Champion 2014 GM Alexander Motylev (FIDE, 2604). The Winner of the A tournament will win the money-prize of 5.000 EUR.

Official website of the event

1st Munich International Chess Festival 2023 – Participants list:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2685
2	GM	Demchenko, Anton	FID	2623
3	GM	Motylev, Alexander	FID	2604
4	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2578
5	GM	Basso, Pier Luigi	ITA	2520
6	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2517
7	GM	Chatalbashev, Boris	DEN	2506
8	IM	Parkhov, Yair	ISR	2505
9	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	IND	2502
10	GM	Dimitrov, Radoslav	BUL	2488
11	IM	Kramer, Julian	GER	2487
12	IM	Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian	GER	2483
13	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha	GER	2462
14	GM	Korneev, Oleg	ESP	2457
15	IM	Vogel, Roven	GER	2453
16	IM	Sorensen, Hampus	SWE	2449
17	IM	Gedajlovic, Max	CAN	2436
18	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2435
19	IM	Hacker, Jonas	GER	2435
20		Jinan, Jomon	IND	2432
21	IM	Parvanyan, Ashot	GER	2431
22	IM	Koellner, Ruben Gideon	GER	2426
23	WIM	Savitha, Shri B	IND	2418
24	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2408
25	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2405
26	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	ISL	2402
27	IM	Souhardo, Basak	IND	2400
28	FM	Dauner, Benedikt	GER	2400
29	FM	Trost, Edvin	SWE	2399
30	FM	Krause, Jonah	GER	2395
31	FM	Schmider, Niklas	GER	2395
32	IM	Zysk, Robert	GER	2391
33	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2389
34	IM	Fedorovsky, Michael	GER	2387
35		Zajogin, Alexander	FID	2386
36	IM	Langheinrich, Ferenc	GER	2371
37	FM	Costa, Leonardo	GER	2343
38	FM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	ISL	2338
39	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2335
40	FM	Miller, Eduard	GER	2333
41	FM	Citak, Selim	TUR	2332
42	FM	Ivanov, Mike	CAN	2321
43	FM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2317
44	FM	Mai, Philipp  Dr.	GER	2315
45	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2314
46	IM	Bracker, Frank	GER	2311
47	IM	Koepke, Christian	GER	2308
48	FM	Ipek, Egehan	TUR	2308
49		Lohvinov, Petro	UKR	2302
50	FM	Grimm, Julius	GER	2299
51	FM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2298
52	FM	Dalaud, Dorian	FRA	2292
53		Lever, Erwan	FRA	2289
54	FM	Wahedi, Ahmad Siar	GER	2274
55	WIM	Imnadze, Nato	GEO	2266
56		Reimann, Sebastian	GER	2265
57	FM	Degenhard, Simon	GER	2247
58	CM	Tulchynskyi, Feliks	UKR	2246
59		Leeb, Simon	GER	2242
60	CM	Matthes, Aaron	GER	2241
61		Herbrig, Alexander	GER	2235
62	FM	Meier, Volker	GER	2234
63	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2225
64		Gramb, Marius	GER	2225
65	FM	Kononenko, Alexander	UKR	2220
66	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	BUL	2218
67	WFM	Li, Zhuoling	CHN	2216
68	FM	Demaria, Juan Pablo	ARG	2215
69	FM	Goldbeck, Lars	GER	2207
70	CM	Khandelwal, Ankush	ENG	2205
71		Player, Edmund C	ENG	2204
72		Reis, Thomas	GER	2196
73		Hinterreiter, Markus	GER	2194
74		Kocharin, Timur	GER	2189
75		Mueller, Richard	GER	2189
76	FM	Saya, Ethan	FRA	2181
77		Shatil, Shir	ISR	2180
78		Ruecker, Benjamin	GER	2179
79	FM	Loew, Gerald	GER	2173
80	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	NED	2170
81		Perkampus, Laurin	GER	2165
82		Schleicher, Guido	GER	2164
83		Friedel, Marcus	GER	2162
84		Stockmann, Rainer	GER	2162
85		Hoffmann, Sebastian	GER	2151
86	CM	Koellner, Aaron Noah	GER	2143
87		Parvanyan, Alfred	GER	2140
88		Monninger, Moritz	GER	2138
89	FM	Senthil, Maran K	IND	2135
90	WFM	Butenandt, Svenja	GER	2135
91		Knoblauch, Leonhard	GER	2134
92	FM	Salvermoser, Bernd	AUT	2133
93		Stoettner, Moritz	GER	2126
94	WGM	Varshini, V	IND	2122
95		Herb, Stefan	GER	2121
96		Riewe, Gerhard	GER	2120
97	CM	Derraugh, Geordie	CAN	2116
98	FM	Lorscheid, Gerhard	GER	2114
99		Kunal, M.	IND	2106
100		Engesser, Jonas	GER	2103
101		Braun, Michael	GER	2102
102	CM	Ernst, Michael	AUT	2101
103		Stoettner, Lukas	GER	2096
104	WFM	Mayrhuber, Nikola	AUT	2094
105		Mota, Pankit	IND	2094
106		Kessler, Jan	GER	2091
107		Werner, Denis	GER	2076
108		Kartsev, Nikolay	GER	2074
109		Hassemeier, Mika	GER	2070
110		Boeddeker, Henry	GER	2068
111		Brychcy, Felix	GER	2064
112		Schnabel, Bennett	GER	2063
113		Wichmann, Adrian	GER	2062
114		Fuchs, Florian	GER	2058
115		Niharika, Challa	IND	2058
116		Seisenberger, Georg	GER	2057
117		Ritzka, Simon	GER	2052
118		Forster, Lukas	GER	2049
119		Czap, Bernard	GER	2048
120		Kudrytskyi, Stanislav	UKR	2048
121		Heer, Stephan	SUI	2047
122		Klenk, Robert	GER	2046
123		Weiss, Thomas	GER	2040
124		Brem, Stephan	GER	2039
125		Petersen, Marcel	GER	2037
126		Pfitzer, Norbert  Prof. Dr.	GER	2036
127		Tsakona, Maria	GRE	2033
128		Tunka, Philipp	GER	2032
129		Debertshaeuser, Joern	GER	2029
130		Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan	ROU	2021
131		Sakkal, Cherin	GER	2018
132		Jacob, Tobias	GER	2015
133		Kampert, Andreas	GER	2014
134		Apaar, Saxena	IND	2012
135		Dushatov, Timur	KAZ	2009
136		Teichert, Felix	GER	2008
137		Koukas, Anastasios	GRE	2003
138		Hoppstaedter, Daniel	GER	2000
139		Manucharyan, Andriy	GER	2000
140		Basener, Winfried	GER	1998
141		Vincenti, Leonardo	ITA	1996
142	CM	Krawczyk, Flawian	POL	1995
143		Lochte, Thomas	GER	1994
144		Jakob, Matthias	GER	1994
145	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia	GRE	1994
146	AIM	Bhavik, Ahuja	IND	1992
147		Fuchs, Michael	GER	1988
148		Oest, Thorsten	GER	1983
149		Stierhof, Michael	GER	1974
150		Steinhauer, Artur	GER	1965
151		Acarbay, Algi	TUR	1962
152		Demir, Bilal	TUR	1958
153	WCM	Shatil, Or	ISR	1951
154		Lerchl, Clemens	GER	1950
155		Kaiser, Dominik	GER	1942
156		Biedenkopf, Philipp	GER	1939
157		Parsch, Christian	GER	1918
158		Eldho, Skaria	IND	1912
159		Guggenberger, Guido	GER	1910
160	CM	Jaivardhan, Raj	IND	1901
161		Khamenya, Vitalia	GER	1896
162		Heppert, Lars	GER	1891
163		Huber, Benedikt	GER	1879
164		Beckert, Alessandro	GER	1877
165		Mashchenko, Tamila	UKR	1863
166		Gradwohl, Manfred	GER	1857
167		Rindhiya, V	IND	1837
168		Bratu, Mircea	GER	1836
169		Humbert, Arthur	GER	1835
170		Eichler, Alexander	GER	1834
171		Wehrle, Maximilian	GER	1806
172		Schwan, Aaron	GER	1800
173		Aumueller, Naum	GER	1799
174		Mazatis, Benjamin	GER	1738
175		Beck, Felix	GER	0
176		Wehr, Stephan	GER	0
177		Vollnhals, Michael	GER	0