Chess fans like it in Bavaria

by André Schulz
10/28/2024 – The 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championships kicked off on Saturday at Tegernsee, attracting over 550 participants from 30 nations. Top seed is German Grandmaster Dmitrij Kollars, who is one of the 57 players who started the tournament with 2.0/2. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt

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Top seed Dmitrij Kollars (right, with Black) starts the game

13 Grandmasters in the International Bavarian Championships, but Kollars is the only player with a rating of more than 2600. The second seed it Eltaj Safarli /Azerbaijan) with a rating of 2596.

German GM Alexander Naumann

GM Eltaj Safarli

Among the participants are three Women’s Grandmasters (WGM): Kateryna Dolzhykova, Priyanka Nutakki from India, and Lena Georgescu from Switzerland.

When inviting players, Tournament Director Sebastian Siebrecht always takes care that the field of participants is as international as possible.

Sebastian Siebrecht

With participants from 30 countries, this year’s event again boasts impressive international representation. Four chess enthusiasts traveled from Singapore, soon to be in the global chess spotlight as it hosts the World Championship match between Ding Liren and Gukesh. Sixteen-year-old Lee Kwan Ho competes under the Hong Kong flag. Kazakhstan is also represented by three participants, including Grandmaster Rinat Jumabayev.

Siebrecht also wants to support young players and promising international and national talents regularly find their way to Tegernsee. Sixteen-year-old Marius Deuer recently impressed at the Weissenhaus Young Masters and in the starting field of the International Bavarian Championship he is the highest-rated U18 player, narrowly ahead of Leonardo Costa, who also performed well at the Weissenhaus Young Masters.

Another promising talent is 14-year-old Lukas Dotzer from Austria, with an Elo rating of 2441, number 17 on the starting list. Not to forget 19-year-old Elham Amar from Norway, who already is a Grandmaster.

The arbiters

Standings after 2 rounds

Rank Name Pts  Tb1 
1 Beisteiner, Joachim 2 2338
2 Malinowsky, Levi 2 2319
3 Hund, Sarah 2 2246
4 Brychcy, Felix 2 2231
5 Humbert, Arthur 2 2218
6 Kollars, Dmitrij 2 2209
7 Safarli, Eltaj 2 2207
8 Karthik, Venkataraman 2 2205
9 Groessing, Daniel-Yosuke 2 2197
10 Basener, Winfried 2 2195
11 Piorun, Kacper 2 2187
12 Jumabayev, Rinat 2 2182
13 Hoeller, Armin 2 2181
14 Vogel, Roven 2 2175
15 Amar, Elham 2 2173
16 Stremavicius, Titas 2 2168
17 Deuer, Marius 2 2161
18 Quparadze, Giga 2 2160
19 Costa, Leonardo 2 2157
20 Dolzhykova, Kateryna 2 2154
21 Schneider, Ilja 2 2144
22 Schwan, Aaron 2 2143
23 Heinz, Axel 2 2141
Gschiel, Alexander 2 2141
25 Colpe, Malte 2 2139
26 Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta 2 2130
27 Priyanka, Nutakki 2 2129
28 Mitev, Valentin 2 2126
29 Stopa, Jacek 2 2120
Guth, Thomas 2 2120

...554 participants

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