Stremavicius wins Tegernsee Open

The Tegernsee Open ends with thrilling final round

No fewer than eleven players were leading with 6.5/8 going into the final round of the 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship at Gut Kaltenbrunn on Lake Tegernsee. Of these, Dmitrij Kollars had the best tie-break and was at the head of this leading group. In the final round, the German international faced 16-year-old German talent Marius Deuer. With the black pieces, Kollars sacrificed a pawn in the Nimzo-Indian Defence and received sufficient compensation.

After the queens were exchanged and the pawn won back, the game flattened out and ended in a draw. For Deuer, this meant fourth place in the final standings and his first grandmaster norm. With an Elo performance of 2635, Deuer also gained almost 20 Elo points.

Ralph Alt, Sebastian Siebrecht and Marius Deuer

Dmitrij Kollars lost his lead as a result of the draw. Titas Stremavicius from Lithuania, who had previously been level on points, won his game against Alexander Naumann, and Rinat Jumbayev from Kazakhstan also overtook Kollars after beating Giga Quparadze from Georgia.

Titas Stremavicius (left, with White) against German GM Alexander Naumann

Rinat Jumabayev (left, with White) against Giga Quparadze

In the winning duo, Stremavicius had the better tiebreak score and received the first prize.

Half a point behind the winners followed a group of nine players with 7.0/9 - Deuer and Kollars were part of this group.

The prize fund, including non-cash prizes, was worth around €15,000, with €3,000 going to the winner and €2,000 to the runner-up. Prizes were awarded for the first 15 places. There were also prizes for the best under-18 (Kevyan Farokhi), under-16 (Temur Toktomushev) and under-14 (Lukas Dotzner), best senior (Arno Zude) and best female (Nutakki Priyanka). The best players in four rating categories were also honoured.

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