Frederik Svane wins Teplice Open

by Johannes Fischer
6/19/2023 – In the ninth and final round of the Teplice Open, all the encounters on the top five boards ended in draws and that secured clear first place for German GM Frederik Svane (pictured), who had a half-point lead going into Sunday’s round. He scored 7½ points and obtained an Elo gain of 15.8 points, thanks to his 2743 tournament rating performance. Rasmus Svane, the champion’s brother, finished in fourth place with 7 points to his name. | Photo: Official website

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In the last round of the Teplice Open, Frederik Svane played it safe. He had white against Armenian GM Shant Sargsyan, and did not hesitate to sign a draw by repetition after only 22 moves out of a well-known variation of the Najdorf-Sicilian.

The remaining players on the top boards also shied away from risk and also signed draws more or less quickly. So Frederik Svane’s safety-first strategy paid off, and he became the sole tournament winner with 7½ out of 9 points.

Fiona Sieber, winner of the women’s German Masters tournament in 2020 and 2016 European Youth Champion U16, also had an excellent performance. She collected 5½ points after facing three Grandmasters and two International Masters. Her Elo performance of 2390 gained her 25.8 rating points.

Fiona Sieber

Fiona Sieber at the 2020 German Masters event | Photo: German Chess Federation

Fiona Sieber managed to score a nice win in the final round, when she faced Chinese IM Zou Chen.

Black has an extra pawn, but things are not quite clear yet, since White also has a passed pawn and the black passed pawns on b4 and d4 look vulnerable.

41.a5 Rc7! With this neat tactical trick, Black holds her advantage.

42.Rd1 Qc5 43.h3 Qxd5 44.exd5 Now both sides have two passed pawns, but the black pawns are stronger.

44...b3 45.d6 After 45.Rxd4 b2 46.Rb4 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 b1Q 48.Rxb1 Rxb1 49.a6 Ra1 Black can stop both passed pawns.

45...Rc6 46.Rb1 After 46.Rxd4 b2 47.Rb4 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 b1Q 49.Rxb1 Rxb1 50.a6 Kf7 the white pawns are again too slow.

46...d3 47.d7 Rd6 48.Kg1 d2 49.Rd1 b2 50.Kf2 b1Q

0–1

Final standings

Rg. Snr Name Age FED EloI Pts.  TB1  TB2 
1 7 GM Svane Frederik GER 2603 7,5 46 57,50
2 1 GM Sargsyan Shant ARM 2640 7 44,5 55,50
3 11 GM Romanov Evgeny NOR 2555 7 42,5 54,50
4 4 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2616 7 42 54,00
5 22 IM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2471 7 39 50,50
6 23 IM Sokolovsky Yahli U18 ISR 2464 7 37,5 48,00
7 13 GM Krysa Leandro ARG 2541 6,5 43 53,00
8 9 IM Teclaf Pawel POL 2576 6,5 41 52,50
9 6 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2609 6,5 40,5 52,00
10 25 IM Sorensen Hampus SWE 2453 6,5 40,5 52,00
11 2 GM Demchenko Anton FID 2623 6,5 40,5 51,50
12 16 GM Mitrabha Guha IND 2507 6,5 39,5 50,50
13 15 GM Kantor Gergely HUN 2520 6,5 39,5 50,50
14 21 IM Kaasen Tor Fredrik NOR 2484 6,5 39 50,50
15 5 GM Pechac Jergus SVK 2611 6,5 38,5 49,50
16 41 FM Agdelen Huseyin Can TUR 2391 6,5 38,5 49,00
17 35 IM Grabinsky Aaron USA 2407 6,5 38 50,00
18 46 IM Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2353 6,5 33,5 42,00
19 8 GM Gumularz Szymon POL 2591 6 41,5 52,50

...218 players

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".