The 17th annual NordWest Cup is now underway in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany till the 24th of January. 368 players are taking part in the tournament. All of the players were separated by age in three groups – A, B and C. Groups B and C have already concluded their matches, but group A is still ongoing.
In the remaining group A, with 1 round of play completed, 68 of the 166 players have one point under their belts. GM Vitaly Kunin from Germany (2688) is the top seed in group and he was victorious in the first round. Dr. Reiner Osbild is in first place at the moment.
Standings after round 1
| Rank | Title | Name | ELO | Pts |
| 1 | Osbild,Reiner,Dr. | 2029 | 1 | |
| 2 | Werner,Heino | 1667 | 1 | |
| 3 | FM | Ackermann,Hans Werner | 2312 | 1 |
| 4 | Heinemann,Ernst | 2162 | 1 | |
| 5 | Nielsen,Jan Mose | 2027 | 1 | |
| 6 | GM | Kunin,Vitaly | 2582 | 1 |
| 7 | GM | Van den Doel,Erik | 2567 | 1 |
| 8 | GM | Gundavaa,Bayarsaikhan | 2507 | 1 |
| 9 | WGM | Lei,Tingjie | 2474 | 1 |
| 10 | Xu,Xiangyu | 2466 | 1 | |
| 11 | GM | Milov,Leonid | 2465 | 1 |
| 12 | IM | Meins,Gerlef | 2427 | 1 |
| 13 | IM | Jugelt,Tobias | 2416 | 1 |
| 14 | Langheinrich,Ferenc | 2391 | 1 | |
| 15 | FM | Hochgraefe,Markus | 2388 | 1 |
| 16 | Kramer,Julian | 2387 | 1 | |
| 17 | IM | Donchenko,Anatoly | 2320 | 1 |
| 18 | Grigorian,Spartak | 2314 | 1 | |
| 19 | FM | Schmitzer,Klaus | 2307 | 1 |
| 20 | Schuetze,Norman | 2305 | 1 | |
| 21 | FM | Thybo,Jesper | 2280 | 1 |
| 22 | Laubsch,Bernd | 2275 | 1 | |
| 23 | FM | Gazic,Josip | 2263 | 1 |
| 24 | Hoerstmann,Rudi | 2252 | 1 | |
| 25 | WGM | Mohota,Nisha | 2245 | 1 |
| 26 | CM | Pohle,Dirk | 2245 | 1 |
| 27 | Boehm,Juergen | 2242 | 1 | |
| 28 | Kuegel,Tobias | 2242 | 1 | |
| 29 | WFM | Sieber,Fiona | 2240 | 1 |
| 30 | Voege,Tobias | 2190 | 1 | |
| 31 | FM | Muehlenhaus,Sven | 2234 | 1 |
| 32 | FM | Olsen,Filip Boe | 2217 | 1 |
| 33 | Mueer,Sebastian | 2195 | 1 | |
| 34 | Issing,Peter | 2192 | 1 | |
| 35 | Bopp,Thomas,Dr. | 2157 | 1 | |
| 36 | Ngo,Minh Duc | 2156 | 1 | |
| 37 | Schuette,Marc | 2149 | 1 | |
| 38 | FM | Becx,Cesar | 2139 | 1 |
| 39 | Wagner,Jan | 2136 | 1 | |
| 40 | Reuker,Matthias | 2133 | 1 | |
| 41 | CM | Werbeck,Torsten | 2131 | 1 |
| 42 | Kugelmann,Werner | 2131 | 1 | |
| 43 | Wolter,Jens | 2129 | 1 | |
| 44 | Rogozenco,Teodora | 2126 | 1 | |
| 45 | FM | Rueberg,Jobst | 2124 | 1 |
| 46 | Bielmeier,Ludwig | 2117 | 1 | |
| 47 | Thimm,Torsten | 2116 | 1 | |
| 48 | Krause,Klaus | 2109 | 1 | |
| 49 | Kreyssig,Bruno | 2108 | 1 | |
| 50 | Krueger,Andre | 2101 | 1 | |
| 51 | Moller,Sophus Mechlenburg | 2099 | 1 | |
| 52 | Stuemer,Paul | 2099 | 1 | |
| 53 | Hecker,Andreas | 2096 | 1 | |
| 54 | Brockhaus,Bernd | 2091 | 1 | |
| 55 | Kolthoff,Siegmund | 2083 | 1 | |
| 56 | Kornrumpf,Joachim,Dr. | 2082 | 1 | |
| 57 | Ewert,Hannes | 2054 | 1 | |
| 58 | Michalowski,Peter | 2066 | 1 | |
| 59 | Heller,Achim | 2060 | 1 | |
| 60 | Psaila,Clarence | 2043 | 1 | |
| 61 | Porth,Hartmut | 2040 | 1 | |
| 62 | Doell,Detlef | 2038 | 1 | |
| 63 | Klattenhoff,Holger | 2031 | 1 | |
| 64 | Luebeck,Stephan | 2027 | 1 | |
| 65 | Kickert,Germaine | 1998 | 1 | |
| 66 | Peter,Guenter | 1922 | 1 | |
| 67 | Weber,Dennis | 1896 | 1 | |
| 68 | Thybo,Thomas | 1831 | 1 | |
| 69 | IM | Andersen,Mads | 2472 | 0,5 |
| 70 | Bekedam,Tyro | 2019 | 0,5 | |
| 71 | GM | Gutman,Lev | 2440 | 0,5 |
| 72 | Schmidt,Harald | 2354 | 0,5 | |
| 73 | IM | Lammers,Markus | 2330 | 0,5 |
| 74 | Korba,Roman | 2203 | 0,5 | |
| 75 | Jensen,Jakob Bjerre | 2173 | 0,5 | |
| 76 | Kardoeus,David | 2164 | 0,5 | |
| 77 | Beutelhoff,Josef | 2143 | 0,5 | |
| 78 | Ries,Benjamin | 2130 | 0,5 | |
| 79 | Bartels,Holger | 2124 | 0,5 | |
| 80 | Van Linde,Paul | 2121 | 0,5 | |
| 81 | Nautze,Christian | 2101 | 0,5 | |
| 82 | Stabolewski,Andreas | 2098 | 0,5 | |
| 83 | Kristensen,Bjarke Hautop | 2037 | 0,5 | |
| 84 | Tunka,Philipp | 2010 | 0,5 | |
| 85 | Ritter,Uwe | 1999 | 0,5 | |
| 86 | Otikova,Elina | 1969 | 0,5 | |
| 87 | Kuhn,Luis | 1936 | 0,5 | |
| 88 | Ditmas,Hugh | 1924 | 0,5 | |
| 89 | Wachinger,David | 1918 | 0,5 | |
| 90 | Klein,Markus | 1857 | 0,5 | |
| 91 | Kakulidis,Ellen | 1885 | 0,5 | |
| 92 | Kohnen,Michael | 1843 | 0,5 | |
| 93 | Kuenstler,Siegfried | 1839 | 0,5 | |
| 94 | Christen,Stefan | 1808 | 0,5 | |
| 95 | Tunka,Josef | 1796 | 0,5 | |
| 96 | Wraga,Teresa | 1691 | 0,5 | |
| 97 | Neumann,Joachim | 2077 | 0,5 | |
| 98 | Buntemeyer,Axel | 1769 | 0,5 | |
| 99 | Traetmar,Mattis | 1849 | 0 | |
| 100 | Meyer,Thorsten | 1986 | 0 | |
| 101 | Meessen,Max | 2205 | 0 | |
| 102 | Opasiak,Dustin | 1787 | 0 | |
| 103 | FM | Kaufeld,Juergen | 2341 | 0 |
| 104 | Thogersen,Rasmus | 2112 | 0 | |
| 105 | Steinle,Carsten | 2151 | 0 | |
| 106 | Riedel,Guenter | 2025 | 0 | |
| 107 | Schmidt,Theo | 2025 | 0 | |
| 108 | Haerig,Wilfried | 2022 | 0 | |
| 109 | Burckhardt,Wolfram | 2017 | 0 | |
| 110 | Hilwerda,Jonas | 2012 | 0 | |
| 111 | Reuker,Jari | 2010 | 0 | |
| 112 | Schat,Carlos | 2009 | 0 | |
| 113 | Kellerwessel,Ralf | 2008 | 0 | |
| 114 | Meyer,Ulrich | 2008 | 0 | |
| 115 | Arndt,Olaf | 2006 | 0 | |
| 116 | Pollmann,Sascha | 2002 | 0 | |
| 117 | Klamp,Christoph | 1996 | 0 | |
| 118 | Luebsen,Keno | 1988 | 0 | |
| 119 | Raetzke von Stoyentin,Steffen | 1984 | 0 | |
| 120 | Speck,Stefan | 1983 | 0 | |
| 121 | Kimmich,Daniel | 1980 | 0 | |
| 122 | Kuehl,Klaus-Dieter | 1980 | 0 | |
| 123 | Heldt,Nils-Lennart | 1979 | 0 | |
| 124 | Budde,Michael | 1975 | 0 | |
| 125 | Hardlei,Johan | 1963 | 0 | |
| 126 | Schulze,Lara | 1952 | 0 | |
| 127 | Van Randtwijk,Mick | 1938 | 0 | |
| 128 | Rosin,Julius | 1960 | 0 | |
| 129 | Modder,Frank | 1958 | 0 | |
| 130 | Reimann,Hubert | 1953 | 0 | |
| 131 | FM | Dogan,Mire Deniz | 1951 | 0 |
| 132 | Ansmann,Klaas | 1942 | 0 | |
| 133 | Erofeev,Anastasia | 1913 | 0 | |
| 134 | Klein,Gernot,Dr. | 1925 | 0 | |
| 135 | Lehmann,Edwin | 1913 | 0 | |
| 136 | Vangsgaard,Bjarke | 1911 | 0 | |
| 137 | Vangsgaard,Claus | 1903 | 0 | |
| 138 | Wahrenberg,Ralf | 1901 | 0 | |
| 139 | Vangsgaard,Freja | 1895 | 0 | |
| 140 | Mei?ner,Michael | 1885 | 0 | |
| 141 | Fleischer,Martin | 1880 | 0 | |
| 142 | Niefuend,Michael | 1802 | 0 | |
| 143 | Launert,Martin, Dr. | 1858 | 0 | |
| 144 | Silber,Kevin | 1836 | 0 | |
| 145 | Kumeth,Hartmut | 1854 | 0 | |
| 146 | Leib,Britta | 1847 | 0 | |
| 147 | Thielemann,Joachim | 1833 | 0 | |
| 148 | Floren,Dieter | 1832 | 0 | |
| 149 | Shkolnik,Igor | 1736 | 0 | |
| 150 | Schnier,Steffen | 1815 | 0 | |
| 151 | Pallapies,Kilian | 1796 | 0 | |
| 152 | Tell,Michael | 1795 | 0 | |
| 153 | Koerber,Uwe | 1802 | 0 | |
| 154 | Moenster,Madita | 1726 | 0 | |
| 155 | Hans,Julian | 1782 | 0 | |
| 156 | Evering,Soeren | 1706 | 0 | |
| 157 | Reinecke,Gerd,Dr. | 1771 | 0 | |
| 158 | Mildner,Ramon | 1680 | 0 | |
| 159 | Koronowski,Juergen | 1743 | 0 | |
| 160 | Neumann,Tiemon | 1743 | 0 | |
| 161 | Roettcher,Wolfgang | 1742 | 0 | |
| 162 | Schroeder,Frank | 1740 | 0 | |
| 163 | Wraga,Hermann | 1702 | 0 | |
| 164 | Ungar,Benedict | 1689 | 0 | |
| 165 | Pfeifer,Frank | 1614 | 0 | |
| 166 | Maahs,Erich | 2110 | 0 |
